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Golden daffodils can have that Midas touch
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON As though to resolve the argument about when Spring starts a dozen daffodils opened their trumpets in my garden on St Bridget’s Day. Snowdrops may have grabbed the headlines for February as the stars of Co. Carlow’s Snowdrop Gala but daffodils have a longer season, from February through …
Ordinary mothers who prove extra-ordinary
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS The celebrating of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honour of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as Mothering Sunday. Once a major …
Free live music sessions featuring festival headliners Burnchurch and more at Smithwick’s Experience Kilkenny
Free entry on available guided tours for those named after our patron saint Smithwick’s Experience Kilkenny is making this year’s St Patrick’s Weekend extra special with free live music sessions, including one featuring festival headliners, Burnchurch, shortly after the St Patrick’s Day parade concludes in the heart of the city. The internationally-renowned visitor experience and …
A dozen Cats fall to Tipp
3rd league loss as three Cats see red BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Kilkenny 1-19 Tipperary 2-25 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin) Tipperary became the latest team to claim maximum points Marble City men in this season’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A as Kilkenny finished the game …
Abbey Quarter Urban Street & Park construction contract signed
Kilkenny County Council is pleased to announce the signing of the Abbey Quarter Urban Street & Park Construction Contract. The Contract was signed on the 11th March 2025 at County Hall, Kilkenny in the presence of the Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council, Cllr. Michael McCarthy. The main contract has been awarded to David Walsh Civil …
Revitalise Your Skin This Mother’s Day
BY CLAIR WHITTY Trilogy is my go-to skincare brand. I recently had a chat with Helen from Trilogy where we discussed various products for older skin. As we age, our skin undergoes many changes, including a loss of elasticity, dryness, and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Maintaining a healthy and youthful glow becomes …
Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny
Old fashioned, outdated information in manual handling training is at best redundant and at worst harmful By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). You would be forgiven if you believed that your genes held the key to your health. Many people also think genes dictate personality, behaviour and even eating patterns. While genes …
KILKENNY STUDENTS SET FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINAL
Photos by Vicky Comerford Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny have announced that young entrepreneurs from Presentation Secondary School, St. Kieran’s College, and Coláiste Abhainn Rí will represent Kilkenny at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Finals on Thursday 8th May at the Mullingar Park Hotel. The students all took part in the Kilkenny County Final on Wednesday …
Laois Open Door Theatre presents; Play-On
Laois Open Door Theatre are delighted to be back in Thomastown for the third year in a row. This year they will present Play On by Rick Abbott. This hilarious love letter to amateur drama, follows a plucky community theatre group rehearsing an original murder mystery Murder Most Foul by a first time author. In …
Huge demand for places on thatching course
Photos by Pat Shortall The country’s first formal thatching course in fifteen years, which started in January in Co. Kilkenny, has highlighted significant public interest in keeping the ancient Irish skill of thatching alive. This full-time introductory course, which has been developed and run by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) in partnership …
