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COVID-19 UPDATE: Nursing home staff to have temperature checked twice per day

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

Sweeping new changes in the nursing home sector will see staff having their temperatures checked twice per day, the Minister for Health Simon Harris announced this afternoon. National and regional Covid-19 infection prevention and control teams will work with individual nursing home and homecare providers to implement the procedures. Minister Harris added that the supply

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Number of deaths increases by 22 as toll passes the 100-mark

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

The death toll in the Republic of Ireland from Covid-19 has risen by 22 to 120 while the number of new cases has increased by 424. This brings the total of confirmed cases to 5,177  on the island as a whole while the total number of deaths has reached 168 after another 12 people lost […]

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‘The worst is yet to come’ – Kilkenny man who tested positive for Covid-19 makes powerful appeal from his hospital bed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny man currently being treated for the coronavirus at St Luke’s General Hospital has written a powerful personal appeal for people to “stay home and stay safe” as he predicted: “The worst is yet to come.” Tomas Jackman, who had been suffering from double pnemonia, this week received the dreaded news that he had […]

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Driver high on cocaine and cannabis arrested at Kilkenny Garda Covid-19 checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

A drug driver tested positive for cocaine and cannabis after they were stopped at a checkpoint by local gardai on Covid-19 patrol. The motorist was arrested after they were tested by members of the Thomastown Roads Policing Unit who were carrying out a number of checkpoints and patrols in the Paulstown area yesterday. A local […]

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Fare play! The leading Kilkenny restuarants turning to takeaways as Covid-19 restrictions bite

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

The Covid-19 emergency has forced the closure of most of Kilkenny favourite eateries and restaurants. But some innovative local restaurants have adapted their businesses into takeaway services you can still savour their gourmet flavours from the comfort of your own home. You can enjoy the great taste of Irish Italian fusion from La Rivista with […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Unsettled in self-isolation, Kilkenny braced for April showers

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

Weather wise there’s some good news, and some bad news, on the horizon for Kilkenny. The bad news first: the lovely dry, albeit quite cold, weather we’ve enjoyed over the past fortnight is set to come to a end as more unsettled and rainy weather conditions casts a shadow over the weekend. The good news? […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 13 more deaths, 402 new cases, but Ireland’s top doctor says ‘the curve is flattening’

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2020 0

Thirteen more people have lost their lives after contracting the coronavirus as 402 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall Covid-19 death toll in the country to 98, with a total of 3,849 new cases now confirmed ahead of the expected surge in the weeks ahead. In its daily Covid-19 […]

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‘Ticking timebomb’ – new Garda operation to protect victims of domestic violence in Kilkenny during Covid-19 crisis

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2020 0

Gardai have launched a new operation to protect victims of domestic abuse in Kilkenny during the Covid-19 crisis. The coronavirus emergency has created an unprecedented situation in which many abusers and victims are forcibly locked up together while the new restrictions are in place. One leading campaign group, Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland (SDVII), has […]

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COVID-19 CRISIS: President Higgins sends message of hope to people of Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2020 0

President Michael D Higgins has sent a message to the people of Ireland through local and community radio as the country grapples with the Covid-19 crisis. In a special live address that was broadcast on all of Irelands’s independent radio stations, President Higgins said he and his wife Sabina said they wanted to “offer our […]

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Kilkenny legend goes 4,728km distance to help frontline workers in fight against Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2020 0

Kilkenny hurling legend Paul Murphy may be almost 5,000 kms from home as he and his battle to keep the peace in Lebanon, but that hasn’t stopped him from doing his bit to protect those at home at the coalface in the fight against Covid-19. The big-hearted Danesfort star and his comrades in the 115th […]