Army marches on Nowlan Park
MEMBERS of our Defence Forces have marched on UPMC Nowlan Park. They are the first local troops to lend their services to help fight the Coronavirus as the HSE sets up a virus testing operation at the local GAA grounds. The model, The Kilkenny Observer understands, will be based on the very successful testing centre …
GOODS – Mother’s Day
With Mothers Day just around the corner why not treat mum to a little shopping spree when GOODS open their doors again đ đ And if you miss the last post on Friday they’ll email your mum with news of her gift đ„° Vouchers available in any amount & they never expire. Goods Gift Voucher …
GAA as Gaeilge agus BĂ©arla
By Liam de LĂĄsa Aistear Teangan na gCat NâFHEADAR Ă©inne, conas mar a thitfidh scĂ©al an ghalair COVID-19 amach sna seachtainĂ agus mĂonna atĂĄ amach romhainn. NĂ chuimhin liomsa go pearsanta am chomh cinniĂșnch, imeaglach riamh i mo shaol agus nĂ chuirfinn an milleĂĄn ar aon duine agaibh as dearmad a dhĂ©anamh go bhfuil âSeachtain …
Saved by the bell
On St Patrickâs Day local parishes were asked at 11am to ring church bells as a call to prayer to end the Corona Pandemic. Pictured in St Patrickâs Church, Clara ringing the bell for all parishioners in our Ossory Diocese, our country, and our world, asking St Patrick to help us is Fr Willie Purcell. …
Corona battle: A positive within a negative
A POSITIVE within a negative was how Kilkenny Observer Editor Jimmy Rhatigan described our nationâs battle with an invisible but potentially lethal enemy called Coronavirus. He said there was no doubt we were living in uncertain and dangerous times but that we should not envelop ourselves in doom and gloom. Speaking to KCLR journalist Eimear …
âFlu epidemic killed our Private Ryan
By John Lucey NOVEMBER 11 is Remembrance Day when those who died in the Great War that ended in 1918, are commemorated. The month is anniversary of Armistice and also the death of Private (Sapper) Ryan of Kilkenny. Richard Ryan was born on November 8, 1885 and died two days before his 33rd birthday, November …
Benâs bark is worse than his bite
By Jimmy Rhatigan BEN FOLEY has his own tale to bark to whoever cares to listen to his woes on our âflu pandemic. He is gentle, gregarious, gorgeous too depending on his mood. You could get a wag of his tail, a playful whimper or a perk of his ears but regardless of how he …
Home Alone enveloped by Sound of Silence
By Jimmy Rhatigan IT JUST didnât feel right. Yet there was something special about sitting on oneâs tod in UPMC Nowlan Park, a state of the art stadium with a capacity of 26,000. It was a delight to admire the picture postcard county ground, its billiard table-like green surface, the meticulously clean surrounding stands and …
Callan volunteers to the rescue
CALLAN HAS a wonderful group of 40 volunteers ready to help the vulnerable in the community. Please make contact if you or someone you know needs help with shopping, medication collection or any other urgent items and the group will deliver to your door. The team can be contacted via Facebook on Visit Callan.ie or …
