Minister of Education announces New Autism Class in CBS
Scoil Iognáid de Rís welcomed Minister for Education, Norma Foley, on Friday 24th February. The entrance area was festooned with the colours of the CBS when Minister Foley was welcomed by Fr. Richard Scriven, Chairperson of the Board of Management, Niall Bergin, Principal, Tom Cunniffe, Deputy Principal and Ann Marie Cahill, parents’ nominee on the …
Marie Clear visits the Irish Wheelchair Association
Marie Clear visits the Irish Wheelchair Association in Claddagh Court on Thursday 23rd February 2023. Marie was one of the leaders from the RTE Operation Transformation. She gave an inspirational speech to the service users and staff and also presented medals to the Irish Wheelchair Association service users who took part in the IWA OT …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 7 “I’ve explained to you that if father finds us out, he’ll have me locked up until he can get that Paudhaun swine married to me. If that happens, we’re both done for. Then who’d help you? And who would you have to give cheek to then – smart little Missy? …
The strong women characters created by John B Keane epitomised in Lakes Production of Moll
By Tom Dayton As a student of journalism, I felt quite chuffed when I received a call from The Kilkenny Observer to submit an article on the play Moll by JB Keane. I received a phone number for Lake Productions and I was to call the number when I arrived in Kilkenny to determine where …
The Great Kilkenny Floods
By John Fitzgerald PART FOUR The 1947 flooding of the Black Abbey, where the water reached to a staggering fifteen feet, prompted an act of clerical heroism. When Dr. Gaffney O.P. saw to his horror that the water was about to reach the level of the High Altar, he cried aloud from the boat in …
An evening whooping it up with the Berbers
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran On Avenue Hassan 11 a small, bald, beady-eyed man approaches my wife and I. “Where you from? Where you from?” We ignore him. “Francais? German?” he persists. “No,” we say, walking quickly on. “English. You English?” “No,” we reply more vehemently as we Irish do when mistaken for being British. “Actually …
Five ways to cut back on high energy costs
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Believe it or not wholesale gas prices are falling but there’s no guarantee that energy bills will drop soon for households. Businesses are to get an average of 10% reduction on their electricity bills and an average of 15% on gas from March. In a previous column I gave an …
Natural remedies for a good night sleep
BY CLAIR WHITTY Sleep problems is a question I often get asked about at the shop. My personal favourite remedy to help you get a decent night’s sleep is A.Vogel Dormeasan. It’s a herbal tincture containing valerian and hops. Valerian is traditionally used for muscle tension, pain, and to aid relaxation. Hops is traditionally used …
Why that invisible Border shouldn’t divide us
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON If and when the Protocol gets patched up we should surely be able to breathe a sigh of relief and hope that things will return to normal in the North and that Geoffrey Donaldson and the DUP will agree to return to Stormont and do what they were elected to …
Alt-right shift commands we not be complacent
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS When prominent far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson (40) recently arrived in Ireland to ‘observe’ a refugee solidarity rally, a spokesperson told me that Gardai were maintaining a “watching brief” on him. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon, said he had been drawn to Ireland by anti-immigration protests and praised …
