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Five projects receive €40,000 from community grant scheme

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A BREAKDOWN of the €250,000 funding as part of Kilkenny County Council’s Community and Cultural Facilities Capital Grant Scheme has been released Cultural art spaces, playgrounds, sports groups, and scout halls are among the projects benefitting from the funding. Five projects received €40,000, with the other two receiving €30,000 and €20,000 each. […]

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Kilkenny farm to host key event of Farm Safety Week

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny farm is to host one of the four main events of Farm Safety Week 2019 this evening. This evening Andrew Phelan is hosting a farm safety evening on his farm at Ballytarsney, Mooncoin Co. Kilkenny. Farming continues to have one of the poorest safety records of any sector in Ireland. Last year, […]

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Man left languishing in €1,200-a-day hospital bed because HSE won’t fund move to specialist unit in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN with acute brain injuries has been left languishing in a €1,200-a-day hospital bed as health authorities say there is no money to send him to a specialised care facility in county Kilkenny. Darragh Stakelum (29), who is from Thurles, Co Tipperary, has been waiting for 16 weeks to be discharged […]

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‘If I get two years, I’ll be delighted’ – hero campaigner Vicky Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she “won’t be here for two or three years” unless a drug or a cure can be found. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke candidly of the difficulty she faces some days in coming to terms with the reality of her illness during an interview with the Love and […]

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How Kilkenny towns can hook up to the high-speed broadband highway

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

TOWNS across Kilkenny are being given the opportunity to set up their very own community broadband services. But they only have until the end of this month have until May 31 to qualify for up to €30,000 in supports for a business plan, Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) has announced. KLP CEO Declan Rice said advisory […]

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‘RIP cervical cancer warrior’ – Kilkenny’s Vicky Phelan pays moving tribute to fellow campaigner

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

KILKENNY campaigner Vicky Phelan paid an emotional tribute to her fellow “cervical cancer warrior” Tracey Brennan who was laid to rest today. Ms Brennan had tirelessly lobbied the Government alongside Ms Phelan and fellow campaigner Aine Morgan (pictured together above) for the expensive Pembrolizumab drug to be available to every single woman enduring cervical cancer.

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Broadband roadshows roll into Kilkenny communities this week

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE Kilkenny LEADER Partnership community broadband roadshows kick off this week. Information meetings will be held at the Freshford Community Hall tomorrow night, with another event at Mullinavat Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Both meetings begin at 8pm. KLP has teamed up with internationally-renowned fibre expert, John Graves, for the Blue Town Initiative which

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]

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‘It’s for people I’m doing this, not awards’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 0

HERO campaigner Vicky Phelan has slammed ongoing delays in the cervical cancer screening process as “unacceptable”. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke out a year after she was awarded €2.5m in a High Court action over the alleged misreading of her cervical cancer smear. The Mooocoin woman was recently forced to take a step back from campaigning […]

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Outrage as hero Kilkenny campaigner is clamped while receiving treatment at hospital

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2019 Post a comment

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan was left shocked after her car was clamped while she was receiving treatment at a Dublin hospital. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who was Grand Marshall of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Kilkenny city earlier this month, recently announced she was taking a break from social media to focus on […]