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Ban on hare coursing is lifted in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HARE Coursing can resume in Kilkenny after agreement was struck to allow the sport proceed for the 2020 season. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Department of Agriculture said they will allow netting of hares for coursing “on a managed and restricted basis”. In August, all coursing and coursing activity […]

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3,000 respite bed nights taken out of service in Kilkenny in just three years

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CLOSE to 3,000 bed nights, used to care for people with disabilities while their live-in carers take a break, have been taken out of service in Kilkenny and Carlow over the space of three years. The most recent figures received for 2019 shows no let-up in the decline in respite nights. New […]

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Garda divisions: Minister claims changes are ‘win-win’ for Kilkenny, but fears grow over rural crime

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE announcement that Kilkenny will be the headquarters of the newly formed Eastern Garda region has been described as a ‘win-win’ by a local Minister, despite the county losing the divisional headquarters to Waterford. Another Kilkenny TD has called the loss of the divisional HQ “disappointing” but will accept the decision if […]

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Frustrated Kilkenny TD to tackle Health Minister over latest MRI scanner delay

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD has hit out at the ongoing delay in delivering the long promised MRI scanner to St Luke’s General Hospital. Deputy Bobby Aylward today revealed he has resubmitted a parliamentary question to Health Minister Simon Harris to explain why the vital project has not been delivered, in spite of numerous […]

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Vital Kilkenny health projects won’t be delayed over children’s hospital overspending fiasco: HSE

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

TWO vital local hospital projects will not be delayed as a result of the overspending on the National Children’s Hospital, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed. The minister was responding to a parliamentary question from Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward. Fears had been publicly expressed that the refurbishment, renovation and new building works at […]

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‘Government failing rural Ireland’ as Mullinavat, Glenmore and Kilmoganny lose post offices

By Kilkenny Now 18th December 2018 0

THE Government is failing the people of rural Ireland through its inadequate response to the closure of rural post offices, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward has said. Deputy Aylward spoke out after he asked the Minister for Rural Affairs and Community Development Michael Ring about his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and […]