St. Canice’s Credit Union Hosts Launch of New All-Ireland Community Impact Report
Photos: Vicky Comerford New Report shows credit unions contributed €8 million to community causes across Ireland. St. Canice’s Credit Union welcomed a new national report showing that credit unions across Ireland contributed almost €8 million to community organisations in 2024, with St. Canice’s alone donating almost €1 million locally over the last decade through their …
I TOOK A HAMMER IN MY HAND
Photos: Ros Kavanagh. Courtesy of the artist & Butler Gallery Butler Gallery is pleased to present I Took a Hammer in My Hand, a new installation of photographic works and sculpture by Northern Ireland-based artist Jan McCullough. Artworks in this exhibition explore the boundaries between amateur and professional; image and object; and photography’s role in …
Rebirth and joy as crocus flowers bloom at Peace park
After the heavy wet January and February, the rainfall permeates the soil with moisture,and the Crocus flowers spring to life. Often these determined little flowers are poking right through the snow after a spring storm. They seem unfazed by the cold wet elements of winter. They can be seen in full bloom around the Kilkenny …
Towards greater financial independence
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Finance Minister Simon Harris is making the reduction of taxes on investment income a central pillar of his plan to encourage ordinary people to shift their savings from low-yield bank and credit union deposits into the Stock Market. An internal Department of Finance memo outlines his proposed savings and investment …
Will Andrew cause the Monarchy’s downfall?
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Covering Andrew, Duke of York, and his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in Westminster Abbey I couldn’t have imagined how things would turn out. Yet 40 years later there was Andrew splashed across front pages on February 19, his 66thbirthday, prone in the back of a police car, following …
We don’t know value of stay-at-home parents
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS My mother was of that era when a woman in Ireland wed and had children she had to give up her job in any State or semi-State body. Her generation were defined by having babies and looking after “domestic chores”. She was my stay-at-home parent and did …
Dicksboro GAA & Camogie Club Presentation Night 2025
Dicksboro GAA & Camogie Club held a night of celebration with a Dinner Dance, Medal and Award presentations at a Dinner Dance in Langton’s on Saturday night January 24th. Honoured on the night were: Dicksboro Senior Camogie Team – Kilkenny and Leinster Senior Club Champions 2025. Dicksboro Junior Camogie Team – Kilkenny Junior Club Champions …
The School on the Hill
By John Fitzgerald (Part One) Kilmoganny is a quiet village and a bit off the beaten track geographically. But for two days in August 2000 it awoke from its gentle slumber. There was music in the streets. Catholics attended the Protestant church. And past pupils of the old “school on the hill” travelled from near …
Hop into Nature this Spring
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council is asking you to ‘Hop to It’ in 2026 by sharing your common frog observations to support a greater understanding of the distribution and populations of this much-loved species across Ireland. Many people in Ireland carry vivid memories of early childhood encounters with frogs; whether because of an unexpected hop that was too close for comfort, or the surround-sound croaking emanating …
Dicksboro GAA & Camogie Club Presentation Night 2025
Dicksboro GAA & Camogie Club held a night of celebration with a Dinner Dance, Medal and Award presentations at a Dinner Dance in Langton’s on Saturday night January 24th. Honoured on the night were: Dicksboro Senior Camogie Team – Kilkenny and Leinster Senior Club Champions 2025. Dicksboro Junior Camogie Team – Kilkenny Junior Club Champions …
