Kathleen Funchion TD calls on Carlow Kilkenny artists to answer Sinn Féin’s Arts Survey
KATHLEEN FUNCHION Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion has called on the local artistic and wider community in Carlow Kilkenny to answer an arts survey launched by Sinn Féin as part of a consultation process towards developing a comprehensive national policy for the arts. The Sinn Féin Arts Survey can …
CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with …
AMBUSH ON FRIARY STREET
PART 4 BY JOHN FITZGERALD Continuing the story of the infamous Friary Street Ambush: If you missed parts one and two you can read these on the Kilkenny Observer website… A corporation worker, Tom Dullard, has been shot dead by the British troops after exiting the Capuchin Friary. At the sound of gunfire, the wagon …
Pathfinder Carlow-Kilkenny marks One Year
Pathfinder is a collaborative HSE initiative between St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny and the National Ambulance Service. The Pathfinder team recently celebrated one year of providing care in people’s homes across the region. Sinéad Prendergast, Senior Occupational Therapist with the Pathfinder Service shared the following “We’re delighted to mark this significant milestone and to be …
IN THE NAME OF THE DOG IS PLAYWRITING COMPETITION WINNER
Carlow Little Theatre Society were delighted to announce the winners of their fourth annual International One-Act Playwriting Competition recently, which, once again attracted a large number of submissions from Ireland and all around the world. After an exhaustive shortlisting exercise and another extremely close contest this year, three independent adjudicators reviewed all of the entries …
Tips to de-stress for a better nights’ sleep
BY CLAIR WHITTY Is stress holding you back from getting a good nights’ sleep? Lack of sleep can have a dramatic effect on your health. Magnesium is one of the most sought-after supplements to help get you to nod off. Many of you find it brilliant. The main reason that magnesium helps so well is …
SHANE FOLEY
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY With the flat season underway, Shane Foley will be very busy in the months ahead as he will be looking to add to the great success he has had over the past 5 years when he became stable jockey to Jessica Harrington in 2019. The Graiguenamanagh native began his career almost 20 …
REBECCA STORM JOINS KILKENNY MUSICAL ‘LETTERS FROM THE FRONT’ AT CARLOW
West End Superstar Rebecca Storm takes to the Carlow stage next month in the new Irish musical “Letters from the Front”. Rebecca will reprise her role as Frau Breitner in the poignant drama which has already been presented to great acclaim in both Kilkenny and Dublin. Fresh from yet another much-lauded performance in her recent …
The Thomastown based Berkeley Wolves Under 15 Boys Basketball Team Secures Spot in Top Four of South East Boys Basketball League
The Berkeley Wolves Under 15 Basketball Team has clinched a spot in the top four of the very competitive South East Under 15 Basketball League. Having finished up 3rd overall in the league and a recent win over the Waterford Vikings, the Berkeley Wolves have been preparing for their first appearance in the top four …
Why we don’t care enough about our carers
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The resounding defeat by 74% of the care amendment to the Constitution must tell us something about our feelings about how carers are treated. There is another litmus test on care in the Supreme Court since April 11, which could have systemic importance for those caring full-time at …
