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18 patients on trolleys at St Luke’s following busy bank holiday weekend

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

EIGHTEEN local patients being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital yesterday following a busy bank holiday weekend for nurses and medical staff. This is one fewer than the 19 patients who were left waiting for a bed at St Luke’s last Friday, according to latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation […]

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A breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes tuck into Billy’s ‘Full Irish’

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 Post a comment

IT was a breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes – and what seemed like half the parish – crammed into Billy’s Tearooms & Shop this morning for a hearty breakfast in the aftermath of the Shamrocks’ emphatic victory in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Final at Croke Park yesterday. The staff and volunteers at […]

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Brilliant Ballyhale outclass St Thomas to be crowned All-Ireland club champs for seventh time

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 2

Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-28 St Thomas (Galway) 2-11 OH how Brian Cody will be glad to welcome back his Ballyhale boys. The Shamrocks became the second Kilkenny club after Dunnamaggin to be crowned All-Ireland club champions this year as the South Kilkenny club easily overcame Galway’s St Thomas at Croke Park. The victory marks an incredible […]

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Joey Holden: ‘Kilkenny can be a match for anyone in the Championship’

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2019 0

JOEY Holden is confident Kilkenny can be a match for anyone in this year’s Championship. Most bookies have Limerick Galway, Tipperary and Cork down as the leading contenders to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2019. Holden hasn’t been part of the Kilkenny set-up so far this season, but the Ballyhale man is adamant they […]

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Cats’ clash with Wexford called off as Kilkenny included in new snow-ice warning

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

KILKENNY’S clash with Wexford was called off as the weather conditions worsened today, with Met Éireann including both counties in a new snow-ice warning at lunchtime. The game was called off after the surface at Wexford Park underwent three pitch inspections. Waterford’s clash with Galway and Cork’s match against Tipperary in the National Hurling League […]