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Boardwalk Project at Greensbridge Set to Enhance Kilkenny’s Connectivity
Kilkenny County Council is thrilled to announce the signing of the Pedestrian & Cycle Link Boardwalk construction contract at Greensbridge in Kilkenny City! This exciting project is part of the Abbey Quarter development. The main contract was awarded to Donnelly Civil Engineering Ltd, Co. Clare on the 11th of April. The project is being funded by …
Rationing: Black Bread and a Pinch of Tea…
BY JOHN FITZGERALD (Part two) Apart from black-marketing during the “Emergency”, people resorted to unusual ways of easing the pain of rationing. In Callan, Seamus O’ Brien came across a group of County Council workers on the Clonmel Road who, he learned, had developed a procedure for ensuring that every tea-break would be enjoyable…even if it …
Monsignor Michael Ryan
Monsignor Michael Ryan, Diocesan Administrator, on a visit to Rome in 2017 with the Irish Bishops, having a private chat with the Holy Father, Pope Francis
Cody & Kilkenny enjoy Belfast trip
Two from two in Leinster campaign BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster SHC – Round 2 Antrim 2-12 Kilkenny 2-30 Corrigan Park, Belfast The Kilkenny changing room in Corrigan Park would have been an interesting place to be at halftime last Sunday afternoon with Antrim holding a one-point lead over the current provincial champions. …
New publication chronicles the stories of the community of Callan and surrounding area
What Was It Like? captures the memories from a vanished Ireland, as collected by the Transition Year students of Coláiste Abhainn Rí 2023-2024. Coláiste Abhainn Rí and Mount Carmel are excited to announce the release of What Was It Like?, a new book created through a collaborative project between Transition Year students of ColáisteAbhainn Rí, …
Conflict and redemption as ‘Owls’ present The McGowan Trilogy
Barn Owl Players are thrilled to announce their most ambitious production yet, staging The McGowan Trilogy, a thrilling series of connected plays by renowned playwright Seamus Scanlon. Directed by the esteemed Philip Hardy, this electrifying production promises to be an unforgettable experience for local theatre- goers. This production marks the group’s first foray into Thomastown, …
I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell
Laois Fourth Wall Theatre Group presents Bernard Farrell’s situational comedy I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell directed by David Corri. A group therapy session is led by the enigmatic and manipulative Suzy (Mary Dermody). The participants Joe Fell (John Kavanagh), Roger (Kevin Lalor-Fitzpatrick), Peter (Joe Murphy), Maureen (Alex O’Neal), and Rita (Maeve Heneghan) reveal …
All the world’s a baize, a green baize!
Furthermore By Gerry Moran Things are hotting up on the green baize in Sheffield as I write. The Snooker World Championship final is about to take place in the famous Crucible Theatre which is to snooker what Croke Park is to Gaelic games and what the CYMS Hall was to us young snooker players back …
Teaching your child about value of money
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR First Holy Communions and Confirmations are upon us again marking not only a spiritual milestone but also an opportunity to encourage financial literacy in our children. The amount of money children receive is mind-blowing, into the thousands in many cases representing their biggest financial windfall to date and providing parents …
In May it’s time not to mow the lawn!
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON It’s that time of year again, time to go wild and think about the birds and the bees, especially the bees. In Britain No Mow May is set to silence the seasonal whirring of lawn mowers – well some of them. Here the No Mow movement has the …
