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Patient services at St Luke’s Hospital severely curtained as 150 staff strike

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY MORE than 150 staff will walk out of St Luke’s General Hospital tomorrow after talks at preventing strike action by healthcare support workers broke down. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned the public to expect a “significant impact on services”. The hospital and healthcare support workers including porters, cleaners, healthcare

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Annual cost of attending college soars to over €12,000 for Kilkenny students

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE annual cost of being a student from Kilkenny has rocketed to over €12,000. That’s according to the Technological University (TU) Dublin annual Student’s Cost of Living guide, which looks at accommodation costs nationally as well as other expenses such as travel, food, books and socialising. The report says it will cost a […]

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Come to Kilkenny! New group aims to lure Dublin businesses to South East

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY  A MAJOR event is taking place, targeting businesses to start, relocate or expand into Kilkenny and the South East. The event ‘Perfectly Placed:Business, Talent, Funding and Living,’ take place at Trinity College, Dublin tomorrow evening. It is aimed at investors, startups, scale-ups, small and medium enterprises and multi-national

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Kilkenny Greenway gets massive €8m funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 22nd June 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY A NEW 24km-long Kilkenny greenway that is set to transform the south of the county has received a massive €8 million funding boost. The Kilkenny Greenway, which runs along a disused rail-line, will connect Ferrybank in Waterford to New Ross in Wexford, with the vast majority of the route traversing through south […]

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Prospect of University campus for Kilkenny city moves step closer

By Kilkenny Now 13th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE possibility of a university campus in Kilkenny is one step closer today. A key agreement has been reached between the stakeholders involved in the long-awaited Technological University for the South East (TUSE), a planned amalgamation of two existing institutes of technology in the region, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and IT Carlow. A […]

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New EPA monitor in Thomastown tracking Kilkenny’s air quality

By Kilkenny Now 13th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THOMASTOWN is the first area in the whole of the South East to have its air monitored as a part of a national programme tracking air quality. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today confirmed that an air quality monitor has been installed in the South Kilkenny town. The results of the air […]

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Kilkenny to help fund €12m runway at Waterford Airport

By Kilkenny Now 12th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY rate payers are stumping up some of the funds to pay for the extension of the runway at Waterford Airport. It has been confirmed Kilkenny County Council will be a part shareholder in the venture that will cost up to €12 million. Minister of State John Halligan yesterday announced the Government […]

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Kilkenny Capuchins ‘deeply regret’ homosexual ‘zombie’ comments

By Kilkenny Now 12th June 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Capuchin Order in Kilkenny has said it “deeply regrets” comments made about homosexuality during a homily over the weekend. The Kilkenny city friars stressed all are welcome in their church irrespective of sexual orientation, in line with guidance from Pope Francis. The Capuchin Order issued a statement following public outrage over […]

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Anger as Kilkenny cleric compares homosexuals and pro-choice supporters to ‘spiritual zombies’

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 3

By COLIN BARTLEY A CAPUCHIN friar in Kilkenny has sparked controversy by comparing homosexuals and supporters of abortion rights, contraception and euthanasia to “spiritual zombies” that have been infected. Brother Tom Forde delivered the controversial homily to his congregation in Kilkenny city on Saturday. Some people reportedly got up and left the church

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By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2019 0

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