2A 24-HOUR sponsored swim in Bagenalstown has raised €18,500 for the Palliative Care Unit at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny, smashing the organisers’ initial fundraising target.

Good news for patients and their families

"It is incredible that the HSE could consider this wasteful spending to be sustainable."

A man was seriously injured when he was struck by the vehicle, which failed to remain at the scene.

The 30-year-old was found unresponsive with serious injuries after 11.40pm at a house in the New Oak Estate

The Mass is for families and loved ones of patients who have died in the hospital

For many, without their long-awaited surgery their quality of life is suffering