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A number of nursing homes in Kilkenny were given donations of PPE over the weekend. The personal protective equipment was donated by the Ireland Taiwan Parliame.
THE founder of the charity which has leased Durrow Abbey from the Office of Public Works (OPW) called gardai to the premises last Wednesday. Elizabeth Garrahy, .
Kilkenny receives further donations of PPE from Taiwan
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A large donation of Personal Protective Equipment from Taiwan was received by Cathaoirleach Andrew McGuinness in Kilkenny last Friday.
This is the second donation from the group since the start of the pandemic and will be distributed to homes for our elderly this week.
The donation was made through the Ireland Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Association, which is chaired by Deputy John McGuinness, and the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland, in partnership with the Taiwan Ireland Association.
Funding announced for mental health services in Kilkenny
€25,000 for dementia friendly garden at St Gabriel s Ward
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Funding has been announced to develop a dementia friendly garden at St Gabriel s Ward at St Canice s Hospital in Kilkenny.
The project is one of 20 across the country to have successfully secured funding from this year’s call for ideas under the Public Service Innovation Fund.
The fund, which was established in 2019, is a competition designed to support innovative ideas from public service bodies to promote collaboration and new and better approaches to service delivery.
This year’s call saw a total of 279 project proposals received from organisations in all sectors of the Public Service - Civil Service, Defence Forces, Education Sector, Health Sector, Local Government, Justice Sector and Non-Commercial State Agencies.