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MICHAEL WOLSEY: It’s little things that make our hospitals look sick 

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Big changes have just been announced for Ireland’s hospital system. That worries me, for I remember other announcements of big changes. They always cost a lot of money; they rarely made things better and they sometimes made them worse. The new plan for Regional Health Areas sounds disturbingly similar to the plan for Regional Health […]

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‘Cabal of civil servants running the show’ – Kilkenny TD’s anger over Holohan debacle

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Outspoken Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has hit out at ‘a cabal of civil servants who are running the show’ after the dramatic resignation of Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan. Dr Holohan resigned in the wake of the controversy over his proposed secondment to Trinity College Dublin, where he was due to head up a […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 7

John (Laudie) HOLDEN  Loman Street, Trim, Meath/Kilmessan, Meath/Kilkenny John (Laudie) Holden, Loman Street, Trim, Co. Meath and formerly Ringlestown, Kilmessan and Desart, Kilkenny peacefully in the loving care of the nurses and staff of Carechoice Nursing Home, Trim. Predeceased by his wife Frances and son John. Sadly missed by his daughter Caroline, son Derek,

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Three Kilkenny libraries launch new Wi-Fi service for students

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 11

Three Kilkenny libraries have launched a new internet Wi-Fi service for local students. It comes as Kilkenny County Council Library Service announced the launch of eduroam Wi-Fi in Ferrybank, Thomastown and Callan Libraries as part of the eduroam Everywhere initiative. eduroam stands for education roaming and provides secure and easy-to-use Wi-Fi access in thousands of

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Free puppy care classes for Kilkenny dog owners

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 0

New dog owners trying to get to grips with their puppies can avail of free puppy care classes in Kilkenny city. The classes are free to attend and take place at Petmania stores nationwide on the second Saturday of every month, starting on Saturday, April. However, spaces are limited and people are advised to register […]

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Over €30,000 raised for family of Kilkenny man killed in tragic house fire

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2022 0

Big-hearted members of the public has so far donated more than €30,000 to help the family of a Kilkenny man who died in a tragic house fire. Oliver Brennan (66), an uncle of Kilkenny Senior Camogie manager Brian Dowling, perished in the devastating blaze that ripped through his home on Wednesday, March 23. His older […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2022 0

Johanna (Josie) BROWN (née Dowling) Tinnypark Nursing Home/Callan/Freshford, Kilkenny/Portlaoise, Laois Johanna (Josie) Brown, nee Dowling, Tinnypark Nursing Home, Kilkenny and formerly of Callan, Freshford and London. Peacefully, on Thursday 31st March 2022 in the wonderful care of the staff at Tinnypark Nursing Home, Kilkenny. Pre-deceased by her husband Bill. Deeply

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Sonia and the census get the gender question right

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2022 0

The first personal question on your census form asks your name; the second  says ‘what is your sex’. You have a simple choice, male or female. If you had been living in Scotland when its census was conducted last month you would have found that question more complicated. There you would have been able to […]

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Plan for new housing estate outside Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2022 0

Plans for a large development of 40 new family homes in county Kilkenny have been lodged with the local authroity. Liam Neville Developments is seeking permission to build the mixture of detached, two-storey and single-storey, semi-detached and terraced houses at Narrabaun South in Kilmacow. Their planning appication also seeks approval for “all associated site

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Man jailed for life for murdering Kilkenny pensioner in her home

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2022 0

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Kilkenny woman in her home two years ago. Trevor Rowe, of Abbey Street, Kilkenny, was convicted by a jury last month of the murder of Anne Butler on March 20, 2020. Ms Butler’s body was found in her home on […]