MUSIC THE COMMON THEME AS BUSKERS TURN OUT FOR FOCUS IRELAND
The Kilkenny section of ‘The Big Busk’,a nationwide Today FM fundraiser to help Focus Ireland tackle homelessness through the powerful medium of music, art and performance took place, simultaneously, in Mac Donagh Junction Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre on Friday 12th April. A wide variety of excellent performers from the South East ensured …
Freud, Pablo Escobar and a touch of glass!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I wouldn’t exactly call myself a hypochondriac: however, every now and then when I get a bad headache, that I can’t shake pff, I think – brain tumour! And then the Panadol kicks in, the headache subsides and the notion of brain tumour dissipates. I mention all this because of a …
Kathleen Funchion TD calls on Carlow Kilkenny artists to answer Sinn Féin’s Arts Survey
KATHLEEN FUNCHION Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion has called on the local artistic and wider community in Carlow Kilkenny to answer an arts survey launched by Sinn Féin as part of a consultation process towards developing a comprehensive national policy for the arts. The Sinn Féin Arts Survey can …
CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with …
AMBUSH ON FRIARY STREET
PART 4 BY JOHN FITZGERALD Continuing the story of the infamous Friary Street Ambush: If you missed parts one and two you can read these on the Kilkenny Observer website… A corporation worker, Tom Dullard, has been shot dead by the British troops after exiting the Capuchin Friary. At the sound of gunfire, the wagon …
Pathfinder Carlow-Kilkenny marks One Year
Pathfinder is a collaborative HSE initiative between St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny and the National Ambulance Service. The Pathfinder team recently celebrated one year of providing care in people’s homes across the region. Sinéad Prendergast, Senior Occupational Therapist with the Pathfinder Service shared the following “We’re delighted to mark this significant milestone and to be …
IN THE NAME OF THE DOG IS PLAYWRITING COMPETITION WINNER
Carlow Little Theatre Society were delighted to announce the winners of their fourth annual International One-Act Playwriting Competition recently, which, once again attracted a large number of submissions from Ireland and all around the world. After an exhaustive shortlisting exercise and another extremely close contest this year, three independent adjudicators reviewed all of the entries …
Tips to de-stress for a better nights’ sleep
BY CLAIR WHITTY Is stress holding you back from getting a good nights’ sleep? Lack of sleep can have a dramatic effect on your health. Magnesium is one of the most sought-after supplements to help get you to nod off. Many of you find it brilliant. The main reason that magnesium helps so well is …
SHANE FOLEY
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY With the flat season underway, Shane Foley will be very busy in the months ahead as he will be looking to add to the great success he has had over the past 5 years when he became stable jockey to Jessica Harrington in 2019. The Graiguenamanagh native began his career almost 20 …
REBECCA STORM JOINS KILKENNY MUSICAL ‘LETTERS FROM THE FRONT’ AT CARLOW
West End Superstar Rebecca Storm takes to the Carlow stage next month in the new Irish musical “Letters from the Front”. Rebecca will reprise her role as Frau Breitner in the poignant drama which has already been presented to great acclaim in both Kilkenny and Dublin. Fresh from yet another much-lauded performance in her recent …
