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Google is watching you: Technology giant releases Kilkenny travel stats as we trade work for home

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 Post a comment

If anyone was wondering whether the global technology giants were really watching our every move, the answer would appear to be yes. Google has released information harvested from our devices which use its software, such as Google Maps on smart phones, to show the extent to which Covid-19 restrictions are changing our usual movements in […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Another 17 lose their lives as number of confirmed cases reaches 4,604

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

A further 17 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 137 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 4,604 after another 331 were diagnosed. In the North, eight died since yesterday while […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Nursing home staff to have temperature checked twice per day

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

Sweeping new changes in the nursing home sector will see staff having their temperatures checked twice per day, the Minister for Health Simon Harris announced this afternoon. National and regional Covid-19 infection prevention and control teams will work with individual nursing home and homecare providers to implement the procedures. Minister Harris added that the supply

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

John (Jack) Canham Kilmanagh, Kilkenny The death has taken place of John (Jack) Canham, Kilmanagh Co Kilkenny and Chingford, London after a short illness. Jack will be greatly missed by his loving wife Lynette, children Katie, Peter and Jack, his five grandchildren, brother and sisters and extended family. May This True Gentleman Rest In Peace […]

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Plans for mixed development of family homes and serviced sites in Kilkenny town unveiled

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

Plans for a large housing development, which will include the provision of a number of serviced sites, has landed on the desk of Kilkenny County Council planners. Developer Andrew Glennon is seeking to build 41 family homes and eight serviced sites on a new development at Friars Walk, Clashacollare in Callan. The development will be […]

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‘Significant arrest’ made by Kilkenny gardai in hunt for woman scamming businesses around the country

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have made a “significant arrest” in the hunt for a woman pulling off an elaborate scam that targeted business all over the country. The suspect and a male accomplice were this evening charged with seven and six offences respectively, including burglary and theft, at a sitting of Kilkenny District Court. Over the past […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Number of deaths increases by 22 as toll passes the 100-mark

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

The death toll in the Republic of Ireland from Covid-19 has risen by 22 to 120 while the number of new cases has increased by 424. This brings the total of confirmed cases to 5,177  on the island as a whole while the total number of deaths has reached 168 after another 12 people lost […]

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‘The worst is yet to come’ – Kilkenny man who tested positive for Covid-19 makes powerful appeal from his hospital bed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny man currently being treated for the coronavirus at St Luke’s General Hospital has written a powerful personal appeal for people to “stay home and stay safe” as he predicted: “The worst is yet to come.” Tomas Jackman, who had been suffering from double pnemonia, this week received the dreaded news that he had […]

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People power puts paid to controversial housing plans for Kilkenny village centre

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

A controversial apartment development proposed for a Kilkenny village has been refused planning permission following concerns raised by local residents about the project. Centaur Developments in Ballyfoyle, just north of Kilkenny city lodged plans with Kilkenny County Council to build 12 apartments at Banagher Place, just off Piltown’s Main Street. The plans looked for 10

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Driver high on cocaine and cannabis arrested at Kilkenny Garda Covid-19 checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

A drug driver tested positive for cocaine and cannabis after they were stopped at a checkpoint by local gardai on Covid-19 patrol. The motorist was arrested after they were tested by members of the Thomastown Roads Policing Unit who were carrying out a number of checkpoints and patrols in the Paulstown area yesterday. A local […]