Hard work pays off for Junior students at Osraí
Outstanding Junior Cert results were being celebrated at a school in Kilkenny City as students at Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Kilkenny’s post-primary school – where most subjects are taught through the medium of Irish – received their much-anticipated results. One student, Cameron Sheldon, achieved eight Distinctions – the highest grade awarded at Junior Cycle. Cameron’s parents, …
Winner’s stay on!
Final berth’s up for grabs on Sunday BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Sunday will see the four remaining teams in the 2026 St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship take to the field, bidding to reach the Tom Walsh Cup decider. The double-header at UPMC Nowlan …
Some touching words on The Long Goodbye
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Forgive me if I tend to go on a bit about dementia. There are two reasons for this. One, my older brother John suffered with it for several years before passing away in 2025:Two, I’m understandably concerned that it may be genetic or hereditary, although anything I’ve read to date suggests …
Learning to live with life’s uncertainty
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton I came across a term I hadn’t heard before, “Radical uncertainty,” popularized by two economists, Kay and King. Some things like throwing a dice or betting have certain odds that make outcomes vaguely possible. Radical uncertainty applies where possible future states can’t be defined; the difference in other …
Piltown set up third successive Senior final against Dicksboro
Piltown 0-12; Tullaroan 0-8. John Power at John Lockes Park, Callan. Piltown will play Dicksboro in a third successive Kilkenny County Senior camogie final following a hard-fought victory over Tullaroan in Saturday’s second semi-final at John Lockes Park, Callan. On a splendid sunny afternoon, the Southern club eventually secured their place in the county decider, …
How sectarianism blights hopes for unity
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON If you want to see sectarianism in action look no further than the 35 Orangemen who want to march the Garvaghy Road in Portadown and the Republican residents who oppose them. It’s an insidious ‘them and us’ division which can affect everything from failure to provide effective government …
Armageddon out of here while I still can
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS In his warning about a sustainable economy, Tánaiste Simon Harris recently paired major wars and our ageing population as twin threats to our fiscal health. And then, before I had time to digest my imminent annihilation by a misguided drone on a ghost housing estate or that …
Four-goal blitz sends Rower Inistioge into final
Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi-Final. Rower Inistioge 4-20 (32) Lisdowney 0-23 (23) John Power at UPMC Nowlan Park Lyng and Leahy strike twice each as South Kilkenny side produce stunning second-half display. Four outstanding second-half goals, two apiece from Eoghan Lyng and Richie Leahy, propelled Rower Inistioge into the MLM Kilkenny Intermediate …
Budget more generous to some than to most people
It’s what’s left in the bank account on Friday, says John Ellis BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The Government said Budget 2027 was for working people. But when the speeches are over and the bills land, it will be more generous to some Kilkenny households than others. I read the Budget the way most people …
Kilkenny applications for Texaco funding invited
Sports clubs from Co. Kilkenny and beyond are invited to apply for the sixth Texaco Support for Sport initiative in which a fund of €130,000 will be divided equally in €5,000 amounts and distributed to successful applicants in each of the twenty-six counties. To date more than €600,000 has been distributed to over 125 sports …
