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‘They deserve respect’ – Kilkenny TD demands fair pay for student nurses and midwives

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has called on the Health Minister to quit delaying and pay student nurses and midwives now. The student nurses and midwives have been at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 in our hospitals and care centres but have not been receiving any pay up to this point for their work. This […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2021 0

Teresa DOYLE (née Ryan) Noreview Crescent, Thomastown The death has taken place of Teresa Doyle (nee Ryan) on 25th January peacefully at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, late of Noreview Crescent and recently St Columba’s Hospital, Thomastown. Remembered with love and fondness by her sister Pauline, nephews Danny and David, daughter Helen, brothers Seán, Lucás and

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WATCH: ‘So very grateful’ – Kilkenny hero cancer campaigner begins treatment in US as new Vice PresientKamala gets Covid jab next door

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2021 0

Hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has shared her excitement after receiving the first dose of experimental treatment at a US clinic. The Cervical check campaigner and mother of two from Mooncoin also tweeted her joy to find out recently inaugurated US Vice President Kamala Harris was in the same facility as Vicky to receive the […]

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Fears grow for beautiful hunting dogs missing from their Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2021 0

The search is on for two beautiful hunting dogs that have been missing from their county Kilkenny home since the weekend. The two brown springer spaniels were last seen late on Sunday evening. The dogs disappeared near Skough, close to Tullahought and the slate quarries in the south east of the county. Anyone who finds […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny residents warned of ‘HSE’ vaccine scam

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2021 0

Kilkenny residents are being urged to not respond to a scam text message doing the rounds in which fruadsters falsely claim to be organising a date for a Covid-19 vaccination. The text, which was received by numerous people over the weekend, purports to be from the Health Service Executive (HSE), claiming to arrange a vaccination […]

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Man (26) sentenced to 32 years in prison for murder of popular Kilkenny man (43) at London apartment

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

The man convicted of murdering a popular Kilkenny dancer at his flat in London has been sentenced to 32 years in jail. Joel Osei (25) from London was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Adrian Murphy from Maudlin Street, Kilkenny, at a 17th-floor apartment in Battersea, southwest London, in June 2019. Osei was found […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 928 new cases of virus as 90 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

A further 90 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 928 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. With the addition of the 90 further deaths, it brings the total deaths passed 3,000. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,066. There have now been 189,851 confirmed cases of […]

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Kilkenny now has lowest unemployment rate in country: report

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

Workers in Kilkenny have been the least affected by job losses throughout the pandemic, despite the crippling impact of Covid-19 on the local tourism sector. However, figures published this week also reveal that one out of every seven workers in Kilkenny is now claiming some form of government assistance. The figures were compiled by the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

Ellen (Nellie) BREEN (née Byrne) Damerstown, Castlecomer In her 93rd year, peacefully at home, in the loving care of her family. Predeceased by her beloved husband, Tommy, her grandsons, John and Thomas, her son-in-law, Lar, her brothers, Mikey and Tom, and her sisters, Kit, Peg and Mary. Dearly loved mother of Brigid (Nolan), Anne, Rita, […]

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Level-5 restrictions to remain in place until March 5 Taoiseach confirms

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that Level 5 lockdown restrictions will continue up until March 5. The Taoiseach confirmed this news as he spoke to reporters while on his way to a  Cabinet meeting in Leinster House this morning. The reason behind the decision he explained, was the need to ease the pressure on our hospitals […]