Easy carrot cake so delicious
Prep: 35 mins Easy Serves 10-12 Cook: 30 mins Top this classic carrot cake with moreish icing and chopped walnuts or pecans. Serve as a sweet treat with a cup of tea any time of the day. Ingredients 230ml vegetable oil, plus extra for the tin 100g natural yogurt 4 large eggs 11⁄2 tsp vanilla …
Stay healthy with this low cal, high-fibre Pasta Primavera
Prep: 10 mins Easy Serves 4 Cook: 20 mins A healthy spaghetti dish full of broad beans, leeks and asparagus tips. Make the most of spring greens with this vibrant, filling pasta recipe INGREDIENTS 75g young broad beans (use frozen if you can’t get fresh) 2 x 100g pack asparagus tips 170g peas (use frozen …
Getting a good night’s sleep as the clocks go forward
With the clocks going forward and the evenings getting brighter, it’s important to consider the time you go to bed rather than the time you wake-up. Common sense tells us that, if you’re going to bed at the same time but just waking up earlier, you will end up being tired. Instead, going to bed …
The siege of Kilkenny: March 27 1650
The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper would like to thank Cois Céim, The Saturday Walkers group, and The Library of The Kilkenny Archaeological society for this information. THE Siege of Kilkenny was the isolation and capture of the fortified capital of the Irish Confederates by the New Model Army of the English Parliamentarians in March 1650 during the conquest of Ireland …
Out & About with Danny Lahart
An absolutely beautiful day for opening day of the fishing season Some beautiful fish caught and great to see the rivers so healthy. All fish caught were all returned unharmed after been caught on barbless hooks on a catch and release basis. Great friends met on the river and great to see the rivers in …
Daithí Holohan has bequeathed a galaxy of dancing stars for our enjoyment
Words: Gerry Cody Photos: Danny Lahart “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working”. There is certainly a sadness amongst artist of all genres as Covid has put a horrible pause on film and theatre work. Galleries throughout the country also look on as the ‘closed until further notice’ signs hang on their front …
Lessons learnt in the time of coronavirus
Fact Of The Matter PAUL HOPKINS It is a year since the coronavirus came to live among us, wreaking havoc worldwide. In the beginning we believed it was just a temporary glitch, a short pause in the going-around of the world, in the commerce of everyday life. A year on, the temporary hiatus has taken …
When mothers come in many guises
Fact Of The Matter PAUL HOPKINS MY maternal grandmother died when my Mother was just five so she never had a lifetime to know her. When I was born, the first of three, and work took my Father away a lot, my paternal grandmother came to call for an afternoon of china-cupped tea and cucumber …
Rural broadband in Kilkenny
By: Deputy Kathleen Funchion Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow IN May 2019, the Government announced the NBP detailing how rural Ireland would be connected to high-speed broadband over the next six-seven years. In November of that year, it signed a contract with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to plan, develop and operate a fibre-based broadband …
Friends through thick and thin … and the pandemic
Fact Of The Matter PAUL HOPKINS My first friend, the one I had known the longest, died in London the other day after a relatively short illness. Papo (Patrick) was three months short of 67, and we had known each other since forever, being next-door neighbours growing up. We had been in and out of …
