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Dowling’s 20’s deliver on Slaneyside!
McEvoy accuracy crucial as Lyng shines in Cats win BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE oneills.com Leinster U20 Hurling Championship Tier 1, Group 2, Round 1 Wexford 1-6 Kilkenny 1-13 Chadwicks, Wexford Park Mark Dowling’s U20 team got their oneills.com Leinster U20 Hurling Championship up and running with a vital win in winter like conditions …
Sludge: deep flaws with the Welfare system
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The cost-of-living crisis has driven many low-income households into “financial distress”, forcing them to make high-risk decisions that could have lasting consequences; so states the newly published report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) shedding light on the stark realities faced by these households and detailing their struggles …
Stop the future – I want to get off…!
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON A story about an automated taxi confirmed my worst suspicions about the perils of technology taking over from humans. This rogue AV ( autonomous vehicle) lost the run of itself with a passenger on board. It went ceaselessly round and round a car park while the hapless man …
P.J. Ryan RIP
P.J. Ryan who passed away last week was a man who played a pivotal role in the development of Bennettsbridge from the seventies onwards. A proud Wexford man he hailed from Barrystown, Wellington Bridge. Following his marriage to the former, Ann O’Brien, Kilkenny, the couple made their home in Bennettsbridge and raised three daughters. A …
30 new homes in Kilkenny under Social housing New-Build Projects has been announced by a delighted “Leas Cheann Comhairle Deputy John McGuinness
Leas Cheann Comhairle Deputy John McGuinness is very pleased to announce that Minister James Browne has given money for the development of 30 new homes in Kilkenny under Social housing New-Build Projects. “The government is committed to housing and has a diverse list of plans which they are currently rolling out across Ireland”, he commented. The Minister for Housing, …
Adolescence and the role of toxic masculinity
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS The mental health knock-on from the pandemic lockdown, perceived lack of opportunity for a good income, lack of housing, and the concerns of climate change are cited as reasons for the changing attitudes of young males, some of which borders on criminality – think riots and robbery …
Hangovers & The Mind-Body Connection
What a hangover can teach you about the mind-body connection By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Nobody is quite themselves when they are hungover. If you’re anything like me, your thoughts and behaviours change. This is a great example of the mind-body connection at work – showing us that mind and body …
Jimmy Hennessy – “The boy who hit back”
BY JOHN FITZGERALD (Part two) Last week I recounted how Jimmy Hennessy, in that classroom in the Callan CBS back in the 1920s, was relieved that he’d worked out the right solution to a maths question, one that every other pupil in class had got wrong. After leathering all the other lads, the teacher, known as the Bulldog, came …
Bishop calls for courage in face of pressure
Bishop Niall Coll of Ossory has emphasised the importance of speaking the truth with love and courage in today’s world, urging people to be faithful to their own values in the face of the pressures of life today. In his homily for St Patrick’s Day in St Mary’s Cathedral, Bishop Coll pointed to the emptiness …
St. John’s School impress Leinster House
Visiting the Dail this week St. John’s School (Students and Principal Brian Roche and staff) joined with the local Oireachtas members Deputy Catherine Callaghan, who organised the trip and Leas Cheann Comhairle John McGuinness TD to impress on Minister Helen McEntee T.D., Minister for Education, the urgent need to provide a new school at Ballybought …
