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Revealed: the odds of alien life out there and they are pretty good odds
GIVEN the size of our universe, not to mention other universes, it would make you wonder, where are all the aliens? We can’t be the only ones who made it out onto a cosmic rock alive. There might be many reasons we have not encountered aliens yet, from lack of technology to the aliens not …
OUT & ABOUT WITH DANNY LAHART
OUT & ABOUT WITH DANNY LAHART
Great to see the future stars of O’Loughlin’s and Kilkenny back up in the club enjoying their hurling O’Loughlin’s Juvenile U6 team
Spain hoping to welcome tourists from next month
SPAIN hopes to reopen to overseas holidaymakers from next month under the Covid digital health certificate scheme, the country’s secretary of state for tourism has said. Fernando Valdés told the recent World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Mexico that the programme – under which tourists could show they have been vaccinated, tested negative or …
WolfWalkers & Kilkenny at the Oscars
“The Oscars came to Kilkenny for one night only on Sunday 25th April. Following strict Covid guidelines and multiple Covid tests over the weekend a skeleton operations crew from Cartoon Saloon along with the 3 nominees and their partners came together at the Rivercourt Hotel to take part in the 93rd Academy Awards. Unfortunately it wasn’t …
PUNCHESTOWN SHOWDOWN
By EDDIE SCALLY After what has been a fantastic five weeks for Irish Jumps Racing with a total domination at the Cheltenham Festival & a spectacular first five home in the Aintree Grand National all attention now switches to the season ending Punchestown Festivals where many crowns will be put on the line & …
What Kilkenny has to offer now that 5k limit has been eased
For Families Nore Valley Park At Nore Valley Park, you will find everything from pet farms, archery, mini golf, go karts and tractor rides across the lush green lands of the farm! There is a packed timetable of events which includes interactions with animals like lambs, baby kids, chickens, ostriches, and rabbits, some of which …
The present day St. Canice’s Cathedral owes a great deal to Dean Vignoles
Prepared for The Kilkenny Observer by Cois Céim and The Saturday Walkers Club Edited and compiled by: Gerry Cody Charles Augustus Vignoles was born in Portarlington County Laois on the 25th July 1789. A fourth generation French Hugenout, his father was also a clergyman. His sister Elizabeth Anne Vignoles married George Grey and was mother …
OUT & ABOUT WITH DANNY LAHART
Let’s not spoil our great outdoors!
KILKENNY Tourism has welcomed the Government’s announcement that outdoor attractions can re-open at the end of the month. But their announcement has come amid concerns raised about large crowds of people gathering in the City’s Castle Park and leaving litter strewn all over the hugely popular amenity. There were also reports of littering at other …
