Teaspoon of Ukele, Sean Nolan Adam Nolan playing saxaphone on a lovely evening on John’s quay Maurice Kirwan, PJ O’Neill and Michael Dwyer Grit Metsch busking Steve Kir, Teresa, Fergal and Maeve Byrne Patrica Kiely Murphy Nad Kate Murphy Councillor Andrew McGuiness Peter and Oscar Gibson Skinner Brennan Ger and Marie out for an evening ...
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Great to see the future stars of O’Loughlin’s and Kilkenny back up in the club enjoying their hurling O’Loughlin’s Juvenile U6 team

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SPAIN hopes to reopen to overseas holidaymakers from next month under the Covid digital health certificate scheme, the country’s secretary of state for tourism has said. Fernando Valdés told the recent World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Mexico that the programme – under which tourists could show they have been vaccinated, tested negative or …

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“The Oscars came to Kilkenny for one night only on Sunday 25th April. Following strict Covid guidelines and multiple Covid tests over the weekend a skeleton operations crew from Cartoon Saloon along with the 3 nominees and their partners came together at the Rivercourt Hotel to take part in the 93rd Academy Awards. Unfortunately it wasn’t …

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Lockdown has placed restrictions on most aspects of our lives, but Barnstorm Theatre Company and Barn Owl Players continue to prove that even the most ardent of lockdowns has not put a barrier on the arts. Beginning with their successful monologue virtual production, Zoom BOP: Confinement, last September, the two companies set out to up …

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By Kilkenny Observer Reporter The HSE expects to administer up to 40,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine before the end of this month as less onerous restrictions will be applied to it compared with the over-60 rule imposed on AstraZeneca. Although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a rider saying in …

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If you’re experiencing arthritic pain, frozen shoulder, or stiff knees you might be interested to hear about some success stories from our customers. Turmeric is the most sought-after supplement to help reduce inflammation associated with arthritis, sports injury, or from over-stretched muscles. There lots of supplements to choose from. Some have black pepper/piperine to aid …

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The Fact Of The Matter PAUL HOPKINS Our seasons are a vagary onto themselves, our reaction to their sudden, often unannounced change even more vagarious: when it’s hot, it’s “too hot”, and when it rains and the winds come, our reaction is: “Sure it’s a grand country altogether, if only we had a roof over …

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AN Taisce is considering whether to appeal the High Court upholding the decision by An Bord Pleanála granting Glanbia planning permission for the construction of a cheese manufacturing plant in Belview, Co. Kilkenny. The Kilkenny plant is being promoted by the large Dutch dairy processor Royal A-ware, in partnership with Glanbia, which is to supply …

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VICKY Phelan has said she remains as positive as ever, despite an increase in pain, although the Kilkenny woman says it doesn’t look like any new tumours, nor an increase in her tumour mass, has occurred. In the US for cancer treatment but hopes to be back home by July. She said: “I have been …

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