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BREAKING: Number of patients on trolleys at St Luke’s quadruples as hospital overcrowding levels soar

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

THE number of patients left languishing on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital has more than quadrupled in the space of just four days, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) trolley ward watch reveal 46 patients at our local hospital were forced to wait for a bed today […]

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Keeping Kilkenny beautiful: Council honours 13 community organisations

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

COMMUNITY organisations across Kilkenny county have been honoured for their dedication and hard work in bringing prosperity to their towns and villages. Earlier this week Kilkenny County Council Cathoirleach, Cllr Eamon Aylward, hosted a special reception to “acknowledge, congratulate and thank these groups for their dedication and hard work within their respective

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Kilkenny motorists urged to be cautious as temperatures plummet to minus 4 degrees: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists are advised to be cautious and slow down as sub-zero conditions make driving conditions hazardous in parts of the county over the coming days. Met Éireann has warned temperatures will plummet to as low as -4 degrees this weekend in a marked departure from the unseasonably warm weather we have enjoyed over the […]

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Vacant supervisor role at iconic Blackberry Café just the job for right applicant

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

THE critically-acclaimed Blackberry Café in Thomastown is looking for a full-time supervisor/waitress to join its staff. Candidates must have good experience and excellent customer service ability. The successful candidate will work daytime hours, between 35 to 39 hours a week. The Blackberry, run by Jackie Hoyne and her team, is one of county Kilkenny’s best-loved

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Gang behind spate of break-ins at sheds and garages across Kilkenny strike again

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

A CRIME gang targeting Kilkenny homes and businesses is believed to be behind a spate of identical break-ins in recent days. Local gardai are investigating four separate burglaries in which power tools were stolen over a three-day period. Last Friday, January 11, the thieves broke into a garage attached to a house in Coon outside […]

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Bungling burglar busted after botched break-in at Kilkenny business building

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 0

A BUNGLING burglar was nabbed by gardai just minutes after he was spotted trying to break into a business premises in the city. The hapless would-be-thief tried to gain entry through the window of a commercial building on William Street at around 3.30pm yesterday. However, a member of the public spotted the attempted break-in and […]

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Food fight: Kilkenny carnivores told to slash meat consumption by 90%

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY carnivores will be left with a sinking feeling in their stomachs at the publication of major new report which says Irish people will have to cut their meat consumption by a whopping 90% in order to avert a climate catastrophe. The research by 20 influential food scientists, published in the Lancet Medical Journal, says […]

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Man fights for life in St Luke’s after he was struck by truck outside supermarket

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 0

A MAN is fighting for his life at St Luke’s General Hospital after he was struck by a truck outside a supermarket. The victim, who is in his mid-forties, is in a critical condition after he suffered severe head injuries in the horrific accident. The incident happened at 5pm yesterday in Carlow town centre, along […]

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Kilkenny’s small food and drink producers invited to ‘Grow with Aldi’

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 0

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi is giving Kilkenny’s small to medium food and drink producers the opportunity to have their products stocked in their stores nationwide. Aldi is now seeking applications to take part in the 2019 Grow with Aldi supplier development programme. Following its successful launch in 2018, Aldi is investing €500,000 in this year’s Grow […]

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Three Kilkenny clubs get €50,000 New Year windfall: Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 0

THREE Kilkenny clubs who missed out on the last round of Sports Capital Grant funding are about to get a new year windfall. Kells, Muckalee and Thomastown are all being granted funding under last year’s Sports Capital Grant programme following the submission of further information requested under the programme, local Minister and TD John Paul […]