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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further six pass away as Taoiseach says intention is to open schools in September

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2020 0

A further six people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,645 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 24,876 after another 39 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, the Government intends to reopen primary and […]

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A further nine more deaths, 2-metre rule threatens September back-to-school plans

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

A further nine people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 46 new cases of the virus were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,639. There are now 24,841 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily updates from the Department […]

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Gardai out in force on Kilkenny’s roads ahead of Bank Holiday: region’s top cop

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 Post a comment

Gardai will be out in force on Kilkenny’s road in the countdown to the busy June Bank Holiday weekend. The warning comes from the most senior Garda in the Eastern Region, which includes Kilkenny, made a personal appeal to local motorists to never drink under the influence of alcohol or drugs ahead of the Bank […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 17 pass away as Holohan says two-metre social distancing must remain

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2020 0

A further 17 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,631 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 24,803 after another 73 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, RTE is reporting that Chief Medical Officer […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Things I’d like to banish along with the virus

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2020 0

The Parting Glass is one of my favourite songs, but I would be happy not to hear it again for a couple of years. A similar moratorium on ‘the new normal’ would be welcome and I would be delighted never again to hear someone declare that ‘we’re all in this together’ . I am bored […]

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Living in Kilkenny during Covid-19: KCLR survey provides interesting snapshot of life in the time of coronavirus

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2020 0

Locals may not by going on their usual holidays this summer, but generally people are knuckling down, staying upbeat and looking forward to a shopping splurge later this year once the restrictions are lifted. That’s according to a new online survey – called Living in Carlow and Kilkenny During Covid-19 – released by KCLR this morning […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further nine pass away as Northern Ireland records no new deaths

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2020 0

A further nine people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. It comes a day after zero deaths were recorded for the first time since March. The total death toll here is now 1,615 while the number of confirmed cases has now […]

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No new deaths for first time in over two months, hairdressers preparing for ‘safe’ early reopening

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2020 0

No further deaths have been reported due to coronavirus over the past 24 hours for the first time since early March. The hugely welcome news came as just 59 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed by the Department of Health at its daily briefing. The overall death toll as a result of the virus remains […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: Africa Rising needs your help

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2020 Post a comment

Few corners of the world have escaped the devastation of Covid-19. One of the biggest mistruths about the rogue microbe is that it treats all its victims equally, discriminating nowhere. While people of all backgrounds and dispositions are hit by Covid-19, it is those souls in the lower socio-economic brackets who, with the elderly, are […]

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Number of local volunteers who answered country’s call since crisis hit revealed

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2020 0

Just under 400 people from Kilkenny and Carlow signed up to volunteer on the Government’s I-VOL app in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Figures provided by local Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan show 189 people volunteered via the app in Kilkenny, with a further 200 answering the country’s call since the coronavirus pandemic hit. […]