Recalling Button A, Button B and the angst of phoning!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I got rather nostalgic last week watching the news and seeing a huge chapter of my life being wheeled away by heavy machinery! The items in question were the P&T’s public phone booths now consigned, not to the scrap heap, but to the recycling heap. And, with them. went a part …
Labour’s Seán Ó hArgáin demands Government action in wake of soaring Kilkenny rents
Labour Party local election candidate in Kilkenny City, Seán Ó hArgáin, is calling on the government to urgently address the housing crisis in light of the alarming findings of the recent Daft Report. The report revealed a staggering 6.8% increase in advertised rents in 2023 across the country, but with a staggering increase of 13.8% …
Grass bank area transformed into a carpet of purple, white and yellow
Photos by Pat Shortall Take the time for a ramble down to the magnificent World War One memorial, Kilkenny’s County memorial to the over 800 Men and Women who died in the Great War 1914-18. As well as seeing the massive loss of recorded on the memorial panels, look up to the grass bank area …
Recovery Library launched in Kilkenny to ‘share supports and hopeful stories’
On the 15th December, the Recovery Library was launched in the Department of Psychiatry, St Lukes Hospital, County Kilkenny. The Recovery Library is based on a simple idea, providing books for people in the Department of Psychiatry, to learn more about recovery and read hopeful stories of other people who have improved their mental health. …
Kilkenny breeze past Offaly
BY KILKENNY OBSERVER REPORTER Allianz National Hurling League UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 1-26 Offaly 1-19 Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny had to wait for a wind assisted second half to pull away from a determined Offaly team who owned the first half as Kilkenny looked out of sorts. Offaly took full advantage of the wind …
“DA”: a beneath-the-surface perspective
By Willie Egan A lack of a healthy relationship with one’s father is now recognised as holding the key to self-actualising for a lot of young men. “Father-approval is recognised as being the private dream of practically every young boy that cannot be derived elsewhere”. This concept is perhaps the central theme of the play …
3 Tips to Revive Your Resolution
By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy If you are like most people, your new year’s resolution (or new habit) is a distant memory. Research shows that most people drop new habits within just a few weeks. Life gets in the way; motivation wanes and best intentions fizzle out. But there is hope. The fact that you tried …
OLD TIME FUN AND GAMES
PART SEVEN BY JOHN FITZGERALD In Peter Roughan’s recollection, 1926 was the best year ever for the West Street Sports event. Anxious to accommodate even bigger numbers of competitors and spectators, Martin Holden approached Pat Pollard to see if the local tycoon would allow his prized paddock on Callan’s western fringe to serve as a …
High Cholesterol? Top Tips to Lower Cholesterol, Naturally!
BY CLAIR WHITTY High cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. Shockingly, 4 out of 5 people over 45 years of age have high cholesterol and 2 out of 3 of them are not treated. Usually, there are no symptoms of high cholesterol, so it is good to have your cholesterol checked …
Black & Amber seek home win ahead of Banner & Deise trips
Lyng’s Cats seeking to down the Faithful County BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Allianz National Hurling League Kilkenny vs Offaly Sunday, 1:45pm, UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary) Kilkenny will look to secure a second win in this season’s Allianz hurling league when they welcome Offaly to UPMC Nowlan Park on Sunday (throw-in …
