Cigarettes still kill 6,000 of us a year
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR IRELAND, though a recognised global leader in tobacco control, still has an unenviably statistic that one in every two smokers will die from a tobacco-related disease, and, according to the HSE, nearly 6,000 people will die in Ireland each year from smoking-related illnesses. The Healthy Ireland Survey 2021, which represents …
Let’s have more of that inward gaze…
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON What do I wish for this new year? Well, it’s nothing tangible and it has to do with something Carl Jung said: “Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.” In a culture where we spend our time racing around in answer to external demands it’s a thought-provoking …
Loving your liver
BY CLAIR WHITTY The liver is a major organ in the right side of the body. It has many functions; it removes toxic substances and waste products from the blood. It breaks down insulin and other hormones. It produces Cholesterol which we need a certain amount of to survive. Glycogen is stored in our liver …
Resolve yourself to restart your promise in February
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST How is your resolution for 2022 coming along? Many of us make promises to ourselves for the New Year. Few of us keep them going for very long. Most resolutions don’t last much beyond the first two weeks of January. I’m not hazarding a guess by saying that, it’s fact. Research …
Maybe nostalgia is not what it used to be…
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Not many people know this… but Alfie has let auctioneers into his attic. And dining room, study and cinema. Sir Michael Caine is downsizing with a house move, meaning that a treasure trove of memorable items from a lifetime in the film world, as well as much of …
Kilkenny County Council Decade of Centenaries Grant Scheme 2022
Applications are invited from heritage societies, local historians, communities and artists who wish to commemorate events which happened in County Kilkenny in 1922. The scheme encourages projects which recognise all of the dimensions of this period in our history – the military activity, the political context, and social, economic and cultural aspects and …
Trip to Tipp as Shamrocks quest continues
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Connacht champs next up for Ballyhale AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL Shamrocks Ballyhale v St Thomas’ (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm (Live on TG4) St Patrick’s Day 2019. This same pairing took to the Croke Park turf in the decider, to see which …
Young guns shoot down Laois
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Opportunity knocks for ‘new look’ cats side Walsh Cup Kilkenny 1-27 Laois 0-24 Sunday 16th January 2022, John Locke Park, Callan Kilkenny senior hurlers got their season off to a winning start with a 6-point victory over Laois at John Locke Park, Callan last Sunday. Seamus …
