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‘Five days is too long’ – TD calls for faster testing of nursing home staff and residents in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2020 0

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Stephen Donnelly has said testing in Kilkenny nursing homes for Covid-19 needs to be accelerated. And he called for regular testing of staff and residents in the county’s nursing and care homes. He said: “At the moment testing in our nursing homes is taking at best five days to turnaround […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: 12 more cases of virus in Kilkenny, doubts over plans to reopen schools in September

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2020 0

The number of coronavirus cases in Kilkenny has risen to 271, according to the latest county-by-county breakdown of Covid-19 figures. It represents an increase of 12 confirmed cases of the virus since the beginning of the week. The latest figures come as it emerged the Department of Education’s most senior official has raised major doubts […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 18 die as number of people in ICU declines

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2020 0

A further 18 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 1,446 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 22,760 after another 219 were diagnosed. Minister for Health Simon Harris has said the […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 27 pass away as global death toll reaches 270,000

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

A further 27 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 1,429 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 22,541 after another 156 were diagnosed. The total number of deaths in Northern Ireland […]

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Kilkenny’s early risers asked to support Pieta House’s sunrise appeal

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

The good people of Kilkenny are being asked to get up at the dawn on Saturday to help raise funds for Pieta House. The annual dawn walk Darkness Into Light, the main annual fundraiser for the suicide  charity, cannot take place as normal because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Instead, people are being asked to take […]

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Ploughing Championships cancelled due to Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

The National Ploughing Championship is the latest major event to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisers today said they took the decision “in the interests of public health and safety”. Organiser Anna Marie McHugh said social distancing measures and other restrictions around Covid-19 meant the event was not viable this year. “It is […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Six more people contract virus in Kilkenny, sweeping changes to this year’s Leaving Cert

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

The number of coronavirus cases in Kilkenny has risen to 265, according to the latest county-by-county breakdown of Covid-19 figures. The latest figures reveal six more people locally have contracted the virus since Monday. Meanwhile, sweeping changes to this year’s Leaving Cert set to be announced today will give students the option of sittting the […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 29 more people die but Covid-19 related admissions to hospital halve

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 0

Twenty-nine more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 137 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,403. There are now 22,385 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country. The latest casualties were confirmed by the Department of Health as […]

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Food for thought: Green TD calls for restaurants to be allowed use public footpaths

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 0

We all might find ourselves eating a lot more al fresco in the coming months and one TD is calling on Kilkenny County Council to allow restaurants and cafes to be able to use public footpaths without incurring extra charges. Green Party spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Steven Matthews TD, has urged all local […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Kilkenny cases rise to 259, disturbing new whistleblower claims about nursing home safety – report

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 Post a comment

The number of coronavirus cases in Kilkenny has risen to 259, according to the latest county-by-county breakdown of Covid-19 figures. It comes amid disturbing new claims made by a whistleblower in a Health Service Executive (HSE) nursing home who said concerns raised by healthcare workers about the welfare of residents fell on “deaf ears”. Some […]