BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR THE earth did not move, there were no signs in the night sky when IORP II was put into Irish law in April this year. IORP II stands for Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision. This legislation is going to have a very significant impact on you if you are a …

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AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON FUNNY the way a sentence in a book can jump out at you and start a whole train of thought. Lara Marlowe’s newly published memoir Love In A Time Of War, recounting her years with war correspondent Robert Fisk is a case in point for me. “I fell …

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THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS When my younger brother and I were small, before our sister arrived into the world, and we would get one of those many childhood ailments, my mother would send for the doctor, having created a bed downstairs for whoever was laid low, by way of two armchairs facing …

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PIETA, the national suicide prevention charity, is encouraging the nation to choose #HopeOverSilence this Christmas as 10 bereaved people contact the charity every week to avail of the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service. Pieta is encouraging the nation to take a minute and speak up about their own mental health and/or open up about the loss of a …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX BY BILLY CULLETON Amy Clifford & Niamh Phelan star as Dicksboro grab glory Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Senior Camogie County Final Dicksboro 0-15 Piltown 2-8 Dicksboro defeated Piltown in the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Senior Camogie County Final played in John Locke Park, Callan last Sunday. The match …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Glenmore senior bound after Freshford victory Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate Hurling Championship County Final Glenmore 3-19 St Lachtain’s 2-9 UPMC Nowlan Park was again the venue for County final action last Sunday, as Glenmore took on St Lachtains in the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate …

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Photos By Pat Shortall As unveilings go, this was special. It was low key, with just family and friends. And yet, it was as powerful and emotional as they come. Kathleen and Donny Phelan, along with family and friends gathered at the entrance to MacDonagh shopping centre to remember the dead. In a way, the …

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McGuinness calls for funding for local clubs All images: Danny Lahart Jack Chambers, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, visited Kilkenny on Monday for a whirlwind tour of the constituency lead by Deputy John McGuinness. Joined by Mayor Andrew McGuinness and Councillors Joe Malone, Deirdre Cullen and John Coonan, …

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BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST “SIT down next to me” sing the rock band James. It is a call to people who are suffering bad periods in their life, times of stress, perhaps a complete desertion of optimism. In other words, all of us. “I’ll sing myself to sleep, a song from the darkest hour, secrets …

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