Up at the castle, young Finn is going to learn that Christmas is about much more than presents
Kilkenny writer Catherine Cronin is the third guest to submit her work in the Kilkenny Observer ‘Christmas short story series’. Enjoy. Do you know what the saddest thing is about being a ghost? It’s that you never get presents. Not for birthdays. Not for deathdays. Not even for Christmas! Young Finn thought about this a …
Christmas Week in Kilkenny
As the main day approaches, Yulefest Kilkenny have got something special in store. Catch up with friends and family and find that perfect gift at the covid-safe outdoor events all through-out Christmas week. Come and celebrate Christmas in Kilkenny. The week in Kilkenny begins with a bang with a fireworks display over the iconic Kilkenny Castle on Sunday …
MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre appeal
MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre’s annual toy appeal is back! The annual campaign sees the Centre team up with local charities Newpark Family Resource Centre, Amber Women’s Refuge and Kilkenny Helping the Homeless to provide toys to families in need to enable them to fully enjoy the magic of Christmas! Donations (big and small!) are now …
How your cash can help with climate change
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR ABOUT half of people in Ireland have engaged in consumer actions to reduce climate change in the last year. Most favour spending carbon tax revenues on programmes to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for climate change impacts, according to the latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Some of the key …
Hypnosis in the real world
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST AMONG the therapies which have been around a long time but are suddenly gaining popularity, hypnotherapy is perhaps one of the misunderstood. As soon as you say the word “hypno”, people think of what they have seen on television, or perhaps as part of a stage show. Individuals reduced to a …
Look out behind you! It’s Panto time!
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON THERE was an awful moment of doubt in the’ Oh no you can’t, oh yes you can’ dilemma about whether or not it was all right to go to the Pantomime in these Covid curtailed times. But thankfully Panto tradition has survived given the reassurance from on high …
Psoriasis
BY CLAIR WHITTY Let’s talk about psoriasis. This is a chronic autoimmune skin condition where the skin can be inflamed, with red and scaly patches, these patches can be itchy, and can crack and bleed. The skin cells are producing faster than in healthy skin causing this build-up of scales. for example, on the elbows …
Ah, grasshopper, and the drop of port at Christmas
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS My psychologist friend from Magherafelt has invited me around to his place on Christmas morning. He says his good lady is trying out some new hors d’oeuvres with the port and Prosecco. Dried grasshoppers and dried yellow mealworm — larva from the Tenebrio Molitor beetle to you and …
Murphy’s out to oust Mullally!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR All pix: Danny Lahart Glenmore blood in both camps as Naas seek cats scalp 2021 AIB Leinster Club Intermediate Hurling Championship semi final Naas Hurling Club vs Glenmore Newbridge 1:00 PM It’s Newbridge or nowhere tomorrow for Glenmore and their travelling army of supporters, as Declan Wall’s team bid for …
Ballyhale seek Offaly win in bid for final
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR All pix: Danny Lahart St Rynaghs stand in Shamrocks way as Hogan plots upset Leinster AIB Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final St Rynaghs (Offaly) Vs Shamrocks Ballyhale Bord Na Mona O Connor Park, Tullamore, Sunday 1:00 PM The Ballyhale machine will be back on the road this weekend, as they look …
