Kilkenny residents, in particular the elderly, are being urged to ignore people calling door-to-door offering to do work on their property. It follows reports of unsolicited tradespeople cold calling houses offering such services as tarmacing, roof powerwashing, and gutter cleaning and extorting money out of vulnerable residents. A local Garda spokesperson said: “Gardai in
Kilkenny residents over the age of 70 who were in line to renew their driving licence can now do so without needing a medical report. The exemption was announced this week by Junior Minister Transport Hildegarde Naughton to ease the burden on medical services following the surge of Covid cases since the start of the […]
A Kilkenny group, which provides support to the elderly who wish to remain living within the community, has just received funding to expand their services. Newpark Close Community Development is to receive €30,380 from the Department of Mental Health and Older People to continue providing essential services that allow some of Kilkenny’s elderly to remain […]