Kilkenny comes “Le Chéile” for St Patrick’s Day
Thousands Line the Streets for St Patrick’s Festival Parade in Kilkenny Tricolour bunting and flags rippled across the city last weekend, setting the scene for another action-filled St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny, drawing crowds of over 100,000 to Ireland’s Medieval capital. Run alongside its sister festival, Kilkenny Tradfest, the weekend saw over 100 free gigs in venues throughout Kilkenny, …
Marble City Music Festival
This May, Kilkenny’s Marble City Music Festival enters a new phase of artistic ambition with two major orchestral events featuring international violinist Patrick Rafter, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the Galway-based Luminosa String Orchestra. Presented in two of Kilkenny’s most historic venues, the concerts mark a significant moment in the festival’s continued growth, strengthening national …
Belated Mother’s Day greeting from Earth’s Storm-Children
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton We love our mother, she’s yours as well. Her name is Gaia. She was born long ago in the Big Bang and is meant to live forever. She’s the most beautiful being in our solar family. Earth, our mother, Gaia, is a stunning, remarkable beauty, flowing with bountiful …
Shoot-out at Garryricken
By John Fitzgerald (Part one) Garryricken House is located just inside the County Kilkenny border, a mile from Poulacapple and about four miles outside Callan. It stands in a tranquil wooded area, a haven of peace where people love to walk and enjoy picnics. Birds chirp, cattle graze contentedly, and rabbits play in the fields …
Kutchenhaus opens first Irish showroom in Kilkenny
Ireland’s first showroom from German kitchen brand Kutchenhaus has opened its doors at Unit 2, Parklands Business Centre, Hebron Rd, Kilkenny, R95 KV5D. Owned and managed by Paula and Liam Holohan, Kutchenhaus Kilkenny is an immersive 3,300 sq. ft. space dedicated to German kitchen innovation and the latest styles, colours and finishes. On Saturday, 14th …
Remembering Mick Dooley – Community Activist
Photos: jbsphotos kilkenny On Saturday last, the Eastern Environs community group planted a tree in Lacken Drive to honour the life and legacy of Mick Dooley, a dedicated activist, neighbour, and friend to many. The ceremony brought together family, neighbours, former work colleagues, representatives of An Garda Síochána, Civil Defence, O’ Loughlin Gaels GAA club, …
We‘ve 11 Nobels but Jess takes the Oscar
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Question: how many Nobel Prizes have been won by Irish people? I immediately said four – Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney, our four literary giants. I was wrong. Irish people have won no less than 11 Nobel Prizes, an achievement unsurpassed by any nation of equivalent size! Following is a brief …
Natural approach to reducing cholesterol
BY CLAIR WHITTY Around 80% of heart disease is considered preventable through positive diet and lifestyle choices. While hearing that your cholesterol is high can be worrying, the good news is that simple changes to diet and daily habits can help bring levels back into a healthier range. One of the most helpful steps is …
On a road to nowhere with road deaths
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The news comes like an electric shock for me as another car crash adds to the growing toll of road fatalities. It’s a grim score –with 30 deaths already after just two and a half months this year, the latest involving a passenger who died in a single …
Bullying, and the link to youth suicide
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS There was a young man in our community who, at 19 years old, took his own life. He wasn’t the first to do so. A hugely popular teenager from a popular family, so it was of little surprise that the whole town shut down and the church …
