It’s a new chapter at our columnist’s book launch
The Kilkenny Observer columnist and opinion writer Paul Hopkins pictured with his children Niamh and Paul at the launch of his book of writings culled from some three million words printed in numerous newspapers the past 20 years. Entitled ‘Affairs Of The Heart ( And Other Writings)’, it is published by Monument Media and is …
The Tom Walsh top 2 lock horns!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Final berth awaits semi winners St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Preview Shamrocks Ballyhale vs Tullaroan League champions Tullaroan will take on the absolute might of Shamrocks Ballyhale when the two sides meet at UPMC Nowlan Park tomorrow (throw-in 3:30pm) for a place in the St Canice’s Credit …
Clara crushed as Shamrocks size up The Sash!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR The Village see-off Dicksboro to book final spot St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final Review Shamrocks Ballyhale 1-27 Clara 0-15 The last of the remaining quarter-final ties took place last Sunday at UPMC Nowlan Park when holders Shamrocks Ballyhale took on Clara with a semi-final against Tullaroan …
Garden party at New Haughton Hospital
Photos show residents, their visitors and staff enjoying the recently held annual Summer Garden Party event at the New Haughton Hospital, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Residents, their visiting family members and HSE/South East Community Healthcare staff recently enjoyed an autumn garden party on the grounds of New Haughton Hospital, New Ross. The event, which took …
Remembering Dermot Morgan
By Fred Tuite This week, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper caught up with Kilkenny resident Fred Tuite as he reminisced about the late writer and actor Dermot Morgan. In October 1972, I returned for my second year to UCD to find the Belfield Arts Block filled with new first year students trying to find their way …
And the band played on…
By John Fitzgerald For more than a century, the men and women of St. Patrick’s Brass Band promoted all that was best in Kilkenny’s musical traditions. From the day it was founded in May 1882, it won its way into the hearts of young and old in Cat County. The band’s motto, inscribed on a …
Irish women entrepreneurs’ self belief continues to grow as Kilkenny’s National Women’s Enterprise Day event is launched
Louise Kennedy, Ruth Larkin & Suzie McAdam some of the names lined up for this year’s event in Kilkenny. Research has shown that Irish women’s belief in their ability to run a successful business is continuing to grow as this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED) was launched in Kilkenny today. The initiative of the …
The Worshipping of Helena
BY NED EGAN Part 1 It was springtime, back in the far days when you noticed such things. When every dawn gave the hope that the savage frost of the night before might be the last one of a hard pitiless winter. And maybe this day would see the snow start its long slow retreat …
A month’s reprieve for those have to change banks
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Having recently written about the closure of Ulster Bank and KBC I think another review and reminder is in order. This is because Ulster Bank is putting back its proposed closure deadline to help those on social welfare not lose the higher payments announced in the Budget, like the double …
Inheritance: a tax worth knowing about
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Any close encounters with the taxman reduce me to an apprehensive state akin to skating on thin ice. Not knowing what is lurking underneath the ice increases the fear. Ridiculous I know, taxation is an instrument of monetary policy that’s meant to be fair, nevertheless I am not alone …
