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Huge uptake as Kilkenny walk-in Vaccination centre opens

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2021 0

The Walk-in Vaccination centre set-up in Kilkenny this weekend has been a huge success. The centre, based in Cillin Hill on the outskirts of Kilkenny, was very busy yesterday – the first day the centre was operational. The Health Services Executive opened the centre due to the unprecedented success of the walk-in vaccination centres across […]

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BREAKING: Walk-in vaccination centre to open in Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 5th August 2021 0

A walk-in vaccination clinic will be in operation in Kilkenny at the Cillín Hill Conference Centre on Saturday morning. The Department of Health this evening confirmed the centre will be open for people who have not yet recieved the vaccine from 8.15am to 12.30pm. It comes as Health Service Executive (HSE) CEO Paul Reid today […]

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Good jab! World-famous tenor on song to deliver Kilkenny’s 35,000th vaccine

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2021 0

Staff at the HSE’s Covid-19 Vaccination Centre at Cillín Hill in Kilkenny have delivered their  35,000th dose. There was a pleasant surprise on hand for Ballyhale woman Angela O’ Sullivan when she received the landmark jab number 35,000 yesterday from a famous face. Dr Ronan Tynan, the internationally renowned tenor singer from Johnstown, has been […]

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Kilkenny Mart closed over failure to wear masks near vaccination centre

By Colin Bartley 28th May 2021 0

Kilkenny‘s livestock mart was forced to close its doors for trading yesterday due to a breach in Covid 19 regulations. The Department of Agriculture suspended yesterday morning’s cows, heifers and bullocks late after issues arose over the wearing of masks at the venue in Cillin Hill, where the mass vaccination centre is also based. Dairy […]

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Healthcare workers battle to keep Kilkenny services running in wake of cyberattack

By Colin Bartley 20th May 2021 0

Covid-19 testing and vaccinations have not been affected by the cyberattack on the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) computer systems. Meanwhle, staff at St Luke’s General Hospital are working hard to maintain many services in the face of the unprecedented IT crisis. In the five days since the HSE’s system went down, 425 people in Kilkenny […]

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Vaccination rollout accelerated in Kilkenny as 40-49 age group get choice of jabs

By Colin Bartley 17th May 2021 0

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccine programme is to be accelerated Kilkenny. It also emerged today that people in 40-49 year old bracket will be given the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, and will only be given the AztraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine if none of the former are available. RTÉ this morning reported that strict […]

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Kilkenny vaccination centre to jab 7,000 people a week

By Colin Bartley 23rd April 2021 0

Kilkenny’s vaccination centre at Cillín Hill will now cater for 7,000 people a week as the national inoculation rollout goes into overdrive. Meanwhile the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed while the South East as a whole now the capacity to administer 63,000 vaccines a week. With the vast majority of residents and staff of […]

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Good jab! Kilkenny vaccine centre helps drive to administer one million doses

By Colin Bartley 7th April 2021 0

This week will see the one millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose administered in Ireland, with the vaccine centre in Kilkenny playing a key role in achieving the landmark figure. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today confirmed more than 30,000 doses a day being administered. The minister also confirmed that a fourth vaccine – the Jansen jab – […]

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That’s the jab! Kilkenny’s vaccination centre ready for action

By Colin Bartley 23rd March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s Vaccination Centre in Kilkenny is ready for operation as part of the national rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. The centre, located in the The Hub at Cillín Hill, has been provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in addition to locations such as GP surgeries and pharmacies around the county, where vaccines will also […]

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That’s the jab! Kilkenny’s new Vaccination Centre is ready to go

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s new Vaccination Centre is ready for operation. The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed the centre, based in The Hub at Cillín Hill on the outskirts of the city, is ready to start rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine programme. A HSE spokesperson said vaccination centres across the country “will come on stream as needed from […]