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WEATHER ALERT: Status Yellow rainfall warning issued for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HEAVY  showers are expected to batter Kilkenny overnight and there is a good chance of spot flooding. Kilkenny has been included in a Status Yellow rainfall warning that comes into effect at 7pm this evening. All of the counties in Munster and Leinster are included in the warning. A Met Eireann forecaster […]

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Good news for tenants as Kilkenny is designated a rent pressure zone

By Kilkenny Now 2nd July 2019 0

KILKENNY city has been designated as a rent pressure zone (RPZ), which will bring some relief to hard-pressed tenants struggling to meet their monthly payments. Kilkenny is among 19 new RPZs announced by the Government, covering 11 counties. The other areas are Ardee, Arklow, Athenry-Oranmore, Athlone (Westmeath side), Dundalk-Carlingford and Dundalk-South, Fermoy, Gorey,

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Nine lucky Kilkenny punters scratch off €575,000 in top card prizes

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

NINE lucky punters from Kilkenny city and county scooped a total of €575,000 by winning the top prize after trying their luck with National Lottery scratch cards. Since 2015, there have been a total of 402 winners across the country who have won top tier prizes, which are the maximum cash prizes on a given […]

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‘We’ve a decade left to avert a complete climate breakdown’ – Kilkenny protest

By Kilkenny Now 24th May 2019 0

KILKENNY city-centre erupted in a riot of noise and colour today as students and activists took to the streets to highlight the dire need for “immediate” climate change action. The strike, organised by the Schools’ Climate Action Network (SCAN) and the Kilkenny Climate Action Group, follows a series of similar strikes in Kilkenny and across […]

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Overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s Hospital eases, but 28 patients still on trolleys

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

THE overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s General Hospital eased this morning, although 28 patients are still being treated on trolleys at the A&E department and outside wards. Latest figures from Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show there has been a drop of 12 in the numbers left waiting for a bed at St Luke’s […]

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Brave Kilkenny couple to wed, ‘in sickness and in health’

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A KILKENNY couple who plan to wed ‘in sickness and in health’ are on a mission to promote organ donation. Elaine Murphy and her fiancé Mark Kavanagh, who is on dialysis for up to nine hours a night as he awaits a kidney transplant, are due to get married in July 2020. […]

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Waterford FG members reject Minister Phelan’s plan for directly-elected mayors

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2019 0

MINISTER John Paul Phelan’s plans to have directly-elected mayors in every local authority have received a setback after one of his own party colleagues called for the proposal to be “withdrawn and forgotten about”. The Fine Gael mayor of Waterford, Declan Doocey, also said he is advising constituents to vote No in next month’s poll […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Parts of Kilkenny at ‘high risk’ of flooding, warns Met Eireann

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2019 0

PARTS of Kilkenny are on ‘high alert’ for flooding after the county was battered by torrential showers over the weekend. In its latest update, Met Éireann said Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Limerick, Clare, Kerry and Connacht are at a high risk of flooding. The warning has put towns and villages in South Kilkenny such as Thomastown […]

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Patients on trolleys at St Luke’s more than doubles in 24 hours: INMO

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2019 0

THE number of patients being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital has more than doubled in the space of just 24 hours. Fifteen people were left waiting for a bed at St Luke’s on Monday, but this figure had risen to 33 by yesterday morning. Yesterday KilkennyNow.ie revealed a total of 324 patients […]

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Surge in number of patients on trolleys at St Luke’s Hospital: INMO

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2019 0

A TOTAL of 324 patients were treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital last month, new figures reveal. There was an increase of almost 10% increase in the level of overcrowding at our local hospital in March when compared to the previous month, when 288 patients were treated on trolleys. New figures published by […]