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Gardaí dealing with crash on Carlow Hacketstown Road
No injuries have as yet been reported but advice is to avoid the area
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Fines of up to €20 million forecast for major social media companies which fail to take action on abusive or harmful content
A new Media Commission is expected to have separate commissioners for traditional TV and radio broadcasting, streaming services and online...
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“An acute hospital is not an island it’s linked to the community inextricably” says Head of Public Health in the South East
26 patients with the virus are being treated at the local hospital with three further suspected cases while 20 new...
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Covid -19 latest: 20 new cases across Carlow and Kilkenny
20 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed locally this evening. One Covid-related death and 215 positive tests have been...
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Frontline workers and the elderly will be first to get Covid vaccine, says Donnelly
The Health Minister's announced nursing home residents, frontline healthcare workers and those over 70 will be first in line for...
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“I just want to give back” says former homeless man who’s fundraising for Kilkenny’s Good Shepherd Centre
Mr O'Grady's been outlining the importance of the word done at the centre and says "Once you have a home...
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Kilkenny man says Brexit negotiations are turning into a “game of chicken”
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Brussels in the coming days to try and finalise a...
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No danger to human health but still very serious says Kilkenny councillor of county’s water body status
A Water Framework Directive from the EU classifies water bodies as 'High', 'good', 'moderate' 'poor' or 'bad'. However, the EPA...
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60% increase in amount of drugs seized by Revenue this year
These new figures have been released by Revenue under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Carlow principal says a Christmas school holiday extension isn’t necessary
It follows reports at the weekend from the European Centre for Disease Control, suggesting an extended school break in January...
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