Eoin Everard becomes the first man from Kilkenny to break 14 minutes for the 5000m
Running 13:58 seconds for the event this summer, Eoin, who was already Kilkenny’s first sub 4-minute miler, moved up distances to try to achieve this mark nearly 3 years ago. The Kilkenny Observer caught up with Eoin to discuss the achievement. When did you start out to try break 14 minutes for the 5000m? About …
Life and death in the Land of Giants
Paul Hopkins recalls a trip on the wild side to see life in the raw in Botswana THERE is only one road into Mashatu in the Northern Tuli terrain of Botswana. They call it the MI: two strips of white-washed cladding on a bed of red-earth-coloured stones. It is less than a mile long, not …
Summer chicken one-pot
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 40 mins Easy Serves 4 A lovely, light dish ideal for al fresco dining Ingredients 8 chicken thighs 2 tbsp plain flour 1 tbsp olive oil 8 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 400ml stock 500g bag baby new potatoes, halved 200g pack full fat soft cheese 200g broad beans, podded 200g sweetcorn …
Strawberry cheesecake in just 4 easy steps
Prep: 30 mins plus 1 hr and overnight chilling Easy Serves: 12 – 14 Follow our step-by-step recipe for this easy no-cook cheesecake – a delicious summer dessert for all occasions Ingredients 250g digestive biscuits 100g butter, melted 1 vanilla pod 600g full fat soft cheese 100g icing sugar 284ml pot of double cream For …
Are school days the best days of your life?
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS JOHN DIGHTON was a British playwright and screenwriter of minor note, among whose work was Kind Hearts And Coronets and Roman Holiday for the cinema and the stage play The Best Days Of Your Life. The 1947 production is based upon a boys’ school and girls’ one merging …
Feeling the pressure? Try Aspire Mental Performance
By: Clair Whitty Recently I was feeling some anxiety and stress. Most of it I could name and give reason for. But naming the cause or reason did not relieve the symptoms I was feeling. I have been trying to do mini meditations to relax, but I haven’t got the time (or so I tell …
Post-lockdown stress and how to beat it
Andrew McDonald – Hypnotherapist Everybody by now is familiar with the stresses of living very restricted existences. Anxiety, depression and other symptoms caused by life in a kind of open prison for the last twelve months and more are commonplace. People are itching to get back out there. More than a year is a long …
Government must not abandon workers in need of pandemic income supports and redundancy payments
KATHLEEN FUNCHION Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow Sinn Féin is bringing forward a motion which seeks to ensure a fair calculation of redundancy entitlements for workers who have spent time on the PUP. As concern grows among those on a pandemic payment they will lose out on significant sums of money because of time …
Don’t have a chopper land in your back yard…
THE Irish Community Air Ambulance and Macra na Feirme have launched a joint campaign to appeal to all rural communities to exercise care as activity in rural Ireland increases during the summer months. A busy silage season, increased traffic on the roads and more children moving about farms all combine to present an increased likelihood …
