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Taoiseach and Tánaiste ask Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan to ‘consider his position’ as EU Commissioner over golf dinner controversy

By Kilkenny Now 23rd August 2020 0

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar have asked former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan to “consider his position” as EU Commissioner after he attended this week’s controversial Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in breach of Covid-19 regulations. A Government spokesperson said in a statement: “The Taoiseach and the Tánaiste did speak with the Commissioner today and […]

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Government promises to act on CervicalCheck screening following scathing attack from Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

The Government has promised to improve CervicalCheck Screening and get a tribunal into the scandal up and running, following a scathing attack over the weekend from Kilkenny’s cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan. In an article in the Sunday Independent, Ms Phelan said she wanted “action, change and accountability” over the CervicalCheck scandal. Writing the piece in […]

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BREAKING: No new deaths and 17 new cases of virus, Taoiseach says no plans to ease foreign holiday restrictions

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2020 239

No new deaths have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) today. A total of 17 new cases were confirmed at the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET). It means the overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 1,746. There are now 25,628 confirmed […]

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No new deaths and just four new cases, Taoiseach warns reopening of pubs could be delayed

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2020 0

There have been no further deaths and four additional cases from Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. It means the overall death toll as a result of the virus remains as 1,741 . There are now 25,531 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]