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LATEST: Slight rise in number of Covid patients in hospital

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2022 Post a comment

The number of people with Covid-19 in hospital remains almolst unchanged today. As of 8am, there were 650 patients with the virus being treated in hospital, an increase of one on the same time yesterday. This compares to a figure of 961 two weeks ago, and 845 on this day last week. Yesterday’s number was […]

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Large number of Kilkenny businesses make switch online: report

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny businesses and entrepreneurs used the pandemic to adapt and innovate enterprises and launch new ventures during lockdown. Newly published figures reveal Kilkenny registered no fewer than 802 new .ie domains last year. The 2021 .IE Domain Profile shows 36,875 new .ie domains were registered in Leinster and 57,530 on the island of Ireland, making […]

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‘She helped me believe in myself’ – inspiring Kilkenny teacher receives coveted award

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2022 2

Kilkenny’s Liz Kett is one of four teachers nationally to be recognised with a coveted Teachers Inspire Award for 2021. Organised and run by Dublin City University, Teachers Inspire is an Ireland-wide initiative that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise the transformative role they play in our lives and in our communities. It is […]

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‘They can be intimidating’ – Kilkenny gardai warn of ‘rogue traders’ targetting vulnerable

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2022 0

Kilkenny gardai have urged people to beware of conmen calling to their homes offering to sell services or products. It comes as gardai in neighbouring Laois confirmed they are investigating “a number of incidents” in which “bogus callers” and “rogue traders” have pressurised people into buying items they do not need. A Garda spokesperson said […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2022 3

Martin DELANEY Bayswell, Crosspatrick Martin passed away peacefully at the Sacred Heart Nursing home Crosspatrick, late of Bayswell, Crosspatrick and former resident of U.S.A. Predeceased by his parents Bob and Aileen, his brother Fr.Joe and his sister Helen. Sadly missed by his sister Mary, brothers Bobby, Tom, Dick and Stephen, sisters in law, nieces, nephews, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: A pint, a coffee, a cinema seat … these are a few of my favourite things

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2022 2

As the old Kitty Kellen song told us, little things mean a lot. And so, having done a bit of shopping, I bought a newspaper and wandered into a pub. I ordered a pint at the bar and exchanged some aimless chatter with the barman while he poured it. Then I took my paper and […]

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Criminal parking: Gardai wait for driver who dumped car in Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2022 0

The owner of this car criminally parked in Kilkenny city-centre returned to his vehicle to find the boys in blue waiting to give him a dressing down. The motorist left the front tip of his car nosing a traffic bollard on High Street with the rear of the little vehicle jutting out onto the busy […]

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Gardai appeal over fatal two-car collision on busy Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2022 0

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for information in relation to a horrific two-car road collision that occured on a busy county Kilkenny road in December. Gardaí from Thomastown are appealing for witnesses following the crash that took place on the N25 at Gaulstown in Glenmore almost two months ago on Wednesday, December 1. The incident […]

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LATEST: Over 9,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2022 0

A further 9,591 people have contracted Covid-19. The Department of Health this evening annoucned 5,109 PCR confirmed cases, while 4,482 were positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal. There were 707 patients in hospital with the virus as of 8am this morning, of whom 69 are in intensive care.

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2022 0

Sr. Maura DREA Granges Road, Kilkenny City/Donegal/Cork Sr. Maura Drea (Loreto Convent, Granges Road, Kilkenny and late of Donegal and Cork) January 26th 2022 at Drakelands House Nursing Home. Predeceased by her parents Tim and Sara, brothers Liam and Henry, sisters Cáit, Mairéad and Anne and her nephew Kieran. Deeply regretted by her sister Eileen, […]

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LATEST: Slight rise in number of Covid patients in hospital

Large number of Kilkenny businesses make switch online: report

‘She helped me believe in myself’ – inspiring Kilkenny teacher receives coveted award

‘They can be intimidating’ – Kilkenny gardai warn of ‘rogue traders’ targetting vulnerable

REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

MICHAEL WOLSEY: A pint, a coffee, a cinema seat … these are a few of my favourite things

Criminal parking: Gardai wait for driver who dumped car in Kilkenny city-centre

Gardai appeal over fatal two-car collision on busy Kilkenny road

LATEST: Over 9,000 new cases of virus confirmed

REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices