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Investigation after large building in county Kilkenny town is gutted in blaze

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 0

An investigation has been launched after a fire gutted a building in the centre of a Kilkenny town last night. Shortly before 9pm yesterday evening flames were seen to be bellowing from the Old Coop in Callan. Five fire tenders from both Callan and Kilkenny City rushed to the scene at the corner of Green […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Kilkenny cases rise to 259, disturbing new whistleblower claims about nursing home safety – report

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 Post a comment

The number of coronavirus cases in Kilkenny has risen to 259, according to the latest county-by-county breakdown of Covid-19 figures. It comes amid disturbing new claims made by a whistleblower in a Health Service Executive (HSE) nursing home who said concerns raised by healthcare workers about the welfare of residents fell on “deaf ears”. Some […]

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What a pane! Vandal smashes in window of house in Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 0

A vandal smashed in the window of a house in Kilkenny city-centre before fleeing the scene. Gardai in Kilkenny are investigating the incident, which occurred at a house in Desert Court on Ormonde Street last Saturday week sometime between 12am and 3pm. Officers arrived at the scene and discovered a pane of glass in the […]

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Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit behind €165k drugs bust

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

The Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit were behind the discovery of €165,000 worth of cannabis found in a house in county Wexford yesterday afternoon. A man in his 40s was arrested after gardai found the bounty of weed in a house in Bunclody, county Wexford. A garda spokesperson said: “The search took place as part of […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 37 die as GAA says no inter-county games before October

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

A further 37 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,375 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 22,248 after another 265 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, the GAA has said no inter-county games […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Better no sport than sport with no crowds

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

I miss televised sport a lot. And that’s a surprise because, if, before the Covid-19 crisis, you had asked me about my sports viewing, I would have said it amounted to very little. I am a Liverpool fan and have always watched them play and I would tune in at weekends to the Sunday Game. And that was about it, I would have said. Well, that and the Champions League. I

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

Bridie Brennan Upper Coolbawn, Castlecomer, Kilkenny At Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget. Pre-deceased by her father Thomas, mother Annie, brothers Paddy and Sean. Bridie will be sadly missed by her sister Mary, brothers Tom, Jim, Murt and Michael, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces, grand-nephews and grand-nieces, cousins, relatives and friends. MAY BRIDIE REST IN

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Testing criteria for those fearing they have contracted Covid-19 in Kilkenny broadened from today

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

The rule on who can be tested for Coronavirus testing in Kilkenny are once again being extended as from today. People who now contact their GPs outside of the high-risk groups and who find they are suffering from a new cough, a recently acquired fever, or shortness of breath will now be eligible for testing. […]

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Massive increase in number of patients waiting on beds in Kilkenny’s St Luke’s

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 Post a comment

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny appears to be in the midst of a mini-crisis outside of the Covid-19 crisis as it has recorded the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys in its emergency room today out of all of Ireland’s hospitals. The Irish Nurse and Midwife Organisation’s (INMO) daily Trolley Watch report reveals […]

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Two gardai self-isolating after being attacked at Operation Fanacht checkpoint in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2020 0

Two Kilkenny gardai have had been told to self-isolate after being the victims of a horrific attack while on duty over the weekend. The two female gardai were brought to St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny following the incident at an Operation Fanacht checkpoint outside of Callan in the early hours of Sunday morning, with […]