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St Luke’s consultant at centre of patient consent controversy put on leave

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE CONSULTANT at the centre of a controversy at St Luke’s Hospital, where procedures were carried out on five women without their consent, has been placed on administrative leave. Professor Ray O’Sullivan, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at St Luke’s previously said he did not feel he needed to obtain consent for […]

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Much ado about the weather – storm halts opening night performance of Shakespeare play

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THIS year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival has a theme of illumination running through it, and unfortunately for the organisers last night did not disappoint. The opening night of Rough Magic’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ had to the halted just before the second act due to the threat of lightning storms […]

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SPONSORED: Brogan’s Bar and Kilkenny – a match made in heaven!

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

BERNARD Brogan’s football CV is impressive, to say the least. Dublin’s legendary forward has six All-Irelands, 11 Leinster titles, five National Leagues and four All-Stars to his credit. Winning comes naturally to the 2010 Footballer of the Year. So it’s no surprise that Brogan’s Bar has proved a winner on the Kilkenny social scene. What […]

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Teen who died tragically after falling ill at festival to be laid to rest tomorrow

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE FUNERAL will take place this evening of the teenager who tragically passed away three days after falling ill at a music festival in Cork last weekend. 19- year-old Jack Downey’s removal will be removed to a church in Clonmel, Co Tipperary this evening,  with burial mass taking place tomorrow morning. Jack’s […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: More like Autumn than August…

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

This weekend may have more of a feel of autumn about it than the first week of August and rain and showers will never be far away. Although the yellow rain alert will lift in the next hour or so, showers will remain over Kilkenny throughout the day, some heavy and possibly thundery at times. […]

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Drippy burglar makes off with everything but the sink

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI are looking to tap up some information and find the person who burgled a new build and made off with the bathroom fittings. The burgled house is under construction in Summerhill, Thomastown and is nearing completion.  The burglar broke in through the front door, took the fittings and then left through […]

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Kilkenny multinational applies for huge city expansion

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY multinational that announced 225 new positions this year looks set to make a massive capital investment in the city. The parent company of Taxback International, Immedis and Transfermate has lodged a planning application for a 52,000 square foot new research and innovation facility to be situated on the IDA Business […]

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UPDATE: Protesting beef farmers threatened with legal action

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE MEAT processors have threatened the Beef Plan Movement with legal action to prevent the farmers inflicting what they call further damage to the Irish beef industry. Earlier today Dawn Meats laid-off 150 temporary workers at their plant in Grannagh in south Kilkenny in response to the ongoing Beef Plan Movement protests. […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Status Yellow rainfall warning issued for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HEAVY  showers are expected to batter Kilkenny overnight and there is a good chance of spot flooding. Kilkenny has been included in a Status Yellow rainfall warning that comes into effect at 7pm this evening. All of the counties in Munster and Leinster are included in the warning. A Met Eireann forecaster […]

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Local Young Fine Gael back Kilkenny President in controversy over right-wing conference visit

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

 BY COLIN BARTLEY YOUNG Fine Gael(YFG) Kilkenny is backing their under-fire national President and fellow Kilkenny man in a row over his attendance at a right-wing conference in the USA. YFG President Killian Foley Walsh attended the Young America Foundation (YAF) conference in Washington DC last week, where political figures such as Vice-President Mike Pence […]