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The Health Benefits of Iron
BY CLAIR WHITTY Iron is an essential mineral that your body needs every day. It plays a central role in making haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body. Iron is also involved in muscle function, energy production, normal growth and development, the production of some hormones, and supports normal …
KILKENNY HOME OF HALLOWEEN
FIRE, FEAST, FOLKLORE Experience Fire, Feast and Folklore in Kilkenny this autumn as part of our Home of Halloween celebrations. Halloween is more than just the 31st October in Kilkenny with spellbinding spectacles taking place right across the month and beyond to mark the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The theme of Fire, Feast and …
Heritage group celebrates 750th walk
By John Fitzgerald The Kilkenny Heritage Walkers marked another milestone on Saturday. Marianne Kelly led them on their 750th outing, exploring more of the city’s hidden and overt cultural gems. I joined them for the occasion. The weather was favourable. A freezing cold morning had given way to autumn sunshine. A blessing, everyone agreed. Afterwards …
Hard work pays off for Junior students at Osraí
Outstanding Junior Cert results were being celebrated at a school in Kilkenny City as students at Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Kilkenny’s post-primary school – where most subjects are taught through the medium of Irish – received their much-anticipated results. One student, Cameron Sheldon, achieved eight Distinctions – the highest grade awarded at Junior Cycle. Cameron’s parents, …
Winner’s stay on!
Final berth’s up for grabs on Sunday BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Sunday will see the four remaining teams in the 2026 St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship take to the field, bidding to reach the Tom Walsh Cup decider. The double-header at UPMC Nowlan …
Some touching words on The Long Goodbye
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Forgive me if I tend to go on a bit about dementia. There are two reasons for this. One, my older brother John suffered with it for several years before passing away in 2025:Two, I’m understandably concerned that it may be genetic or hereditary, although anything I’ve read to date suggests …
Learning to live with life’s uncertainty
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton I came across a term I hadn’t heard before, “Radical uncertainty,” popularized by two economists, Kay and King. Some things like throwing a dice or betting have certain odds that make outcomes vaguely possible. Radical uncertainty applies where possible future states can’t be defined; the difference in other …
Piltown set up third successive Senior final against Dicksboro
Piltown 0-12; Tullaroan 0-8. John Power at John Lockes Park, Callan. Piltown will play Dicksboro in a third successive Kilkenny County Senior camogie final following a hard-fought victory over Tullaroan in Saturday’s second semi-final at John Lockes Park, Callan. On a splendid sunny afternoon, the Southern club eventually secured their place in the county decider, …
How sectarianism blights hopes for unity
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON If you want to see sectarianism in action look no further than the 35 Orangemen who want to march the Garvaghy Road in Portadown and the Republican residents who oppose them. It’s an insidious ‘them and us’ division which can affect everything from failure to provide effective government …
