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Taxi! HSE seeks Kilkenny drivers for patient runs to St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TAXI and hackney drivers are being looked for to transport people to and from St Luke’s General Hospital The Health Service Executive (HSE) is looking for people to tender for a contract for a taxi/Hackney service for non-emergency patients at the Kilkenny hospital. The winning tender will supply the service in both […]

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Elderly man (80s) dies in overnight house fire

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

AN ELDERLY pensioner perished in a blaze that ripped through his home overnight. Neighbours were alerted to the fire, which erupted in the Ballytruckle Court area of Waterford city, at around 4.30am this morning and raised the alarm. Gardaí and units of Waterford Fire Brigade were at the scene within minutes. Firefighters fought to extinguish […]

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You Wha? Rising Kilkenny band to light up Electric Picnic

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Electric Picnic kicked off last night with thousands flocking to the festival early, but Sunday night will see a band from Kilkenny wind Ireland’s most popular festival down. The Wha, a Kilkenny four-piece, have two gigs scheduled this Sunday at Ireland’s largest music and arts festival. Formed just three years ago […]

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Kilkenny maternity crisis: 12 vacant midwife positions at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE pressure on the maternity unit at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is at breaking point amid another staffing crisis. As many as 12 midwife positions at St Luke’s are currently unfilled, according to figures obtained from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). And the staffing problem at St Luke’s […]

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New body for beef industry could end protests at Kilkenny meat plants – Minister

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE creation of a new way of regulating the relationship between all stakeholders in the beef crisis could bring to an end the blockade of meat processing plants in Kilkenny. The Government, according to Junior Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan, is looking at ways of creating a body that will […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Season of mists and mellow wines

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

A LOT of nonsense is written about matching wines to seasons. If you like a wine in winter you unlikely to go off it in the spring, so drink what you like whenever you like to drink it. But there is a degree of commonsense behind the matching. Obviously in summer we look for crisp […]

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Kilkenny blogger takes her place among the Elite

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY blogger and nutritionist has made the shortlist for the influential Beauty Blog Awards Ireland 2019. Laura Warren, who runs the website EliteLivingNutrition.com, which specialises in health and nutrition coaching and sports nutrition for weight control and performance, has been nominated in the Best Nutrition Influencer category in the Beauty

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Kilkenny camogie heroes take to streets for fundraiser week before All-Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CHRISTMAS may be 117 days away, but the one Kilkenny team hopes all their Christmases will come at once this week. Our senior camogie team is just nine days away from the All-Ireland final, and they are urging the people to get behind the Kilkenny All-Ireland Camogie effort. This weekend the girls […]

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450 Kilkenny teachers to ballot on strike action

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY OVER 450 teachers in Kilkenny will be asked to vote next month on whether or not to approve strike action in a row over a two-tier pay system. The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) will ballot its 18,000 members next month, of which 450 are in Kilkenny, and the ballot will run […]

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Shoppers face ‘empty shelves within days’ of no-deal Brexit: transport boss

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

SUPERMARKET shelves in Kilkenny and across the country could be emptied within two days of a no-deal crash out Brexit. That’s the stark warning issued by the head of the Freight Transport Association of Ireland (FTAI), Aidan Flynn, who says Ireland doesn’t have the warehouse space to stockpile goods, and supermarkets only have storage space […]