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Search for missing Kilkenny man ends in tragedy as body found in derelict house

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

THE body of a young Kilkenny man who had been missing since Christmas week has been found in a derelict house in Carlow. Rory Gahan, who was originally from Graiguenamanagh, was last seen on Tullow Street in Carlow on December 27. He was reported as missing on January 1, and a media appeal for information […]

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Lack of 24/7 cardiac care playing ‘Russian roulette’ with lives of people in Kilkenny and South East

By Kilkenny Now 19th January 2019 Post a comment

THE lack of 24-hour cardiac care in the South East is playing “Russian roulette” with the lives of heart attack victims in Kilkenny and throughout the region, hospital campaigners have claimed. Campaign groups have urged people from Kilkenny and the South East to join a protest march against the lack of 24/7 cardiac care in […]

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REVEALED: New plan to establish dedicated hospital group for South East

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2019 0

A NEW South East hospital group to serve Kilkenny and the rest of the region will be set up under a new plan to overhaul the country’s health services. Under the plan drawn up by the Sláintecare health reform office, between five and six new regional integrated care organisations (RICO) will be set up across […]

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Key health service projects in South East could be shelved for years due to rising cost of new National Children’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 22nd December 2018 0

POTENTIALLY lifesaving health service investments in the South East could be shelved for up to five years because of the escalating cost of the new National Children’s Hospital, according to a confidential Government report. The total bill for developing the facility at St James’s Hospital is now expected to be more than €1.73 billion, an […]