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Signs of another world
PM O’Sullivan Derek Dooley knew olden voices. Just the way for him, a Danesfort native. “I grew up with my grandparents in The Sevenhouses area,” Dooley explains. “John Connolly and Liz Shea. That was my home house, in Graigue Lower. Granddad was born in 1906 and Granny was born in 1916. They were both from …
International Women’s Day – Supporting Women to Grow and Succeed
International Women’s Day is a time to recognise the strength, ambition and achievements of women in every walk of life. Over the past six months, since becoming the new owner of Kilkenny College of Beauty and Sports Therapy, I have had the opportunity to meet some truly incredible women – our students, staff, graduates and …
Cartoon Saloon Signals Bold New Chapter with Appointment of Producer Anthony Leo as Chief Executive Officer
Cartoon Saloon, the five-time Academy Award® nominated animation studio behind some of the most celebrated animated films of the past two decades, is proud to announce the appointment of Anthony Leo as Chief Executive Officer. An accomplished producer with a distinguished career in animation and family entertainment, Anthony Leo brings decades of leadership experience across …
Sacred Relics for Lenten Novena at St. Canice’s Catholic Parish, Kilkenny
St. Canice’s Catholic Parish invites the faithful and the wider community to a special Lenten Novena taking place each Wednesday night during Lent. Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 pm, and on each evening a first-class relic of a beloved saint will be present for veneration and blessing. This sacred series offers an opportunity for …
St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny Launches 2026 Programme
New Fire and Drum Spectacular announced The official launch of the St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny took place last night in partnership with Kilkenny Tradfest at a packed Paris Texas on Kilkenny’s High Street. The “BIG FESTIVAL IN A SMALL CITY” takes place from March 14th to 17th, 2026, throughout the city. The festival was formally opened by the Cathaoirleach, Mary …
Annie Keating: Poet of the People
By John Fitzgerald (Part two) Annie Keating’s younger sister Madge Kelly of the sweet shop in Bridge Street, had a famous budgie as I mentioned last week. Apart from the locals, thousands of emigrants sang his praises. Mention of his name elicited many a smile and meandering yarn in the Irish Diaspora. Misty-eyed exiles in …
Happy Mother’s Day with Trilogy Pro-Collagen+
BY CLAIR WHITTY Happy Mother’s Day, I hope you have a lovely day and that you are pampered in some way or other. Seeing as it is Mother’s Day and someone who loves you could be looking for something special to buy you, I wonder would you like a gift for your skin? I was …
Tammy, Matt … and my YouTube debut!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran “Hi, dad.” “Hi, Rich” – my son Richard phoning me from Berlin where he lives. “Dad, did you know you’re on YouTube?” “What?” “You’re on YouTube, dad.” “Doing what – sharing my unique recipe for melt-in-your-mouth meringues?” Rich laughs. He know, as his three siblings do, only too well that my …
Minding the global magic of toy time
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The world’s biggest toy fair just finished in Nuremberg. In halls filled with over 2,300 exhibitors and around one million products, including about 70,000 new ones, buyers, designers, and enthusiasts discussed Christmas 2026! This year’s fair highlighted a toy sector in recovery and reinvention. Global sales grew 7% in 2025, …
Turning a blind eye to sex trafficking
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON “There’s no so blind as those that cannot see,” was a favourite saying of my mother’s, referring to those who refuse to recognise what is in plain sight. Never truer than in the case of the web of sex intrigue surrounding convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Curious isn’t it, …
