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LATEST: Kilkenny among 379 new cases of virus as deaths surpass 2,000

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

A further 12 more people have died after contracting the coronvairus as 379 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,006. There are now 69,058 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: We must hang together on Covid or we will all hang separately

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

A trip down Dublin’s Henry Street has long been part of my Christmas. It’s an authentic Irish Christmas market, not an import from Scandinavia or Germany with bratwurst and glühwein. In Henry Street they sell wrapping paper and baubles, cheap toys and, famously, the last of the Cheeky Charlies. The stalls don’t compete with the […]

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€35,000 seed capital to help Kilkenny food start-ups grow

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Kilkenny based food and drink start-ups are being invited to apply for grants of up to €35,000. Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc this week launched  Food Works 2021, a government-supported programme that provides a launchpad for scalable and export driven Irish food and drink businesses to grow. They are encouraging Kilkenny-based Irish food and […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Teresa (Tess) HOLOHAN (née Dwyer) Bleach Road, Kilkenny City Holohan (nee Dwyer) (Loughmerans, Bleach Road, Kilkenny and formerly of Johnswell) 17th November 2020, peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff at Archersrath Nursing Home. Teresa (Tess), predeceased by her husband Seamus, grandson Tommy, sisters Bessie, Bridie, Sr, Anne and Mary and her brothers Pat […]

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Kilkenny man raffles off dream home to raise funds for daughter’s battle with leukaemia: report

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 3

A Kilkenny man is raffling off his dream home in a bid to raise funds to help his daughter during her battle with leukaemia. Mark Keoghan, who is now living and working in the UK with his family, took the difficult decision after his  seven-year-old daughter Mollie was diagnosed with the disease earlier this year. […]

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Outbreak of superbug at Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed there has been an outbreak of the superbug CPE at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. The confirmed cases of Carpbepenemase Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) has resulted in the closure of the Medical 1 GEMS and Stroke Unit to new admissions. In a statement issued this morning the hospital […]

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New parking restrictions at Kilkenny hospital as work on €30m ward gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Parking restrictions will be in place at St Luke’s General Hospital from tomorrow as construction work gets underway on the new €30 million modular inpatient ward block. A hospital spokesperson confirmed that the existing Main North Entrance to the hospital will relocated to facilitate the building work. The spokesperson said: “Limited set down and disabled […]

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Motorist was high on cocaine driving around Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny have taken another drug driver off our roads. In the latest case, a motorist was arrested after they failed a roadside drugs test at a checkpoint in the city on shortly after midnight on Monday. Members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit were performing mandatory intoxicant testing (MIT) at a checkpoint in […]

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Kilkenny beauty spot destroyed by floods reopens to public after five years

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

A Kilkenny area of natural beauty that was severely damaged by floods back in 2015 has just reopened to the public following a €250,000 rejuvenation project. The reconstruction of the Silaire Wood boardwalk along the River Barrow near Graiguenamanagh and the rehabilitation works of its woodland trails has been completed and the woods are once […]

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Kilkenny house ransacked in countdown to Christmas, all for some ‘loose change’

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A burglar broke into a house in county Kilkenny and ransacked the property before making off with some “loose change”. The break-in occurred at the house in Mallardstown, Callan on Friday. A Garda spokesperson confirmed the thief gained entry to the house via a window at the back of the property. The spokesperson added: “Entry […]