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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR PHOTOS BY INPHO Cody vs Kiely promises to be epic All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Croke Park, Sunday July 17th (3:30pm throw-in) Kilkenny vs Limerick >> SHERRY SAYS FINAL PREVIEW The scramble for tickets has been mighty, the buzz unreal, the various parishes decked out in black and amber, but …
Kilkenny’s Road to Croker
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR PHOTOS BY INPHO The season culminates with Sunday’s trip to the Capital, but a fair few miles have been clocked up in reaching another All-Ireland Final. Not only are Kilkenny the record winners of the Liam McCarthy to date, but the Noresiders have also been the runners up a record …
Stunning concert to celebrate club centenary
A seed bearing fruit – an orchestra is born As one drives through the flourishing countryside at this time of year one begins to notice the crops beginning to turn colour, signifying that a rich harvest is about to come to fruition. These fragile seeds sown in rich soil in deep winter and early spring …
Is a mortgage free retirement under threat?
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR IRELAND has experienced huge challenges in housing with a marked drop in homeownership rates in recent years. This is according to last week’s ESRI report, entitled Future Trends in Housing Tenure and the Adequacy of Retirement Income, drawing its data from Income and Living Conditions and the Irish Longitudinal Study …
What’s magnesium good for?
BY CLAIR WHITTY Let’s talk about Magnesium. Magnesium is one of the most important minerals our body needs. Up to 70% of all adults may be Magnesium deficient. Teenagers and young children can be deficient too. Tiredness and fatigue, muscles aches, pains, spasms, and PMT are common signs of deficiency. Magnesium is important for your …
Call in Mam’s and Dad’s army
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON ONE way to avoid a thorny issue is to kick the can down the road and the coalition has done this yet again over raising pension age. “I don’t see it going beyond 66,” said Taoiseach Michael Martin last month, excusing deferment of a decision with the comment, ”These …
Kilkenny and Oz, and the love of a stranger
BY NED EGAN Part 1 Well, we know all about ‘Dacent Boys’ – and ‘Cute Girls’. Or so we think, anyway. Y’know, about their less than ‘flahoolagh’ {free-and-easy} ways with the moolah. In the pub, the round comes to them – and suddenly a lengthy call of nature deprives them of the opportunity of …
Get a move on…
YOU know you need to exercise. Doctors tell us so, as does the media, nutritionists, friends, acquaintances, peers, and our families. The idea sounds good but actually getting started is often trickier. Picturing themselves out of breath and sweating is enough to put some off. Unfortunately, there’s very little you can do about this aspect …
Top Cat T J fires Kilkenny to final!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR PHOTOS BY INPHO Butler pockets Kelly in crushing of Clare All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Croke Park, Dublin Kilkenny 2-26 Clare 0-20 It’s a long, long way from Clare to here. That certainly was the feeling amongst the travelling Banner supporters as they emptied out of Croke Park last …
Semple Stadium Calling!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR PHOTOS BY INPHO FINAL BERTH UP FOR GRABS IN CROKER CLASH Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Round 5 Galway 1-17 Kilkenny 2-14 Kenny Park, Athenry Galway advanced to the semi-final stage of this year’s All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, by virtue of scoring difference, following an entertaining draw with Kilkenny …
