Kilkenny People front page hospitals

KILKENNY PEOPLE -- The local paper dedicates more than half of its front page column inches to coverage of government plans to close maternity and emergency services in St Luke's Hospital. Most observers think this is unworkable.

The front page headlines:

• Closure of maternity and accident units "impossible"
• Council pollute river again
• Thugs attack pensioner

The paper gives most of the space above the fold to a five-column colour photo of a Lions Club wine tasting. Five other colour photos, around two inches across, are on the front page and include a singing politician, Mother Theresa, a GAA official, a wall clock and a sitting room.

The Kilkenny People's breezy coverage would make a good case study in next year's Online Journalism course.

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