Happy residents at five Kilkenny care/nursing homes as vaccinators visit
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The vaccination team visited five local nursing/care homes in Kilkenny this week, where relieved residents and staff were ready to receive the jab.
The programme began at Tinnypark Nursing Home last Thursday, where Director of Nursing Anne Walpole welcomed the vaccinator team, and was among those to receive vaccine. Also among the first to receive the vaccine are hospital staff, GPs and practice staff, ambulance paramedics, public health nurses and others involved in healthcare.
Today (Friday), vaccinators visited Strathmore Lodge in Callan, while yesterday and Wednesday they were in St Columba s Hospital in Thomastown, and on Tuesday, the team was in O’Gorman House in Ballyragget.
May: Kindness and creativity to the fore as Kilkenny adapted to the new normal
Looking back over 2020
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Kindhearted Ava Roche (right) from Callan decided to use her birthday money to share some happiness with the residents in Mount Carmel );
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A major garda checkpoint operation began coming into the May Bank Holiday weekend to ensure compliance with travel restrictions.
Traditionally a busy event-packed time of year, none of the usual staples, such as the Roots Festival, could proceed However, there were also the green shoots of hope later in the month, as essential building sites reopened and more workers returned to their jobs. Businesses forced to close in the initial lockdown explored new options, such as restaurants serving takeaway.