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Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Centre for Kilkenny people to be located in Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

Kilkenny residents will have to travel to Waterford for their Covid-19 vaccinations as the Government scales up the rollout of the national programme. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has chosen The Arena at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) to host the Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) for the South East region. Once operational, the centre will […]

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Keeping fit during Covid-19: WIT Arena unveils new virtual gym

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2020 0

WIT Arena, just over the border from South Kilkenny, has launched its own online virtual gym platform in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The new platform provide a unique online fitness service to students and local members of the public with live classes taught by WIT Arena instructors, as well as nutritional advice and personalised […]

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A Kilkenny man and his robot are lining out the GAA world games

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY man who programmed a robot to line seven pitches for an international GAA tournament just walked away and ‘let the robot do its job.” Intelligent Marking Ireland’s Mícheál Nolan who lives in Clara, Co Kilkenny, used the robot to line the seven pitches in use for the Renault GAA World Games […]

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REVEALED: Number of new Irish citizens living in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY JUST four out of 670 people from 50 countries across the world who were made Irish citizens last week are living in Kilkenny. They officially became citizens of Ireland during a a naturalisation ceremony at the Waterford Institute of Technology Arena. Minister of State John Halligan addressed the new citizens, telling them: […]