Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 9 And in a flash – it was in her hands! ‘This’ she thought grimly, ‘changes things. I’ll have control, I’ll have the edge, no matter who shows up or what happens.’ With no telephones, and roads going in all directions from the Five-Crossroads a few miles away, they were in …
The count down clock ticks closer to “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up” weekend
Paul Nolan from Dawn Meats dropped into County Hall last week to meet the Chairman of Kilkenny County Council, Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick and the Council’s Chief Executive, Sean McKeown to hear how the logistical operation was underway to distribute the packs for the upcoming environmental initiative “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up, Together for Kilkenny” …
Kilkenny Theatre continues its traditon with John B Keane as Lake stage Moll
In just under one week, Lake Productions will present Moll by J B Keane at The Concert hall in Thomastown. Founded in 2018, the company (named after the Lake school in St John’s parish) has already marked their spot on the theatrical map in Kilkenny. Their productions such as Trad, After Sarah Miles and The …
Fair days in Callan
By John Fitzgerald PART TWO Jack Gardiner (Callan War of Independence hero and later publican) vividly remembered some of the drovers who brought livestock to the fair, and why wouldn’t he, when they met in his pub from 1933 onwards, along with the multitude of wheelers and dealers that converged on Callan for decades on …
Mother’s Day, and Grandmother’s Day
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I asked a florist once which was the busiest day – Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day? He looked at me somewhat incredulously and said: “Gerry, everyone has a mother but not everyone has a lover.” And so Sunday,Mother’s Day, a florist’s busiest day, is upon us but before I write about …
Retirement proves a new set of challenges
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR When we come to pension provision we concentrate on the growth of a fund to prove an income after retirement for the rest of your life. This in itself is a challenge as you are required to navigate the vagaries of the pension realm; investment strategies, fund choice, risk analysis, …
Supplements for lack lustre hair
BY CLAIR WHITTY I recently talked about how stress can have a negative impact on your digestive system. I mentioned that stress can affect your hair simply because it affects how you absorb the nutrients from your food. Stress also depletes the important B vitamins which can help the body deal with the effects of …
Holly Cairns: the renaissance we need
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON There’s a breath of fresh air blowing through the tired old political corridors of the Dial brought by Holly Cairns. In a masterstroke, Social Democrat co-leaders Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy stepped aside and gave voters the things they have been looking for — change and choice. For those who …
Mothers come in varying guises, including Old Bats
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS My maternal grandmother died when my Mother was just five so she never had a lifetime to know her. When I came into this world, the first of three, and work took my Father away a lot, my paternal grandmother came to call for an afternoon of china-cupped …
Stripey Women back to winning ways!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Rebels up next for our senior ladies Very Camogie League Division 1A Parnell Park, Dublin Dublin 0-11 Kilkenny 0-17 At the third time of asking, our senior camogs got their first victory of this season’s Very Camogie League Division 1A campaign with a deserved 6-point win over Dublin in Parnell …
