Trillions of viruses, and those boom-time rats
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS When my younger brother and I were small, before our sister arrived into the world, and we would get one of those many childhood ailments, my mother would send for the doctor, having created a bed downstairs for whoever was laid low, by way of two armchairs facing …
Light a candle for Pieta’s Hope Over Silence…
PIETA, the national suicide prevention charity, is encouraging the nation to choose #HopeOverSilence this Christmas as 10 bereaved people contact the charity every week to avail of the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service. Pieta is encouraging the nation to take a minute and speak up about their own mental health and/or open up about the loss of a …
‘Boro by one
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX BY BILLY CULLETON Amy Clifford & Niamh Phelan star as Dicksboro grab glory Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Senior Camogie County Final Dicksboro 0-15 Piltown 2-8 Dicksboro defeated Piltown in the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Senior Camogie County Final played in John Locke Park, Callan last Sunday. The match …
Moving on up!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Glenmore senior bound after Freshford victory Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate Hurling Championship County Final Glenmore 3-19 St Lachtain’s 2-9 UPMC Nowlan Park was again the venue for County final action last Sunday, as Glenmore took on St Lachtains in the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Intermediate …
Poetic words woven with love means Saoirse will always be remembered
Photos By Pat Shortall As unveilings go, this was special. It was low key, with just family and friends. And yet, it was as powerful and emotional as they come. Kathleen and Donny Phelan, along with family and friends gathered at the entrance to MacDonagh shopping centre to remember the dead. In a way, the …
Whirlwind Kilkenny tour for Minister Chambers
McGuinness calls for funding for local clubs All images: Danny Lahart Jack Chambers, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, visited Kilkenny on Monday for a whirlwind tour of the constituency lead by Deputy John McGuinness. Joined by Mayor Andrew McGuinness and Councillors Joe Malone, Deirdre Cullen and John Coonan, …
You are the key to overcoming your difficulties
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST “SIT down next to me” sing the rock band James. It is a call to people who are suffering bad periods in their life, times of stress, perhaps a complete desertion of optimism. In other words, all of us. “I’ll sing myself to sleep, a song from the darkest hour, secrets …
Do you have the right time?
By Joe Kearney Writer and documentary maker, originally from Callan Albert Einstein stated that time is an illusion but try saying that to someone who asks if you have the right time? Now the key element in that particular enquiry is the need to know ‘the right time’. There was a period during the great …
An evening of prayer as Archbishop Dermot returns to Kilkenny
The former bishop of Ossory, Archbishop Dermot Farrell, returned to the Marble City on Tuesday 11th November. After three years as Bishop of Ossory, Archbishop Dermot was translated to the Archdiocese of Dublin in February 2022. Last Tuesday was an opportunity to greet our former bishop and acknowledge his time here in Ossory. On Tuesday afternoon …
