Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny
Old fashioned, outdated information in manual handling training is at best redundant and at worst harmful By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). You would be forgiven if you believed that your genes held the key to your health. Many people also think genes dictate personality, behaviour and even eating patterns. While genes …
KILKENNY STUDENTS SET FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINAL
Photos by Vicky Comerford Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny have announced that young entrepreneurs from Presentation Secondary School, St. Kieran’s College, and Coláiste Abhainn Rí will represent Kilkenny at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Finals on Thursday 8th May at the Mullingar Park Hotel. The students all took part in the Kilkenny County Final on Wednesday …
Laois Open Door Theatre presents; Play-On
Laois Open Door Theatre are delighted to be back in Thomastown for the third year in a row. This year they will present Play On by Rick Abbott. This hilarious love letter to amateur drama, follows a plucky community theatre group rehearsing an original murder mystery Murder Most Foul by a first time author. In …
Huge demand for places on thatching course
Photos by Pat Shortall The country’s first formal thatching course in fifteen years, which started in January in Co. Kilkenny, has highlighted significant public interest in keeping the ancient Irish skill of thatching alive. This full-time introductory course, which has been developed and run by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) in partnership …
Beliefs shape our lives and define our choices
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan Beliefs shape our lives, guiding us like an inner GPS. They define our choices, reflecting our core values. Ireland offers a real-world example where beliefs influenced both society and law. For years, Catholicism impacted everything from politics to education. The church’s influence was evident in laws like abortion restrictions. …
Badge of Honour on Marylebone Underground
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran On the platform of Marylebone Underground I spot him – shock of white hair, ruddy complexion, grey overcoat and sporting a Saint Patrick’s Day badge the size of a large lettuce. He is middle aged, stocky and low-sized. It’s midday in London, Saint Patrick’s Day, and this is my only sighting …
Gender equality: time to make a difference
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR To mark the recent International Women’s Day, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) updated the Women And Men In Ireland Hub, a crucial one-stop resource for equality data in Ireland. Developed in 2024, this hub collates statistics from the CSO and other public sector organisations, providing an “accessible, comprehensive insight into …
Needed: the art of getting things done
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Getting things done is a very human endeavour. At its best getting, a good job done is an art form, satisfying the doer and benefitting those for whom the job was done. But it doesn’t always work that way. Look at Donald Trump, signing executive orders by the …
Young hearts and their mental health
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Secondary-school aged adolescents in Ireland reported more mental health problems in 2021 – during the pandemic – including an increase in suicide attempts, compared to previous years, according to findings published just before Christmas by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). Of the more than …
Kilkenny man’s daughter elected an MP in Australia!
BY JOHN FITZGERALD There are celebrations Noreside and “down under” following the election of Colleen Egan, daughter of the late Kilkenny man, Ned Egan, to the parliament of Western Australia. The Egan clan, and Ned’s cousins the Moroneys, were ecstatic when they learned on Saturday that the Perth-based daughter of the much-loved poet-writer, who died last August, will now serve …
