Fourth Wall Productions present The Field at Thomastown
“We’ll give him just enough to teach him a lesson.” Thus says the Bull McCabe (Joe Murphy), evocative of recent horrific events in the Monaghan-Fermanagh border area, as an outsider William Dee (John Kavanagh) attempts to establish a business by buying and concreting a field, owned by the poor widow Maggie Butler (Geraldine Moore). Bull …
Time for a balance to be struck, to counteract detrimental effect on our planet
Kilkenny school teacher Sean Hickey looks at the message from Pope Francis and asks what we as individuals can do to assist in restoring the world around us Kilkenny Military Barracks April 23rd 1922 The thirteenth day of March 2013 marked the beginning of a new Papacy, a new charism and a new journey for …
Where are you, Walter Lally …
By Ned Egan Part 1 Well, Peamount TB Sanatorium, back in the 1940’s. For those of us who were ‘inmates’, it was – as Dickens would say – ‘the best of times, the worst of times’. Two of my sisters had been swept away by the tide of consumption – as TB was so delicately …
The whys and wherefores of Gift Tax
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Did you know that you can receive a gift up to €3,000 from any person in any calendar year without having to pay Gift Tax? You may even receive a gift from several people in the same calendar year and the first €3,000 from each person is exempt from Gift Tax as they …
Reduce joint pain and stiffness naturally
BY CLAIR WHITTY Is joint pain and stiffness holding you back from doing the things you love? Daily wear and tear can cause the breakdown of cartilage between the joints reducing the natural cushioning that occurs there. This can happen from natural ageing, being active like walking, running, or cycling. Sometimes doing the same movements …
Reading keeps you (your brain, anyway) young!
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST Your mind, like your body, needs exercise. Working it helps it stay fit and healthy. Reading is one activity which stimulates mental activity, keeping your brain young. Don’t want to take my word for it? Health studies have demonstrated how a primary benefit of reading is preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia. Books …
Ukraine: a global approach to give peace a chance?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Imagine you are at a rugby match where one side starts beating up spectators. They inflict brutal damage on supporters of the other team while their own supporters cheer them on. The other spectators watch with reactions running the gamut of disbelief, outrage and horror. But they carry on …
Why the Angelus still chimes for most of us
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Right, let us pause for the Angelus, my father would say, the fork-full of beans on toast suspended midway to my mouth, my younger brother kicking me under the table. And so we paused. Froze. Perfectly still, like the painted picture on the old black-and-white telly in the …
Kilkenny Camogie 2020 All Ireland & 2021 League Winners medal presentation
All pix: Danny Lahart The Kilkenny Camogie board held a medal presentation for the 2020 All Ireland Champions and the 2021 National League Champions in the Springhill Court Hotel on Saturday evening last. It had been a long wait before the players and management could be honoured for their achievements. Hilda Breslin President of the …
