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COVID-19 UPDATE: Death toll increases by 49 as paid leave for healthcare workers’ partners lined up in childcare move

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 Post a comment

Forty-nine more people have died after contracting Covid-19 as 631 more cases of the coronavirus were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall Covid-19 death toll to 769, the Department of Health said. Meanwhile, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that paid leave will be provided for partners of healthcare workers who work in the […]

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Kilkenny secondary school decides to opt out of Junior Cert 2020 for sake of 140 student’s ‘health and wellbeing’

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 0

A secondary school in county Kilkenny has decided to opt out of this year’s Junior Certificate exams and will instead assess its 140 students due to sit the state exam this year in-house. Shane Halahan, Principal of Presentation Secondary School in Kilkenny says the school won’t be asking its  Junior Certificate students to sit the […]

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Kilkenny students set to begin Leaving Cert on July 29 – Minister

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 0

Kilkenny students look set to begin their leaving certificate examinations on Wednesday, July 29. The Minister for Education Joe McHugh made the announcement last night on a live Instagram call interview with website Spunout.ie, a website for teens and young adults. Minister McHugh told those logged on that education officials are working on a detailed […]

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€95,000 awarded to four community projects in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 0

Four community projects and initiatives enhancing the lives of Kilkenny residents are to receive a near €100,000 boost. Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, the Fox and Goose Community Shop and Tearooms, Trail Kilkenny and County Kilkenny Leader Partnership are to share over €95,000 under the latest round of leader funding. Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club gets €12,237 For […]

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Kilkenny residents asked to hold onto their Trócaire boxes until it is safe to return

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 Post a comment

TRÓCAIRE has urged the people of Kilkenny to hold onto their Trócaire boxes until it is safe to return them. The agency’s Lent campaign continued despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but Trócaire cancelled all face-to-face events and outreach work. “Due to COVID-19, we had to stop all our public events and activities for our Lent campaign,” […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 44 die as driver jailed for three months for breaking travel rules

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

A further 44 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 730 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 16,040 after another 388 were diagnosed. The total of deaths in Northern Ireland has […]

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COVID-19: No gatherings or festivals of more than 5,000 people in Kilkenny before September – report

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

All festivals and mass gathering in Kilkenny are to be ruled out until  the end of August or early September, according to a report. The new plans, set to be announced by the Government due to the ongoing  Covid-19 pandemic, will see events of 5000 people or more postponed or cancelled. This will see Kilkenny […]

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Far from purr-fect: Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs Festival postponed due to Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

The Cat will have to wait a while before it gets its belly rubbed after the organisers of one of Kilkenny’s most popular festival had to make the call to postpone the event. The Cat Laughs, which normally takes place annually on the June Bank Holiday weekend has, for the time being at least, being […]

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Plans to transform historic Kilkenny building into new housing development

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 0

A historic building in a Kilkenny village, best known as The Ouncel pub, is set to be transformed into a new residential development. Developers Walsh Sheehan Investments Limited have lodged plans with Kilkenny County Council to build six new residential units on the site on The Square in Johnstown. As part of the application, Walsh […]

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Mercedes and BMW cars ‘keyed’ in series of vandal attacks in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2020 Post a comment

The search is on for a vandal who ‘keyed’ several cars in a housing estate in Kilkenny city in recent weeks. The incidents occurred around Green Hills, where three expensive cars were targeted in less than a week. A Black BMW 525 was keyed all along the driver’s side of the car sometime between 5pm […]