RTÉ and restoring trust in the workplace
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON How does working for RTÉ feel to the majority of its 1,800 or so staff? Unfair at very least, I imagine. It’s not great to be in an environment with a ‘them and us’ culture. One where you are denied spending in order to do your job properly or …
What Transition Year, if anything, teaches us
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS The American humorist and novelist Mark Twain said: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” He might well have been addressing the 67,000+ students who this year completed Junior Cert and who, in 90% of cases, have the option of doing Transition Year (TY). The …
All eyes on Rebels after Tipp draw!
BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Cork Showdown set for Sunday Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Group 2, Round 3, UPMC Nowlan Park, Saturday July 1st Kilkenny 2-8 Tipperary 1-11 Kilkenny advanced to a quarter-final encounter with old foes Cork after Densie Gaule rescued a point in a titanic struggle with neighbours Tipperary at UPMC …
Cats look to purr and beat The Banner!
BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Final berth awaits for winners SHERRY SAYS SEMI PREVIEW… GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final, Croke Park, Sunday, 4pm Kilkenny vs Clare This should be a cracker. Kilkenny and Clare rock up to Croke Park tomorrow knowing that a place in the All-Ireland hurling final is at stake, and both …
European Showjumping Championships
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY July is a busy month with The European Championships taking place in a variety of Equestrian disciplines, and there is plenty of Kilkenny involvement in the various competitions in the coming weeks competing for Ireland. Starting on Monday 10th July and running all week till Sunday 16th July, The European Championships take …
2nd Fellowship for Kilkenny photographer, Seamus Costelloe
Seamus Costelloe, a founder member of Kilkenny Photographic Society achieved his 2nd Fellowship with the Irish Photographic Federation at the National Awards and Distinction sitting recently held in Mullingar Arts Centre. Distinctions are recognized as the most prestigious in the photographic world, and the Fellowship is the highest level of the IPF distinctions. Prior to …
Kilkenny stars in the spotlight
The local Kilkenny stage school ‘Dramatic Action Stage School’ performed two sold out spectacular shows last Sunday in the Watergate Theatre. The school runs September to June every Tuesday evening in The Kilkenny Rugby Club by theatre director and actor Rob Murphy. Rob’s parents are both from Gowran in Co Kilkenny and it’s always been …
MEP Clune launches AbbVie Science Prize
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune recently visited biopharmaceutical company AbbVie to announce the launch of an exciting new initiative aimed at promoting engagement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The AbbVie STEM Prize, launched at AbbVie’s Carrigtwohill site in Cork last week, seeks to engage schools across Ireland and highlight the exciting opportunities …
Daithí Holohan – Reflections on a life
WORDS: Gerry Cody Photo of Daithí Holohan at Community Hall by Pat Shortall “In spite of everything I will rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing” These words of Vincent Van Gogh echo across the years, showing the …
Red Star over Comer
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 1 High on castlecomer’s roll of honour is Nicholas (Nixie) Boran. Boran caused a social earthquake in North Kilkenny in the early 1930s. He was the “Miner’s Friend”, a tireless champion of human rights who followed in the footsteps of Big Jim Larkin. He spread the gospel of trade unionism throughout …
