It was tough going, living together in lockdown
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS My late father, very much a man at his best in just his own company, once said to me that loving someone was one thing but “liking them and living with them another matter altogether”. He and my mother were one year short of 50 years married when …
Amazing Ros Tapestry in full view at Kilkenny Castle
HISTORIC Kilkenny Castle is playing host to an exhibition of the Ros Tapestry The Office of Public Works (OPW) has provided space at the castle for the tapestries which were moved for their protection from the Tapestry Centre on the quays in New Ross, Co Wexford last year. The temporary new home set the tapestry …
Planning for castle to get more than a lick of paint
RENOVATION plans for Kilkenny Castle include the construction of a permanent outdoor archaeological display, a universally accessible lift and toilet facilities, new roof structures and extensive landscaping and future- proofing works. These are all included in a recently granted planning application made by The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to Kilkenny County Council. The …
New partnership will promote Qatar as destination for Irish
By Fionn Davenport QATAR Tourism and Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland have announced a new partnership. The agreement is designed to enhance Qatar’s brand awareness across the region and with CLIA’s wider community of cruise lines, travel agents and stakeholders. As part of the partnership, Qatar Tourism will be one of the …
A romantic cruise down beautiful Blue Danube
THE River Danube runs through much of eastern and central Europe and is one of the most popular rivers in the world for a river cruise. It’s up there with the Nile (although the experience is incomparable). The Danube is large and navigable, the longest river in Europe proper (excluding the Volga of Russia). It …
Here’s how to de-clutter your Covid hoarding
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The Japanese call it Suteru! and it’s the answer to TMS (too much stuff ) syndrome and the literal translation is ‘throw away’. De-cluttering sounds a bit less threatening and was the topic of a long running BBC2 TV series called The Life Laundry which liberated hoarders from …
Season in the sun ends on cloudy note
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Will it be a winter of discontent? The dust won’t settle on this season for our hurlers just yet. It has been a very strange eighteen months across the world, mostly related to the ‘P’ word. Yes, the pandemic, COVID-19 has cost all of us so much. During these dark …
The crowning glory of St Mary’s Cathedral
By Fr Richard Scriven Today we share the history of The tower at St Mary’s Cathedral. The tower of St Mary’s Cathedral was described in the Kilkenny Journal of Saturday 12th, 1857, and referring to it as the ‘glory of the cathedral’. So, what of this magnificent tower that stands 186 feet and 6 inches …
Cork crush Cats dreams of Liam
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Extra-time heartbreak for Cody’s men as rebels win by 5 After an epic encounter at headquarters in front of the biggest crowd since the pandemic begun, Kilkenny bowed out of this year’s All-Ireland championship following an extra-time defeat to Cork. It was a fantastic advert for hurling, but Brian Cody …
