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‘A national emergency’ – INMO warning as 38 patients on tolleys at Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2022 0

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for “a national emergency” to be declared as it confirmed the highest numbers of patients on trolleys since the beginning of the pandemic. A total of 660 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today – including 38 at Kilkenny’s main hospital. INMO General Secretary Phil […]

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High numbers of patients on trolleys at Kilkenny hospital today

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2022 0

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is experiencing one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country today. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning confirmed there are a total of 526 patients on hospital trolleys. St Luke’s reported the joint fifth highest level in the country, where 32 patients were left […]

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‘Out of control’ – high number of patients on trolleys at Kilkenny hospital today

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2022 0

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is experiencing one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country today. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning confirmed there are a total of 549 patients on hospital trolleys. INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said the situation in ou hospitals “is now out of […]

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‘The brightest star in the sky’ – moving tributes paid to tragic Kilkenny schoolgirl

By Kilkenny Now 5th January 2022 0

Moving tibrutes have been paid to a local Leaving Certificate student who died “unexpectedly” over the weekend. Lucy Doyle passed away at St Luke’s General Hospital on Saturday. In a statement on social media, Presentation Secondary School said Lucy’s “smile and charisma will be sorely missed”. A spokesperson wrote on Facebook: “It

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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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High numbers of patients on trolleys at Kilkenny hospital today

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2021 0

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is experiencing one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country today. As the country braces for the full impact of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning confirmed there are a total of 394 patients on hospital trolleys. St Luke’s reported […]

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Man killed and two rushed to Kilkenny hospital after motorway carnage

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2021 0

A man was killed and two other rushed to hospital in Kilkenny following a horrific three-car motorway collision. The crash occurred on between Junction 4 and Junction 5 southbound on the M9 shortly after 7am this morning. The driver of one of the cars, a man in his 80s, was taken to St Luke’s General […]

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Man rushed to hospital after vicious late night attack in Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2021 0

A man had to be rushed to hospital after he was viciously assaulted in Kilkenny city-centre over the weekend. The attack occurred at The Parade just after midnight on Saturday. A local Garda source confirmed the victim, a male in his 20s, was struck by a man wearing dark grey shorts and a black top […]

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Man in court after stabbing of two victims rushed to Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2021 0

A man appeared in court today charged over the stabbing of two men who were rused to hospital in Kilkenny with  serious injuries. The men, aged in their 40s ands 50s, were admitted to St Luke’s General Hospital on Sunday night after they were attacked in an incident on the Barrow Track in Carlow. A […]

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Two men rushed to Kilkenny hospital with ‘serious’ injuries after stabbing

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2021 0

Two men were rushed to hospital in Kilkenny after they were attacked and stabbed. The incident occurred in Carlow town at around 6.45pm yesterday. Gardai confirmed officers were called to the scene on Barrow Track where two men, aged in their 40s and 50s, were discovered with stab wounds. They were taken by ambulance to […]