{"id":122617,"date":"2025-11-05T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/122617\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:33:09","slug":"permission-sought-for-new-eight-storey-company-headquarters-in-kilkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/122617\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission sought for new eight-storey company headquarters in Kilkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Clunetech Investments 1 Ltd’ are seeking planning permission<\/a> for the construction of an eight-storey office building on a site at the IDA Business & Technology Park, Ring Road, Loughboy, Kilkenny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The planned building will feature rooftop amenity terraces at upper levels and plant at roof level.<\/p>\n

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The application also seeks permission for the construction of a single-storey facilities management store, a single-storey secure bicycle shelter, a single-storey ESB substation and switchroom, a single-storey refuse store and two single-storey external meeting pods.<\/p>\n

Also sought are vehicular entrances from the existing IDA park road network, carparking and set-down, bicycle parking, a new pedestrian and cyclist entrance from Loughboy Park<\/a>, internal pedestrian pathways, landscaping and amenity spaces, site lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage and disposal, watermain and wastewater connections to existing services, and all associated site works.<\/p>\n

According to a cover letter submitted with the application, the building will serve as ‘a new headquarters building for CluneTech’.<\/p>\n

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The cover letter also stated that “the project represents a significant investment by CluneTech in Kilkenny<\/a> and has been designed to reflect the company\u2019s values of innovation, sustainability, and forward-thinking design.”<\/p>\n

CluneTech was founded in 1996, when CEO Terry Clune founded Taxback Group<\/a> to help university students reclaim their overpaid tax.<\/p>\n

Driven by technology, the group has expanded over the past 25 years and today encompasses a suite of software companies with industry-leading solutions, global reach and a common goal \u2013 to make business better for customers worldwide.<\/p>\n

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In 2021, Taxback Group rebranded to CluneTech, a name that the company states “acknowledges the group\u2019s roots and reflects its evolution to what it is today \u2013 a hub for technology innovation, supporting entrepreneurial leaders and fantastic new businesses<\/a>.”\u200d<\/p>\n

In recent times, CluneTech have received multiple awards and recognition for excellence in innovation, technology and customer care, and the company also been consistently recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’.<\/p>\n

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