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SPINRAZA JOY: ‘Does this mean I’ll be able to walk?’ – Kilkenny’s Isaac Brennan

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY family who have tirelessly campaigned for their six-year-old boy to have access to a ‘miracle drug’ said they are “shocked” and “delighted” it is now being made available to them. “You just couldn’t write it. It’s incredible,” beamed Carol Cantwell, mother of Isaac Brennan, the young Kilkenny boy who suffers

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‘It’s outrageous’ – Kilkenny children have 17-year wait to see speech and language therapists

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

CHILDREN in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow are being forced to wait up to 204 months to see speech and language therapists. The shocking figures were revealed in response to a parliamentary question to Health Minister Simon Harris to Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion. The Sinn Féin TD described the waiting times as “outrageous”. She said many […]

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Relief as €2m funding boost rescues Rehab services in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2019 0

REHAB services in Kilkenny will not be lost after the groups confirmed it has received an extra €2 million in funding following negotiations. Around 60 adults in Kilkenny currently use Rehab’s resource and outreach centres. There had been fears that these services would be lost due to a lack of funding. However, the group today […]

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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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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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St Luke’s Hospital earning €35,000 a month in car park charges

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has called for hospital car parking fees to be abolished for long-term patients after new figures revealed St Luke’s is raking in more than €35,000 a month in charges. Figures obtained by Deputy Funchion’s Sinn Féin colleague Louise O’Reilly revealed the country’s hospitals generated an astonishing €22 million in car park […]

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Kilkenny teenagers to be given new vaccine to protect against meningitis

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2019 0

A NEW vaccine providing protection against particularly lethal forms of meningitis will be available to Kilkenny teenagers before they return to school next autumn. Health Minister Simon Harris has approved the introduction of the meningitis ACWY to replace the existing shot protecting against the disease from the next academic year. The Department of Health said […]

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Not a single dermatologist available to people of Kilkenny: TD

By Kilkenny Now 3rd May 2019 0

THERE isn’t a single dermatologist in Kilkenny or neighbouring Carlow to provide vital health services for the people of the constituency, according to local TD Bobby Aylward. The Kilkenny TD called on the Health Minister Simon Harris to “act urgently to ensure a consultant dermatologist is put in place for the people of Carlow and […]

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‘MRI scanner at St Luke’s will definitely be built this year’ – Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

THE long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital will be built this year, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan insisted today. This week the Chairman of the Friends of St Luke’s, Declan McCann, expressed his frustration at the ongoing delays in the project in spite of the €250,000 the group has raised for […]

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Kilkenny children under the age of 16 to get free universal dental care

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2019 0

KILKENNY children under the age of 16 will be given free universal dental care as part of a new government initiative. The €80 million plan will see almost the entire range of dental services extended to every child in the country from birth to 16 years old. Under the scheme, parents will be able to […]