COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to Ann Marie Thank you to all who entered the draw to win a gift voucher sponsored by The Kilkenny Observer. Congratulation to Anne Marie O’Hara, Station Avenue, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny who won the €200.00 gift voucher for Caulfield’s SuperValu, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny. The gift voucher was presented to Anne Marie by Lorna Fletcher, …
Anything is possible according to Nicholas Ryan Purcell
Nicholas Ryan Purcell pictured with his recently published book ‘Anything is Possible’ which details his life growing up in Ireland and living with autism. It is a wonderful insight into his life and deals with the trials and tribulations attached to autism. The book, which has received many positive comments, tells his story from childhood to …
Why bother with promises that you just won’t keep
THE FACT OF THE MATTER – 2 PAUL HOPKINS And so Christmas has gone from us, just like we knew it would, and I trust you all had a good and peaceful one. From my window the avenue is still strewn with windows and doors lit up like landing strips, and only God knows the …
Avoiding the pain of painkillers
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST SOMETIMES you hear people complaining about the “nanny state” when it comes to medication. Somebody can’t get a pill for this or that and instantly they put the blame on the medical profession and/or the government. There are occasions when there may even be a little substance to their protests. The …
2022 What’s your focus?
BY CLAIR WHITTY The end of the year can be a good time to reflect on the year gone by and think about any changes you would like to make for the year ahead. This could mean doing something new, or it could be something that you want to stop doing, something that you feel …
What Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction shows us
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON THE conviction of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in the dying days of last year suggests that the balance in the outcomes of sex crime trials has shifted in favour of abused women and girls. And so in one sense it has. Maxwell faces up to 65 years in jail …
So, what we can expect the New Year to bring?
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS It’s 2022, and is the coronavirus, new strains and all, at long last being put in its place? After an unimaginable and miserable two years, alternating between lockdowns and new outbreaks, are we beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel? Or see the tunnel at …
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Six goal Shamrocks cruise to Leinster glory AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship Final, Croke Park 19.12.21 Shamrocks Ballyhale (Kilkenny) 6-23 Clough Ballacolla (Laois) 0-14 Shamrocks Ballyhale laid down a huge marker as their bid for yet another All-Ireland club title gathered serious pace at headquarters …
Mary Coughlan visits the Irish Wheelchair Association centre
The service users in the IWA have had the privilege of having the ‘Mobile Music Machine’ visit which is a group of the finest musicians from Ireland who played a number of concerts for them over the past 12 months. Covid care concerts were created by Gerald Peregine who plays the cello. The concerts bring …
Nicholas Ryan-Purcell proves that anything is possible as he learns to live with autism
Nicholas Ryan-Purcell was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at thirteen years of age. He was also faced with mental health challenges, brought on by early trauma, which triggered a lengthy depression. Nicholas overcame a series of obstacles to complete his Leaving Certificate and then undertake, and graduate, from a three- year course in TV production at …
