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Toys and cash stolen during break-in at Kilkenny home on New Year’s Eve

By Kilkenny Now 4th January 2022 0

Heartless thieves broke into a house in county Kilkenny on the last day of 2021 and made off cash, a laptop and a PlayStation games console. The break-in occurred at a property in Skehana, near Castlecomer, sometime between 3pm and 6pm on New Year’s Eve. Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have seen any […]

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LATEST: Schools to reopen as planned as 21,302 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 4th January 2022 0

A further 21,302 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Heath confirmed this evening. And there are now 884 patients being treated for the virus in hospital, an increase of 80 on yesterday. Of these, 90 are being treated in ICU, a drop of three. The latest cases come as three Coalition leaders today agreed that […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 4th January 2022 0

Patricia (Patsy) KINSELLA (née Cagney) Dournane Road, Mooncoin Patsy passed away peacefully on Monday at her home surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Denis, sister of the late Eamonn and mother-in-law of the late Nicola. Sadly missed by her loving children Michael and Kathleen, sister Breda, brothers Liam, John, Conor, Vincent, Gerard […]

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High number of patients on trolleys at Kilkenny hospital today

By Kilkenny Now 4th January 2022 0

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is experiencing one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country today. As the country feels the ful impact of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning confirmed there are a total of 420 patients on hospital trolleys. St Luke’s reported the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 3rd January 2022 0

Honor HARVEY (née Scott) Harbour View, Kilbrittain, Cork/Kilkenny Harvey, née Scott (Harbour View, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork) on January 1st 2022, Honor, beloved wife of the late Dean Brian (Peter) Harvey and dear mother of Patrick, Christopher and Klaus (Nicholas). Sadly missed by her loving sons, daughter-in-law Jane, Christopher’s partner Jane, grandchildren Isabel

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LATEST: ‘Perfect storm’ – hospital and ICU numbers rise as almost 17,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd January 2022 0

A further 16.986 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed today. And number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals has risen to 804, an increase of 87 compared to the same time yesterday morning. This day last week there were 461 people in hospital with Covid-19. The number of people in intensive care […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Mild conditions in Kilkenny to take a frosty turn

By Kilkenny Now 3rd January 2022 0

The mild festive conditions were experienced in Kilkenny over the past week are set to take a rather frosty turn. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said today will start off brightly and “rather breezy”, but showery outbreaks of rain with some heavy falls “will slowly sink down over the northern half of the country […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Come back nuclear energy, all is forgiven

By Kilkenny Now 2nd January 2022 0

In 1978 Ireland was getting ready to produce its own nuclear-powered electricity but Christy Moore sang us out of it. He wasn’t alone. Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Clannad, Styagalee, and a  host of other musicians, joined him to protest at Carnsore Point, in Co Wexford,  where energy minister Des O’Malley planned to open the first […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 2nd January 2022 0

Ellen MAHER (née Tallis) Brittas, Tullaroan Peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family on New Year’s Day, Saturday 1st January 2022. Pre-deceased by her parents Johanna and Thomas, her sisters Mary and Judy, and her brother Walter. Beloved wife of Nicky, and much loved mother of Brian, Deirdre, Olivia, Nicholas and Lorraine. She will […]

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LATEST: Rise in Covid hospital cases as booster programme opens for over 16s

By Kilkenny Now 2nd January 2022 0

A further 17,071 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed today. There has also been an increase in the number of people with the virus in hospital, but case numbers in intensive care units remain stable. Latest figures show there were 717 people with the virus in hospitals around the country this morning, […]