Tullaroan need extra time to advance
St Canices Credit Union Kilkenny SHC Round One. Tullaroan 1-28 (31); Mullinavat 2-20 (26) After Extra Time. John Power at John Lockes GAA Grounds. Tullaroan recorded their first victory in the knockout stage of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since 2022 when they eventually overcame a hugely resilient Mullinavat side after extra time at John …
Thanks for the memories…
By John Fitzgerald Callan had an impressive line-up for this year’s Heritage festival. Two retired Mercy sisters gave a tour of the former convent chapel, a building hailed in the National Inventory of Architecture as a structure of Regional Importance due to its exquisite stone masonry, Gothic Revival design, and features that include ornate terracotta, …
Sunshine and treats, as Butts community celebrate fun day
Photos jbsphotos kilkenny The rain eased off. The sun came out. Children ran in races, played various sports, and received medals galore . The fun factor was incredible as The Butts area gathered as part of the community fun day. It was all part of The Butts area regeneration programme. When initially founded, The Butts …
EXTRA TIME NEEDED TO SEPARATE SIDES
By Jimmy Walsh This JJ Kavanagh and Sons Premier Junior Hurling 2nd round championship tie had everything any spectator wanted – commitment, skill, great scores, goals-ten of them, penalties, extra time, and until two minutes to go, to the final, final whistle, no easily predictable result as a possible decision by penalties loomed. Played in …
Car, heating, the mortgage… all driven up
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Diesel has gone above €2 a litre at many petrol stations. The AA puts the extra cost for a typical driver at around €235 a year. Home heating oil is up 44% on the year. A 1,000-litre fill is about €550 dearer than last winter. Food, for once, is relatively …
We must lift children out of poverty
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Child poverty sounds like a phrase which should belong back in Victorian times in tales like Charles Dickens’s ‘Oliver Twist’ or involve Tom the dirty chimney sweep in Charles Kingsley’s ‘Water Babies’. Hungry orphan Oliver has to live by his wits as a thief, while the luckless Tom …
Freedom and the price that comes with being wired up
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS It was the French philosopher Descartes who declared, “I think, therefore I am.” Today, it would be more apt to declare, “I am wired, therefore I am.” Today if you are not wired, you do not exist for those who are. Like radio and television in the …
Windgap survive Cloneen challenge after thrilling Jenkinstown encounter
By Jimmy Walsh. Photographs by Catherine Power and ANO. Windgap eventually emerged with a comfortable-looking 3-27 to 3-11 victory over Cloneen in this first-round JJ Kavanagh and Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship knockout clash at Jenkinstown on Saturday. However, the final margin did not tell the full story of an entertaining and at times highly …
Graiguenamanagh overcome Galmoy challenge in Palmerstown thriller
Jim Whelan report and photographs. Palmerstown, the home of Dicksboro GAA and Camogie Club, provided the setting for an entertaining and at times dramatic first-round encounter in the JJ Kavanagh and Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship on Sunday last, where Graiguenamanagh eventually edged past Galmoy on a scoreline of 0-28 to 4-11. There was plenty …
10,000 handwritten messages of peace unveiled at Kilkenny Cathedral
Peace Doves, an acclaimed community artwork by sculptor Peter Walker, makes its Irish debut at St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny. 10,000 handwritten messages of peace are now suspended high above the medieval interior at St Canice’s Cathedral in an art installation created in collaboration with the community. Making its Irish debut today, Peace Doves, by acclaimed …
