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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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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 […]

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Coronavirus confirmed in Republic as male patient in east of country receives ‘appropriate medical care’

By Kilkenny Now 29th February 2020 0

A man who is located in the eastern part of Ireland is being treated for coronavirus, the Department of Health has said. It is the first case of Covid-19 confirmed in the Republic of Ireland and the patient is currently receiving “appropriate medical care”. It is not believed that the man contracted the virus from […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Some good news, just for a change

By Kilkenny Now 1st January 2020 0

You would never guess from the Irish media in general, but we have a lot to be happy about this new year. For one thing, we are living longer. On average, an Irish man can now hope to live until he is a little over 80 and a woman until she is 84. That’s an […]

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Have a heart, Taoiseach! Local cardiac campaigners deliver powerful message to Leo

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Cardiac care campaigners from Kilkenny and across the South East have delivered a petition with 5,000 signatures to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s office in Dublin. The signatures were collected in October following the high profile Hand On Heart campaign organised by the Health Equality For the South East (HEFSE) group. HEFSE is demanding that the Government […]

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3,000 respite bed nights taken out of service in Kilkenny in just three years

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CLOSE to 3,000 bed nights, used to care for people with disabilities while their live-in carers take a break, have been taken out of service in Kilkenny and Carlow over the space of three years. The most recent figures received for 2019 shows no let-up in the decline in respite nights. New […]

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South East’s Cath Lab to close for 12 weeks

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE ONLY permanent Cath Lab in the South East region is to close down for 12 weeks. University Hospital Waterford’s Cath Lab will close to facilitate maintenance work and equipment upgrade. It is believed the modular lab in UHW’s campus will be open three to five days a week while work is […]

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Health board for South East could return to Kilkenny, Government plans to curb HSE’s powers

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY WHO remembers the South Eastern Health Board or Bord Slainte an Oir-Dheiscirt? It could be set to make a comeback. It’s reported Minister for Health Simon Harris will recommend to Cabinet this week, the largest restructuring of Ireland’s health services since the creation of Health Service Executive (HSE) in 2005. The plan […]

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CervicalCheck scandal: top health officials knew of lab fiasco six months ago

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY OFFICIALS in the Department of Health knew about the computer issues in a US lab since February, which left hundreds of women without the results of their cervical screenings. It emerged today that CervicalCheck knew of the computer glitch in February. Officials thought the lab in the US conducting the screening was […]

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MENINGITIS WARNING: Vaccination targets way off in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY UPTAKE of the Meningococcal C (‘MenC’) vaccine for Kilkenny children under the age of 24-months is falling well short of national targets, new figures reveal. The 86% uptake for the immunisation of MenC is nearly 10 points below the national target of 95% set by the Department of Health. The figures come […]