A young Kilkenny woman has spoken out about her harrowing personal experience at the crisis-hit psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford (UHW). Mooncoin native Shauna Aylward, who is herself now a nursing student, bravely decided to go public with details of her treatment at the unit, which has been in the headlines over the past […]
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 […]