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‘Just taking my newborn son home’ – Kilkenny motorist has a very good excuse for being outside Covid 2km zone

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2020 0

This Kilkenny man had a great excuse for being outside the 2km zone gardai after he was stopped at a Covid-19 checkpoint earlier today. “I’m just bringing my newborn son Josh and mam home from St Luke’s Hospital,” said Andrew to the officers as he nodded to his precious cargo in the back seat of […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 500 new cases confirmed, 28 more die, but thousands still take to the roads despite warnings

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2020 Post a comment

500 new cases of Covid-19 has been confirmed this evening as the coronavirus claimed the lives of 28 more people. This is the highest number of new cases confirmed by the Department of Health since the start of the emergency. It brings the total number of cases here to 6,574, while the death toll now […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Another 25 lose their lives as number of confirmed cases passes 6,000-mark

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

A further 25 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 235 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 6,074 after another 365 were diagnosed. The total of deaths in Northern Ireland has […]

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SPONSORED: Award-winning Kilkenny restaurant gives diners pizza mind with innovative new collection service

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

An innovative Kilkenny restaurant is providing a bespoke new pizza and wine collection service in a safe environment starting this weekend. Barrow’s Keep in Thomastown has just launched a delicious pizza menu which, together with its award-winning wine offering, allows couple to create their own romantic restaurant setting from the comfort of their own homes. […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: The ups and downs of indoor athletics

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

Staying in is the new going out and twiddling your thumbs has become a training exercise as people learn how to keep fit without leaving their living rooms. I have been developing a little routine myself and I thought I might share it with you. I have, in fact, been working on this for some […]

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Gardai given powers to turn Kilkenny people away from holiday homes in Easter crackdown

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

An Garda Siochana have been given sweeping new powers that allows them to turn Kilkenny people to holidays homes and coastal regions for the Easter weekend. Minister for Health Simon Harris has signed regulations to give members the authority to enforce Covid-19 restrictions including forcing people to return to their homes and to arrest or […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Sharp spike in deaths as 36 lose their lives while number of confirmed cases rises by 345

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

A further 36 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 210 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 5,709 after another 345 were diagnosed. A total of 42,484 tests have been carried […]

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Kilkenny WIT students get 24-hour access to online libraries

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

Waterford Institute of Technology has made a wide range of online resources, eBooks, journals, and help guides online to support their study and research. “WIT Libraries are endeavouring to meet our communities’ information needs by delivering access to credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources,” Head of Library & Information Services, Terry O’Brien

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Driver high on cocaine had toddler in back of car when stopped in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

A motorist who was travelling with a female and a three-year-old child tested positive for cocaine when he was stopped at gardai on a Covid-19 patrol in Kilkenny city. Gardai arrested the drug driver in the early hours of this morning after tests confirmed he had taken the drug. Meanwhile, members of the Kilkenny Roads […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 16 more die as 370 new cases of Coronavirus are confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

Sixteen more people have died after contracting Covid-19 as 370 more cases of the coronavirus were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall Covid-19 death toll to 174. A total of 5,364 people in the country have now contracted the virus. Earlier it was confirmed there has been a further seven deaths due to Covid-19 […]