Callan’s Ancient Mariners
By John Fitzgerald Looking over the Big Bridge in Callan today, you can admire the scenic beauty of the Moat, or the rolling green sward of the historic meadow. But you won’t see a single boat navigating the serene or choppy waters of the King’s River. How different from the scene that would have greeted …
St. Canice’s Catholic Parish, Kilkenny, to Host National Vocations Sunday Televised Mass
St. Canice’s Catholic Parish in Kilkenny will host this year’s Vocations Sunday Televised Mass, broadcast live at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 26th. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Phonsie Cullinan, Chair of the Council for Vocations, and he will be assisted by Fr. Willie Purcell, National Vocations Coordinator and Parish Priest of St. …
Tairseach- standing at the mouth of the world
An Exhibition by Vicki O’Donoghue & Mary Doyle Burke This wonderful exhibition opened at the The Tea Houses last Saturday. ‘Tairseach: Standing at the Mouth of the World‘, is a new exhibition by Kilkenny-based artists Vicki O’ Donoghue and Mary Doyle Burke. In the mystical spaces between the visible and invisible, both artists explore profound …
ANZAC DAY TO BE REMEMBERED IN KILKENNY BY GREAT WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” These words are from the pen of poet Laurence Binyon, written in 1914 dealing …
ALL-IRELAND INTER-FIRM SENIOR HURLING SEMI-FINAL
Tirlan (Kilkenny) 3-14 (23); Suir Engineering (Waterford) 1-18 (21). John Power at Mullinavat GAA Grounds Tirlan of Kilkenny came out on top following a decisive final quarter in this highly competitive All Ireland Inter Firm Senior Hurling Semi- Final, under the lights at Mullinavat. There was plenty of Kilkenny club involvement on both sides, in …
Why a lasting answer needs more than subsidies
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Last week we all woke up to near-empty petrol pumps and businesses on the brink. What began as scattered complaints on social media after the Easter bank holiday exploded into a full-blown national crisis. Fuel depots were blockaded, along with the country’s only oil refinery at Whitegate in Cork. For …
Pints of black … at back-to-back
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran And so the list goes on… That illustrious sporting list, the list (and this is just a sample) that goes: where were you when Packie saved and David O’Leary scored? Where were you when Katie won Gold? When Kelly won Gold twice? And now: where were you when Rory won back-to-back …
What we can do to offset the fuel crisis
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Maybe it’s time to look for a silver lining in the oil crisis caused by Trump’s war on Iran, current talks aside. Could choking of supplies in the Straits of Hormuz be the kick in the pants we need to make us less dependent on fossil fuels and …
Please, no more deaths by the Grace of law
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Questions about the dangerous use of scrambler bikes have been asked in the Dáil since 2005. In 2010, then Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said that Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 allowed Gardaí to seize scrambler bikes in breach of road traffic legislation. Scrambler …
Five-year-old Leon is the lucky winner of our Easter competition
Thank you to everyone who took part in our fun Easter competition to win a chocolate hamper. The total number of easter eggs hidden in the picture was 58, and our lucky winner is five-year-old Leon, who was absolutely delighted to collect his hamper from the office of The Kilkenny Observer. The competition was kindly …
