Small ripples of artistic creativity celebrated, as AKA reach eleventh festival
Photos: jbs photos kilkenny On a glorious Saturday afternoon, almost 100 people gathered at O’Sullivan’s on John Street for the launch of the 2026 AKA festival. Artists, producers, actors, photographers, sculptors, woodturners and a host of other artistic people joined to welcome another festival rooted in the community. Launching the festival was Ann Mulrooney. With …
When our life is in our hands
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton The human hand is a masterpiece of design and function. The most complex and beautiful tool imaginable. Its range of movement is truly remarkable. Think of the thousands of ways we use our hands; from the precision of a surgeon delicately operating on an eye, a pianist playing …
Forget hoses, let’s be careful with our taps
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The green, green grass of home is turning brown as rain doesn’t fall and the hosepipe restriction is set to run in some areas for six weeks. But if Uisce Éireann think setting sneaks against squirts with an informers’ line to tell on naughty neighbours who break the …
Pants! The long and the shorts of it…
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Our seasons are a vagary unto themselves, our reaction to their sudden, often unannounced change even more vagarious: when it’s hot, like of late, it’s “too hot”, and when it rains and the winds come, our reaction is: “Sure it’s a grand country altogether, if only we …
JJ Kavanagh Junior A Hurling Championship Round One
Shamrocks Ballyhale 3-21; Mullinavat 4-10 John Power at Ballyhale GAA Grounds. Shamrocks Ballyhale made the ideal start to their JJ Kavanagh Junior A Hurling Championship campaign on Friday evening, overcoming near neighbours Mullinavat by eight points in a lively Round One encounter played in sweltering conditions at Ballyhale. With temperatures remaining high well into the …
ICMSA wait for announcements of June milk prices but say average milk suppliers are “down thousands on first half of 2026 compared to 2025”
Speaking in advance of the June round of milk price announcements, ICMSA Dairy Chairperson, Noel Murphy has stated that while the association expected milk prices to “comfortably hold” and he again repeated his conviction that Co-ops and processors must be cognisant of the kind of financial pressures their suppliers were under and endeavour to pass back …
Watergate Theatre Collective presents Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
Watergate Theatre Collective presents Calendar Girls by Tim Firth from 22nd – 25th July. We look forward to bringing the spirit of this inspiring and uplifting story to life on the Watergate stage. Directed by Christine Scarry, and with a talented cast of 14 performers, this fresh staging promises laughter, tears and a heartfelt celebration …
Procydin The New Kid on The Block
BY CLAIR WHITTY Procydin the new kid on the block. Well, it is new to us here at Natural Health Store but it has been a popular supplement in South Africa for many years. I have to admit that when I saw it coming in, my first thought was, another new supplement! My second was, …
Kilmoganny set for August festival
Kilmoganny ( Cill Mocheana) is a place rooted in history. That it is a beautiful place to visit is a bonus. St Mocheana’s church was attached to Kells priory of Kells at an early date. It was dedicated to St Eoghan and the present RC church is dedicated to this saint also. A Protestant church …
Sins, Missioners, and the Blackthorn Stick…
By John Fitzgerald Continuing the story of the days when religion ruled in Callan and Fr. Bob (not his real name) patrolled the district with a blackthorn stick in search of courting couples in the ditches. You can read the previous parts on the Observer website. When the Missioners came to town, they put the …
