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Leaders of campaign to save hospital that cases for Kilkenny elderly told to cancel protest or face jail

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2020 0

The organisers of a protest march who are campaigning to save a hospital that cares for elderly Kilkenny patients have been threatened with prosecution. Hundreds of people recently turned out in protest after it emerged that palliative, respite, and hospice facilities at St Brigid’s Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir have ended and that the facility will be […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 362 new cases of virus as two further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2020 0

Two more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 362 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,965. There are now 66,247 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 208 new cases of virus, period of self-isolation reduced to 10 days

By Kilkenny Now 14th September 2020 Post a comment

There has been no further coronavirus related deaths but 208 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll from the virus remains at 1,784. There are now 31,192 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country. Kilkenny is among the counties to record new infections, according to the latest daily briefing from […]

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Deaths linked to virus may be ‘substantially’ less than has been reported: watchdog

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2020 0

The number of officially reported fatalaties in Ireland as a result of Covid-19 may be significantly higher than the actual number of deaths directly caused by the virus, a new report claims. The report published today by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) says that Covid-19 caused a 13% increase in deaths in Ireland […]

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Serious issues concerning mother and child safety at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny: report

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2020 0

St Luke’s General Hospital was found to have particularly high levels of non-compliance with standards in its maternity unit. Among the problems identified during the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) inspection at the Kilkenny hospital were care for the patients and their babies, governance issues, leadership and management issues. A follow-up audit

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Foster care services in Kilkenny understaffed and ‘chaotic’ – report

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE social care services in Kilkenny are “chaotic” and lacked “professional oversight” for the children in its foster  programme. And one in five of all children in Kilkenny in foster care services throughout Kilkenny have not being allocated a social worker to oversee their placement and ensure their needs are met. The […]

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Kilkenny centre for patients with dementia receives damning health and safety report

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A DESIGNATED centre that provides dementia care for adults in Kilkenny city failed to meet the standards required in the provision of care to its patients, according to a new report. Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Inspectors were not assured that there was “sufficient resources available to ensure care of the […]

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Centre for adults with disabilities in Kilkenny receives a damning report

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A DESIGNATED centre for adults with disabilities in Kilkenny city was found in general to be failing to meet the standards required in the provision of care to its patients. The Greenfield’s Centre, which is part of Saint Patrick’s Centre, Kilkenny was found to be substandard in more than two-thirds of the […]

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UPDATE: man killed in tragic Kilkenny accident named as investigation is launched

By Kilkenny Now 25th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE MAN killed after being hit by a truck in Kilkenny yesterday has been named. 40-year-old Chris Hegarty, from Castlelyons, Co. Cork, was pronounced dead at Waterford University Hospital yesterday evening. The tragic incident happened on the N25 at Gaulstown, near Glenmore at 3 pm yesterday. This Health Information and Quality Authority […]

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Government urged to act on disturbing reports from Kilkenny maternity unit

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE GOVERNMENT is playing with the health and safety of women in Kilkenny and must address serious issues emerging from the maternity ward of St Luke’s Hospital immediately, a local TD has said. Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion spoke out in response to revelations that two pregnant women have died in the unit […]