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Confirmed case of Covid-19 at well-known Waterford factory

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2020 0

A worker at a well-known factory in Waterford has been diagosed with Covid-19, it emerged this morning. Management at the Cartamundi factory on the Cork Road, which employs 300 people, have confirmed an employee has been diagnosed with the Coronavirus. The news first emerged in a report by WLR’s Damien Tiernan on social media this […]

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: First person in Ireland dies from Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2020 0

A patient suffering from Covid-19 in the East of the country has died from the virus. According to the Irish Times, the person, who is believed to be elderly, died earlier today in hospital where they had been treated in the last few days. The woman is understood to have had underlying illness and was […]

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Kilkenny schools are not closing: Department of Education issues statement regarding spread of Covid-19 rumours

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2020 0

The Department of Education has issued a statement dismissing rumours circulating on social media that all schools in Kilkenny and countrywide will be told to close down tomorrow in response to the coronavirus outbreak. While not directly addressing the social media chatter, the department this afternoon told the public in a statement released that: “Any […]

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CORONAVIRUS: Woman in east of country among two new cases of Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 8th March 2020 0

Two more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed this evening, bringing to 21 the number of people affected by Covid-19 so far. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this evening confirmed the new cases, both of which were transmitted in the community. One of the patients is a female in the east of the country. […]

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Kilkenny councillor wants St Patrick’s Day parade called off

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2020 0

Kilkenny councillor David Fitzgerald has called for the St Patrick’s Parade in the city to be cancelled. The Fine Gael member made the call on twitter despite the official position of the Government being that all major events should go ahead. Despite the official HSE position on #COVIDー19 #coronavirus #kilkenny ‘s St Patricks day parade […]

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CORONAVIRUS: 60 hospital staff asked to ‘self-isolate’ after first case of community transmission

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2020 0

More than 60 staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH) have been asked to self isolate following the identification of a case of community transmission of Covid 19 at the hospital. The Health Service Executive’s National Director of Acute Operations Liam Woods this morning confirmed the hospital will have to adjust services and there will be a […]

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BREAKING: First case of coronavirus contracted by patient in Ireland who hadn’t travelled abroad

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 2

A man in Cork who has tested positive for Covid-19 is believed to be the first person in Ireland to have contracted the disease without leaving the country. He was the seventh person in the Republic – and tenth on the the island – to have caught the highly contagious virus but the first not […]

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Family of four in West of Ireland test positive for coronavirus

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2020 0

A family of four – two males and two females – in the West of Ireland have tested positive for coronavirus after returning from northern Italy. It brings to nine the total number of cases on the island of Ireland – six in the Republic and three in the North. “Tonight we can confirm there […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Don’t panic! It’s flu, not the end of the world

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2020 0

IT’S flu. It’s not the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague. It is carried by humans, not by the  Horsemen of the Apocalypse . Influenza viruses come in many forms and they come every year. They make a lot of people feel quite ill, some people feel very ill and for a few people they prove fatal. In Ireland flu kills dozens of people every winter, thousands across

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Second case of coronavirus confirmed in Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2020 0

A woman in the east of Ireland who recently returned from Italy has been confirmed with coronavirus. It is the second case of Covid-19 in the Republic after a teenager was diagnosed with it at the weekend. A third person in Northern Ireland also has the virus. Almost 400 people in the Republic have been […]