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PEMBRO SCANDAL: Kilkenny TD tells Minister – ‘meet with John Homes, not department officials’

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has called on Health Minister Simon Harris to have a face-to-face meeting with a seriously-ill Kilkenny man who is being denied access to a life-saving drug. Minister Harris failed to give specific answers when asked if local man John Holmes (pictured above) would be given access to the drug Pembrolizumab (Pembro) […]

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Minister vows MRI scanner at St Luke’s will be delivered, but can’t confirm when

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 Post a comment

ST Luke’s General Hospital will get the long-awaited MRI scanner it badly needs, but Health Minister Simon Harris is unable to say if it will be built before the end of this year as previously promised. Minister Harris today vowed that the vital project – for which €250,000 has already been raised from local fundraising […]

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‘Show more leadership’ – Kilkenny TD urges Minister to make life-saving drug available to Kilkenny man

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has urged Health Minister Simon Harris to “show a lot more leadership” and order the Health Service Executive (HSE) to make a life-saving drug available to a seriously ill Kilkenny man. John Holmes recently received his tenth infusion of the drug Pembrolizumab (Pembro) at a cost of more than €50,000. So […]

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Kilkenny TD John McGuinness hits out at ‘fake news’ on social media ahead of local elections

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 2

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has hit out at the onslaught of “fake news” in local political circles with just less than two weeks to go before the May 24 elections. Speaking to Eimear Ni Bhraonáin on KCLR Live, Deputy McGuinness hinted that certain candidates are deliberately spreading rumours they know to be untrue for […]

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John Needs Pembro: campaign demands face-to-face showdown with minister

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

THE campaign on behalf of a Kilkenny man who needs access to a life-changing drug has demanded an immediate face-to-face meeting with Health Minister Simon Harris. The John Needs Pembro campaign today said it was “heartened” that Kilkenny TDs John McGuinness and Kathleen Funchion successfully highlighted John Holmes’ case in the Dáil on Tuesday. Campaign […]

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Army of 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny saving the State millions every year

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

THERE are currently 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny – and their work is saving the State millions every year, a public meeting in the city heard this week. The event, hosted by Family Carers Ireland at Hotel Kilkenny on Monday, highlighted the many challenges facing carers in Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary. The […]

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‘You are a cold, callous Government if you allow John Holmes to die’ – TDs raise plight of Kilkenny man

By Kilkenny Now 15th May 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has challenged the Government not to be “cold” and “callous” by standing back and letting a local man who badly needs access to a life-saving drug to die. Deputy McGuiness and his constituency colleague, Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion, both raised the plight of Kilkenny man John Holmes (pictured above) […]

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MRI scanner for St Luke’s Hospital still not included in HSE Capital Plan for 2019

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital is still not in the Health Service Executive’s Capital Plan for 2019 – despite repeated promises the project would be finally delivered this year, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. In a response to a parliamentary question from Kilkenny TD John McGuinness, The HSE said the “design team are […]

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‘Backwards approach to planning in Kilkenny must end’ – Cllr McGuinness

By Kilkenny Now 11th May 2019 0

THE Western Environs development is a prime example of the “backwards approach” to major planning projects that must change if Kilkenny is to grow into a thriving, environmentally friendly city, Cllr Andrew McGuinness has said. The development on the western outskirts of the city will see the construction of 500 new homes and three new […]

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Vulture fund victim slept in a jeep in Kilkenny TD John McGuinness’ back yard

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has told how he allowed an elderly farmer to sleep in a jeep in his yard for a number of days because his home was being repossessed. Deputy McGuinness, who has regularly criticised banks for selling distressed loans to vulture funds, revealed the man called to him looking for help […]