Bar extensions, baptism and beer
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran A funny thing happened during our Arts Festival gone by. Actually I don’t know if funny is the correct word but read on and you can decide for yourself. I am coming from a festival event, it’s maybe 11.20 pm and I’m thinking I might fancy a drink. It’s late in …
Govt has six weeks to get its act together
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Last week I wrote about getting ready for Budget Day. This week, the focus turns to what the Fiscal Council is saying about the numbers. With six weeks to go, the Minister will stand up in the Dáil on October 6 and set out the Government’s plans for 2027. The …
Pursuit not the answer for wrong-way drivers
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON When it comes to the knee-jerk reaction to the tragic carnage in the M9 and M50, M10, M60 wrong-way driving incidents, I recall the words of an old farmer. My dad had stopped to ask directions amid the drumlins of County Down, “If I were you,” advised the …
Team Up to Clean Up Returns for Fourth Year as Kilkenny Communities Unite for a Cleaner County
Registration Opens for Team Up to Clean Up 2026 Kilkenny County Council is delighted to announce the launch of the fourth annual Team Up to Clean Up – Together for Kilkenny campaign, inviting communities, schools, businesses, sports clubs and voluntary organisations across the county to once again come together in a shared commitment to enhance …
Tell your Ma, to have me tea on the table
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Apropos Marianne Heron’s column last week about Government plans to tackle online narratives nuanced by the ‘manosphere’ being welcomed if long overdue, Eoghan Cleary, an educational expert with the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy (Serp) Institute, says misogynistic online content has “got so bad so quickly” and …
Burning Down the House, My House
By Kathryn Ashill Open daily from Thursday to Saturday, 11.30am to 5.30pm until Saturday 29 August The Tea Houses Bateman Quay Kilkenny Kath’s House is Burning! Kath’s House is Burning! Send the Engines! Send the Engines! Burning Down the House, My House is an exhibition that explores Welsh artist Kathryn Ashill’s recent experiences of having …
Art for all and hectic bidding!
By John Fitzgerald If you wish to see a first-rate community art project in action, just drop into St. Canice’s Neighbourhood Hall and meet the Brushstrokes group. I called last week to view its exhibition and wasn’t disappointed. Local artist Graham Carew mentors the group. His stunning Cherry Blossom mural on the gable end of …
Rás na mBan Returns to Kilkenny for 20th Edition
This is the 20th anniversary of Rás na mBan and ten years since the race first journeyed to Kilkenny where the five-day, six-stage event will both begin and conclude again this year in the first week of September. Rás na mBan returns to Kilkenny this September as Ireland’s international bike race for women prepares to …
Paddy Cunningham – Art Exhibition
Macra Hall, Callan open until 6th September, 2.00pm to 5.00pm All welcome.
ICMSA – “Frightening surge” in farm-related accidents and tragedies
Responding to what he described as a “frightening surge” in farm-related accidents and tragedies, the Chairperson of the ICMSA Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, has urged farmers to ‘force themselves’ to keep farm safety at the front of their minds and work practices in the busy weeks ahead as they work tirelessly to ensure livestock …
