Can an MRI scan be harmful?
A chartered physiotherapist’s perspective By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy MRI scans have been a remarkable addition to modern medicine. They can save lives. Where surgeons previously cut a patient open to examine them, scans can now reveal what lies within. But scans can be harmful. It’s not because they blast our body with harmful beams …
GOWRAN PANTO 2024
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Gowran Pantomime Society hosted Snow White and The Several Dwarfs as this years production in Gowran Parish Hall, with record attendances for all five shows that provided superb entertainment for the packed audience. The Gowran Panto has always been one of the Winter highlights in the parish since it began in 2000(Millenium …
KILKENNY RUGBY CLUB
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Rugby is on a crest of a wave across Ireland at present, with both the National Senior and U-20 Teams continuing their defence of The Grand Slam this weekend. The Senior Team are in action tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) at home to Wales in The Aviva Stadium at 2.15pm, while The U-20s are …
Old time fun and games
PART SIX BY JOHN FITZGERALD 1925 proved to be a vast improvement on the previous round of Callan sporting competitions. This time, the High Jump was added to the list of fixtures. And a race laden with what Martin Kelly called “special handicaps” complemented the action in style: this ingenious event encompassed a number of …
GET YOUR DANCING SHOES READY FOR TRADFEST 2024
With less than a month to go until Kilkenny Tradfest 2024, it’s time to dig out your dancing shoes and get ready for a weekend of the finest traditional music our Island has to offer. For those of you who like to really get involved in a hands-on way with your music, look no further …
Maureen Mullins: a legend in racing
Kilkenny’s renowned Maureen Mullins died peacefully at her home in Goresbridge on St Valentine’s Day aged 94. Mother of perennial champion trainer Willie and Irish racing’s great matriarch, she died following a short illness. Along with her late husband Paddy, also a multiple champion trainer who died in 2010, she leaves behind an indelible legacy …
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS KILKENNY POETRY BROADSHEET ISSUE 24
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce their annual call out for submissions for the twenty fourth issue of the KILKENNY POETRY BROADSHEET. The aim of the publication is to give Kilkenny writers, born or based in Kilkenny, a platform for their work. We are thrilled to have James Harpur as this year’s …
New Plaques highlight additional section of Kilkenny’s City Walls
New information plaques have been installed at five sections of Kilkenny’s City Walls. These tasteful signs are part of Kilkenny County Council’s strategy to highlight our heritage, and provide information for local people and visitors about the former medieval city walls. Co-funded by the Heritage Council’s Irish Walled Towns Network and Kilkenny County Council, the …
Super Cats valu for Páirc Uí Chaoimh win!
Mullen outstanding as Donnelly notches late winner BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Allianz National Hurling League Cork 1-17 Kilkenny 0-21 Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Johnny Murphy Kilkenny left the newly Supervalu sponsored Páirc Uí Chaoimh with maximum points from their round 2 Allianz hurling league clash, thanks to an injury-time winner from Thomastown’s John …
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 not only …
