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Love is good for your health
Childhood experience can leave a mark on our biology – but love and care protect us By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Over the past two weeks we have learned that childhood maltreatment has negative effects on health much later in life, that our body’s systems learn and adapt to this, and …
Student Enterprise Programme Comes to MacDonagh Junction for a Special Christmas Market
The Local Enterprise Office is excited to announce that students from schools all over the county will be participating in a Christmas market over Christmas on Tuesdays and Thursday (3rd, 5th, 10th, & 12th December) from 12 noon. These talented young entrepreneurs have been working hard over the past year to develop and market their own …
The Clonygarra Murder – Eviction ends in tragedy
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART ONE The events surrounding the murder of Callan man, Patrick Devereux, in 1828, and the hanging of two men convicted of the crime, still cast a shadow over the town. The multiple tragedy was sparked off by a series of brutal evictions in Clonygarra, a townland in Coolaghmore parish, just outside Callan. In the spring of 1828, Viscount Clifden decided that five families …
Natural Help for Sore Throat
BY CLAIR WHITTY As the colder months set in, I am seeing many customers asking for solutions for the discomfort of sore throats. A sore throat can be extremely painful. It can feel scratchy, and you may have difficulty swallowing. There are some natural solutions to help relieve the discomfort. You might like to try …
For schools, Autumn is a beginning
On October 4th last, the Presentation Secondary School began their new year in tremendous fashion. Mr Shane Hallahan, Principal, and the Presentation teaching staff were joined by over 800 students for a special mass in St John’s Church. This event welcomed the school year’s commencement. The mass, celebrated by Fr Dan Carroll, Vicar General of …
Still Time launches at Mayfair
Kilkenny poet Nora Brennan’s second collection of poems, Still Time, will be launched on 21st November next at 6pm in the Mayfair Library. Published by Revival Press, Still Time is described by poet and lecturer Dr Derek Coyle as “a collection of remarkable maturity, depth and range.” Evocative verses are crafted out of the ordinary …
Thomas out to trump Castle in battle of the ‘Towns
Doherty’s charges Mullingar bound BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Thomastown vs Castletown Geoghegan Sunday, TEG Cusack Park, (1:30pm throw-in) Thomastown will take to the provincial stage on Sunday when they face-off against Castletown Geoghegan at TEG Cusack Park (Throw-in 1:30pm) in an AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling …
Do warnings about democracy hold water?
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan Democracy, to me, is more than just a system of governance; it’s the bedrock of our freedoms and rights. It ensures that every voice, no matter how small, is heard. As Thomas Jefferson once said: “The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live …
Dissolving agents and ticking the boxes
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran On November 8 last President Michael Higgins dissolved the 33rd Dáil. DISSOLVED! Kept thinking about that word. Being an imaginative and creative sort of person I had this image in my mind of each one of our 160 TDs lining up in single file, walking into Áras an Uachtaráin and being …
How children’s pocket money today adds up
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Today the way we give pocket money to our children has changed dramatically, moving from cash to digital transfers through various digital apps. According to a recent survey commissioned by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland Credit Union (TUICU), Irish parents typically begin giving their children pocket money around the age …
