THERE’S good news for Kilkenny’s classical teens as the Top Security Frank Maher Classical Music Awards for sixth years goes ahead with a €5,000 prize for the winner. Violinist Mia Cooper, leader of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (pictured) was at the photo call to launch the search for entries. The county has had one finalist, …

SINN FÉIN spokesperson on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Kathleen Funchion TD has warned that no child can be left behind as schools reopen. “Despite the fact that the new school term has begun, a number of key issues remain unanswered about how children with special educational needs can return to school safely. “I have …

WHEN the lads came to the front door collecting for the swimming pool we gave them a bucket of water. At some time or other it is a line that may have been delivered by Dame John Coogan in Deenside Players annual pantomime. Sadly, not early next year as Covid restrictions deem that a great …

A WARRIOR of sport who says he has never feared anyone in a boxing ring or on a hurling pitch has told The Kilkenny Observer that he is frightened out of his wits by Coronavirus. “The big advantage this roving killer has is that it is impossible to land a punch on him or her …

THERE must be a hole in the mind-set of the 80 or so attendees who flocked to the Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner in Clifden, Galway. Speaker was local Sinn Féin TD, Kathleen Funchion who said the list included current and former FF and FG TDs and Senators. Also there were a Supreme Court Judge, retired …

HOSPITAL staff members who were applauded as medical marvels have become spin doctors in a bid to focus on patients and charities that support the vulnerable. A nationwide 200 kilometre sponsored cycle is also a thank you to everybody who is supporting a war with Covid. As a gesture of appreciation, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) …

By Jimmy Rhatigan OUR proposed new government could perhaps best be described as an arranged marriage. A wedding of a son or daughter to a lassie or laddie down the road, cobbled together to ensure that a blow-in doesn’t have the opportunity of his or her hand in marriage? The suspicion is that a high …

ALL Charges have been re-instated on the streets and public carparks in Kilkenny City. The council relaxed charges and enforcement in March at the start of the Coronavirus Lockdown restrictions to help support the pandemic response. Purpose was to allow people who needed to travel into the city to do so safely. It wanted to …

SINN FÉIN spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs Kathleen Funchion TD has said that there will be huge disappointment at the childcare plan brought forward by the government. “If we are to re-open the economy, then parents returning to work need to be able to access affordable childcare in a way that is safe for …