Energy welcome but where’s the political wisdom?
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON As old makes way for new and experience shuffles off the political stage, energy is a word that keeps coming up. An attribute that’s needed, especially in these challenging times. But another element I believe is essential among a mix of leaders and decision makers, is that good …
Credit unions: the new world banking order
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Last week the Central Bank of Ireland published its 10th edition of the Financial Conditions of Credit Unions report. It provides an update on the financial performance and position of the sector for the financial year ended September 30, 2023. The publication aims to inform credit union boards in carrying …
Inflammation – Our Protector
Why we need to change our view on inflammation By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). What is the first thing that you think of when you think of inflammation? You might think of pain, redness, swelling and heat – the cardinal signs of inflammation in our bodies. But do you think …
Cats seek Saffron’s scalp in Leinster opener
Bob O’Keefe defence begins with Antrim visit BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR sportseditor@kilkennyobserver.ie Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 1 Kilkenny vs Antrim UPMC Nowlan Park, Sunday, 2:30pm The penultimate Sunday in April can only mean one thing – Championship hurling! The debates over the ‘split season’ will undoubtably rage on, but for now any …
I AM MAXIMUS
Homecoming of 2024 Randox Aintree Grand National Winner I AM MAXIMUS with jockey Paul Townend on board trained by Willie Mullins, won the Randox Grand National in Aintree on Saturday in impressive fashion.
MUSIC THE COMMON THEME AS BUSKERS TURN OUT FOR FOCUS IRELAND
The Kilkenny section of ‘The Big Busk’,a nationwide Today FM fundraiser to help Focus Ireland tackle homelessness through the powerful medium of music, art and performance took place, simultaneously, in Mac Donagh Junction Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre on Friday 12th April. A wide variety of excellent performers from the South East ensured …
Freud, Pablo Escobar and a touch of glass!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I wouldn’t exactly call myself a hypochondriac: however, every now and then when I get a bad headache, that I can’t shake pff, I think – brain tumour! And then the Panadol kicks in, the headache subsides and the notion of brain tumour dissipates. I mention all this because of a …
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 …
