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COVID-19 LATEST: 10 more die as 255 new Coronavirus cases are confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Ten more people have died of the coronavirus as 255 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed tonight. It brings to 1,819 the total number of cases in Ireland. So far the virus has claimed 19 lives in the Republic.  Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan tonight confirmed that 13 of the Covid-19 fatalities are male. […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: A diary of self-imposed isolation

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Bright yellow bandana, and a sandwich tern heading for sea Day 11 in self-imposed isolation I am definitely an ‘extra’ in a Sci-Fi B movie where things are beginning to feel somewhat surreal. Getting stir crazy too, so I head off for a spring walk over the mill and down the playing fields. There’s more […]

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Covid-19: Local Link suspends Kilkenny services, redeploys resources to help vulnerable in rural areas

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Local Link’s Kilkenny evening services on door-to-door routes (DRT) have being suspended with effect. In a statement, the company said these resources will instead be redeployed to the delivery of community support services for passengers who need medical and food supplies within rural areas, in particular the elderly, the vulnerable, and the sick. In line with […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Two further deaths brings total up to nine as 235 new cases confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2020 0

Two more people have died of Covid-19, the Department of Health has said as it announced 235 new cases of the disease in this country. It brings to 16 the number of deaths related to the respiratory illness on the island after it was announced that two more people had also died in the North. […]

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Kilkenny parents warned after reports emerge of teenagers coughing on elderly people in TikTok challenge

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2020 0

Young people in Kilkenny who cough or spit at elderly people as part of the so-called TikTok Covid-19 challenge are breaking the law, a TD has warned. Parents also need to ensure their children behave themselves at all times, Fianna Fáil’s James Lawless has said, after unconfirmed reports emerged in recent days that two teenagers […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: 204 further cases as number of deaths rises to seven

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 0

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland has risen to 1,329 while a seventh death has been recorded. A further 204 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours while the number of people to die from Covid-19 in Northern Ireland has risen to five, after two more deaths were […]

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Kilkenny woman stranded in New Zealand due to Covid-19 lockdown

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 Post a comment

A young Kilkenny woman says she has been trapped in New Zealand after she was told she had come in contact with someone with Covid-19 and could not fly home to Ireland. Lynn Boland (26), who is from Thomastown, and her partner Dublin partner Oisín (25) are in Wellington since April on working holiday visas […]

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MORGAN VANDERKAMER: ‘Covid-19 has made us realise how much we enjoy having our hands full’

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 0

Each day we open our doors to our guests, smiling we welcome them into our restaurant, our second homes: sometimes what feels like our first home. There are countless times when you feel like you just turned out the lights and you are turning the music back on for another round of hospitality. For many […]

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Government introduces sweeping new restrictions in fresh wave of Covid-19 business closures

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 0

The Government is to introduce sweeping new closures of certain businesses in a fresh wave of Covid-19 restrictions, the Taoiseach announced this afternoon. These include gyms, hairdressers and restaurants who are not offering takeaway or delivery services. Schools will also remain closed while all non-essential travel will also be restricted and  you will only be […]

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Cheers! How Kilkenny distillery is helping to combat spread of Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 0

A Kilkenny distillery has redirected its resources to join the fight to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Highbank Orchards is now producing hand sanitisers after they came in short supply since the Covid-19 outbreak here. The company said on social media: “Last week we never would have thought we would be making this and […]