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Love is in the air: Kilkenny baby boom on the cards as local store sees 25% rise in sales of pregnancy tests

By Kilkenny Now 23rd April 2020 0

Kilkenny looks set for a a baby boom later this year and early next year after a local store reported an increase of 25% in the sales of pregnancy test kits. Yes, Dealz, which has an outlet in Kilkenny’s Market Cross Shopping Centre, may just have solved the mystery of how couples have been keeping […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Death toll increases by 49 as paid leave for healthcare workers’ partners lined up in childcare move

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 Post a comment

Forty-nine more people have died after contracting Covid-19 as 631 more cases of the coronavirus were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall Covid-19 death toll to 769, the Department of Health said. Meanwhile, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that paid leave will be provided for partners of healthcare workers who work in the […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The other man’s grass is always shorter

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 0

How does your garden grow? Hardly at all, if my neighbours are anything to go by. Never have lawns been so frequently mowed or hedges so regularly trimmed. Lockdown has turned many fingers green. One of my daughters is planting a wildflower garden at her house, another has taken to growing vegetables. I am sorry […]

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Kilkenny residents asked to hold onto their Trócaire boxes until it is safe to return

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 Post a comment

TRÓCAIRE has urged the people of Kilkenny to hold onto their Trócaire boxes until it is safe to return them. The agency’s Lent campaign continued despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but Trócaire cancelled all face-to-face events and outreach work. “Due to COVID-19, we had to stop all our public events and activities for our Lent campaign,” […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 44 die as driver jailed for three months for breaking travel rules

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

A further 44 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 730 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 16,040 after another 388 were diagnosed. The total of deaths in Northern Ireland has […]

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COVID-19: No gatherings or festivals of more than 5,000 people in Kilkenny before September – report

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

All festivals and mass gathering in Kilkenny are to be ruled out until  the end of August or early September, according to a report. The new plans, set to be announced by the Government due to the ongoing  Covid-19 pandemic, will see events of 5000 people or more postponed or cancelled. This will see Kilkenny […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: Death toll soars by record high of 77 as number of confirmed cases rises to 15,652

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

Seventy-seven more people have died after contracting the coronavirus, the highest number reported in a single day since the coronavirus crisis began. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 687. The Department of Health also confirmed an additional 401 confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the total here to […]

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Sentencing of five people over gruesome death of Kilkenny grandmother delayed due to Covid-19 crisis

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

Sentencing of five people over the horrific death and dismemberment of Kilkenny grandmother-of-seven Patricia O’Connor has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kieran Greene (35) bludgeoned his partner’s mother Patricia (61) with a hurley at her Dublin home in 2017 before cutting up the body and scattering the remains in the Wicklow mountains. Patricia’s […]

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179 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Kilkenny: breakdown of latest figures

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

Kilkenny now has 179 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The Department of Health last night confirmed there are now a total of 15,251 cases of Covid-19 in the country, with the vast majority of these in the east. Some 39 people have died in the past 24 hours after they contracted the virus, bringing the […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 39 more die, almost 500 new cases of coronavirus, plans to re-open schools in summer

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2020 0

Thirty-nine more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 493 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 610. There are now a total of 15,251  cases of Covid-19 in the country. The vast majority (37) of the latest deaths were […]