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‘Significant’ snow forecast for Kilkenny and South Leinster tomorrow: Met Eireann

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

KILKENNY and South Leinster will experience “significant accumulations” of snow tomorrow as we feel the full brunt of blizzards that could last up until the weekend. Met Éireann’s latest weather update today warned frost would set in quickly after dark tonight, “becoming severe” with snowfall and widespread ice and temperatures as low as -4C. Today […]

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Huge support for Kilkenny nurses as they take to the picket line

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

KILKENNY patients have been urged to stay away from our hospitals except in the case of emergencies as the nationwide nurses’ strike impacts in services. Nurses took to the picket line outside St Luke’s General Hospital and Kilkcreene hospital from 8am this morning. Local members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) brazed bitterly […]

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South East food producers in firing line as May reneges on backstop vow

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

FOOD producing companies throughout the South East along with small local businesses who export to the UK will begin to shed employees during the second half of this year unless Britain can negotiate an orderly exit from the EU. Doomsday predictions on the impact of a no-deal Brexit compiled by the Department of Finance have […]

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Gardai urge Kilkenny householders to beware of dodgy door-to-door scammers

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged householders to be aware of dodgy door-to-door sales people who are ‘cold calling’ to private homes offering trade services. The warning was issued after an elderly woman, who lives alone in a rural area, was “pressurised into paying an extortionate price” for 12 chainsaws, 11 generators, seven power washers and “assorted […]

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BREAKING: 21 patients on trolleys at St Luke’s as talks to avert nurses’ strike fail

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

OVERCROWDING figures at St Luke’s General Hospital rose significantly today as patients across the country braced themselves for tomorrow’s nurses’ strike. A total of 21 patients at St Luke’s were treated on trolleys at the hospital today, almost double the 11 recorded by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) less than a week ago […]

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MET ÉIREANN UPDATE: Heavy snow forecast, but Kilkenny may escape worst

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

MET Éireann has updated its current weather warning, warning “significant accumulations” of snow are expected this week. However, Kilkenny may escape heavy blizzards as worst of the snowfall is forecast for the North and West regions. The national forecaster said there will be showers of hail, sleet and snow today, heaviest in the South-West, West […]

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Kilkenny women urged to check for signs and symptoms of cervical cancer

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

KILKENNY women have been urged to look out for the symptoms and signs of cervical cancer in the wake of the tragic death of inspirational local woman Alice Taylor. Alice (26) tragically lost her fight against cervical cancer after she passed away last Friday in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. Tributes have poured in for […]

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Criminals disguised as hunters targeting Kilkenny countryside: Deputy Aylward

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

THIEVES are targeting private properties throughout rural Kilkenny disguised as hunters to conceal their criminal activities, a Kilkenny TD has claimed. Fianna Fáil Deputy Bobby Aylward made the claim as he called for an overhaul of Ireland’s trespass laws. Deputy Aylward said: “At present, anyone who engages in illegal trespassing is dealt with by way […]

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‘Significant’ snow forecast for Kilkenny and South Leinster tomorrow: Met Eireann

Huge support for Kilkenny nurses as they take to the picket line

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South East food producers in firing line as May reneges on backstop vow

Gardai urge Kilkenny householders to beware of dodgy door-to-door scammers

BREAKING: 21 patients on trolleys at St Luke’s as talks to avert nurses’ strike fail

MET ÉIREANN UPDATE: Heavy snow forecast, but Kilkenny may escape worst

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Kilkenny women urged to check for signs and symptoms of cervical cancer

Criminals disguised as hunters targeting Kilkenny countryside: Deputy Aylward