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By Clair Whitty DO YOU have pains and stiffness in muscles that you didn’t know you had? Maybe you have overdone it in the garden. Or you’re sore from sitting on chairs that weren’t designed to be sat on for hours. Are you feeling tense and wound up? You might need some extra magnesium. Not …

The following is Newpark Hotels new menu for this Sunday’s carvery special.

LOCATED at the heart of the marble city on High Street Kilkenny, G.L Ryan Jewellers, are celebrating an amazing 75 years in business. This family-owned business is run by Dermot Ryan who is the third generation at the helm. While their doors are currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions Dermot is still working hard behind …

DOYLE Concrete phone lines are still very busy throughout the day as all lines are diverted to Hugginstown. If you don’t get through I apologise but please bear with me and try again later. Please note change of opening hours, Monday to Friday 9.30 -16.30, Closed Saturday and Sunday. Due to Covid-19 lockdown our premises …

GOLFERS in Kilkenny and the South East are set to swing into action after a period of quiet to the Cononavirus. The first stage of the Government’s Covid-19 exit plan looks set to see golf courses open again, which means golfers are already dusting down their clubs in anticipation of a May 18 re-opening. Kilkenny …

By Jimmy Rhatigan The population of a city parish was increased by three early this morning, Sunday. Three bouncy baby beauties were born to a local mother in a makeshift maternity ward in a frugal hospital at the heart of St John’s Parish. The triplets arrived shortly after dawn and the report from local nature …

By Jimmy Rhatigan, Editor Kilkenny Observer THE ARROGANCE of our senior politicians in particular knows no bounds. It was only a matter of time before the egos of the big and not so big wigs in Fine Gael would put a spanner in the works of Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan and his colleagues. …

HAVE YOU a garden, big or small? Are you teaching children at home? If so, there’s a wonderful new booklet packed with ideas and guidance on simple ways to help biodiversity in your garden. From tips on how to make a bird bath, or a nest for mining bees, to mowing your lawn for pollinators, …