Kilkenny writer Shortall brings Orphan Disease home to Kilkenny
This April 23rd a new play by Kilkenny-born Catherine Cronin comes to the Watergate Theatre. The one-woman show, Orphan Disease, opened in Zurich, Switzerland last August with the company Close Encounters Theatre (CET). Cronin has been living in Zurich for over twelve years but Kilkenny and Ireland remain close to her heart and her work. …
Ukraine: the peaceful weapon of women’s power
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON I am literally climbing the walls. My beloved has Covid and as a close contact I am isolating. I can’t find my usual solace in the radio or the papers; I find the reports on Putin’s genocidal war on Ukraine unbearable. I feel shame and despair at that as …
Let’s celebrate Mother’s day
BY CLAIR WHITTY Mother’s Day 2022. It’s difficult to believe that after two years we can finally meet up for Mother’s Day and maybe go for coffee or lunch, and hug each other properly to celebrate the occasion. This year I have fantastic news, my daughter is now a mother too, she had her first …
‘IDEAS Kilkenny’ competition open for innovative TECH start-ups
The inaugural ‘IDEAS Kilkenny’ competition is now open for entries. The competition is open to people in Kilkenny with a Tech related business idea or in the early stages of trading (less than 18 months). If you have an original and innovative idea within the technology sector (e.g. Agri-Tech, AI, Ecommerce, FinTech, Gaming, Healthcare, ICT, …
The indelible human spirit that defines Ukrainians
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS In half a century plying my trade in journalism, I have found myself on three occasions smack bang in the middle of what are euphemistically termed ‘conflict zones’. In short, war of one kind or another. For three years in the late ‘70s I covered the Rhodesia/Zimbabwe ‘bush …
Dublin downed in Capital clash
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Walter hit 1-3 in 13-point win Allianz National Hurling League – Division 1 B Dublin 0-16 Kilkenny 2-23 @ Parnell Park On a spring-like day in Parnell Park, Brian Cody’s team inflicted the first defeat of the year on Dublin, as the Cats put in their most complete performance of …
Dancing queen: Sofia Khodabacksh
Dancing queen: Sofia Khodabacksh from Bennettsbridge who was dancing in Dublin at the Leinister championships recently . Sofia won her slipjig and jig and won the preliminary championships under 13 . Sofia dances for Kilkenny Academy and her teachers are Janine English, Sarah Murphy and Evelyn White. Well done, Sofia!
Surabhi has science set on bootcamp
SURABHI SATHISH (16), a student at Loreto Secondary School Kilkenny, as been taking part in the annual BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp at UCD. The BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp at the Dublin campus was established in 2010 by BT and is delivered in partnership with Nova UCD to give students the commercialisation skills they …
How YOU can people help Ukrainian refugees
WITH the Government having announced the setting up of a pledge register Kilkenny people who wish to can give support to Ukrainian refugees. At least two million people have fled Ukraine, as of time of going to press, with Tanaiste Leo Varadkar predicting up to 100,000 refugees may eventually arrive on Irish soil. The online …
