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‘A beautiful life taken far too soon’ – moving tribute to Kilkenny man who died in building site tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2022 0

A man who died in a building site accident in Wexford earlier this week has been named as south Kilkenny native Andrew Phelan. The 47-year-old from Kilmacow, whose family previously ran the The Rising Sun in Mulllinavat, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on a building site in Ballymoney. Gardaí and the […]

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Man killed by falling tree while clearing debris caused by Storm Eunice

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2022 0

A man has died after he was struck by a falling tree while working to clear debris caused by Storm Eunice. The incident happened in the Ballythomas area of county Wexford late this morning. It is understood the man, who is reported to have been aged in his 50s, was working with a colleague clearing […]

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Kilkenny employees top list of days lost to illness at work

By Kilkenny Now 7th July 2021 0

Kilkenny workers are the most likely to have to take sickies on the job, a new report has found. The startling finding was revealed in the recently published Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) Annual Review of Workplace Injuries and Fatalities 2019-2020. The report found employees in Kilkenny had the highest illness rates during that period, […]

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Probe into deaths of Kilkenny healthcare staff who contracted virus at work

By Kilkenny Now 10th November 2020 0

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating the deaths of eight healthcare workers – including two Kilkenny hospital staff – who are believed to have contracted Covid 19 while at work. Catherine Hickey (51) and Jim Kenny (49) (pictured above) had been staff members at St Luke’s General Hospital for a number of years […]

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Two investigations launched as man (60s) dies in Kilkenny farm accident

By Kilkenny Now 20th June 2020 0

Gardai and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have launched separate investigations  into a fatal accident of a man in a farming accident near the village of Kells, in south Kilkenny, yesterday The dead man is believed to be aged in his 60s and was thought to be repairing a combine harvester which the in […]

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Man (40s) killed in tragic accident on construction site near Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2020 0

A man has died following a workplace accident near county Kilkenny. The man in his 40s died following an accident in Ballickmoyler, county Laois, about one mile from the Kilkenny border. It happened following an accident on Tuesday, March 3 on a site where construction work was taking place. The victim was pronounced dead at […]

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Man (50s) dies following accident at work site in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

A local man in his 50s died overnight as a result of the injuries he sustained during an accident at a building site in Kilkenny on Monday. The man fell from scaffolding while working at the site which is located in Kilkenny city. The Health Safety Authority this morning confirmed that the man passed away. […]

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Man (50s) remains in critical condition following accident at Kilkenny work site

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

A local man in his 50s remain in a critical condition today following an accident at a building site in Kilkenny on Monday. The man fell from scaffolding while working at the site which is located in Kilkenny city. The man was rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital where he remains in a critical condition, […]

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Workers urged to be careful as three people killed on the job in Kilkenny last year

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2020 0

Three people were killed in workplace deaths in Kilkenny last year, the sixth worse in the country. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have released figures which showed that there were 46 workplace deaths in the country last year, up 18% on 2018 when 39 people died on the job. Chief Executive Officer of the HSA, […]

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Health inspectors to blitz Kilkenny construction sites

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY construction sites are to be targeted by safety officers in an effort to reduce the rate of injury and death in the building sector. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is undertaking a nationwide series of inspections on construction sites focusing on the most common causes of workplaces illnesses and injuries. […]