By COLIN BARTLEY A REVIEW by health services is currently underway following the unexpected death of a patient at St Luke’s General Hospital earlier this week. The death occurred on Monday evening at the Department of Psychiatry (DoP), the acute mental health facility located on the grounds of St Luke’s. A Health Service Executive (HSE) […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY motorists are being urged to get their tyres checked as part of road safety week as good tyres save lives. Today is national tyre safety day and the Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána and the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA), have teamed up to remind all Kilkenny road users […]
By COLIN BARTLEY TRAIN services to and from Kilkenny are experiencing severe delays this morning after signalling cable was stolen from the rail lines overnight. Trains into and out of Plunkett station are running around 45 minutes late after Irish Rail had to implement a manual system of signalling this morning as the automatic system […]
By COLIN BARTLEY HOTELS and guesthouses in Kilkenny have seen a near 80% falloff in bookings from UK visitors. The latest figures released from a national industry survey from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) shows 57% of hotels have seen a fall in overall business levels compared to this time last year while 33% report […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN in his mid-30s was arrested after gardai raided a business in the city centre and found drugs and weighing equipment on the premises. In a planned raid on the city centre business, gardai discovered €630 worth of cocaine, €150 worth of cannabis, and weighing scales commonly used in drugs distribution. […]
By COLIN BARTLEY AN application for a huge hotel development beside the Abbey Quarter, which would see an existing hotel more than triple in size, has been received by Kilkenny County Council. Auburn Ventures is looking to dramatically expand the Kilkenny Inn Hotel on Vicars Street by adding 75 rooms to the existing building, bringing […]
By COLIN BARTLEY BUDGET 2020 was announced this afternoon by Finance Minister Paschal Donohue and it was a no-frills, no give away budget for the vast majority of people in Kilkenny. Minister Donohue said decisions were influenced by the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit, and a special €1.2 billion package was created to deal with […]
By COLIN BARTLEY FOUR gardai were hospitalised after they were attacked by a man they were attempting to arrest. The incident occurred just off Rice Bridge in Waterford city in the early hours of this morning. The gardai, who were on duty at the time, were called to a public order disturbance on Bridge Street […]
A MAN is being treated at St Luke’s General Hospital after he was struck by a van in the early hours of this morning. The pedestrian was knocked down shortly before 5am on Hanover Road in Carlow town. The emergency services arrived at the scene a short time later and the victim was rushed to […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A FORMER Kilkenny councillor who also contested the local elections in Waterford will now contest the Wexford by-election for the seat left vacant by MEP Mick Wallace. Melissa O’Neill was first elected to the Piltown Municipal District of Kilkenny County Council in 2014. In doing so she became the first Sinn Féin […]