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The true worth of the stay-at-home parent
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS I’m rewatching the unsurpassable seven-season Mad Men (Netflix) about the embryonic world of advertising on New York City’s Madison Avenue in the early 1960s. It’s even better than I remember from my first viewing six years ago. There’s more than a passing nod to John F Kennedy …
The words toxic and masculinity need a divorce
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON There is a kickback going among some men who feel that their masculinity is under attack. At the same time there are courses online and in person about how to be a man, which might not appeal to the macho types who feel their manhood is under threat. …
Loreto Secondary School – ‘Women in time to come will do much’
Photos :- Tom Beirne The Loreto Secondary School on the Granges Road held an Academic Awards Ceremony for Students and their families who achieved outstanding academic results in the Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate & Leaving Certificate Applied for the past academic year 2024. The whole School Community event celebrated the 35 Leaving Certificate students who achieved over 550 points …
An evening of thanks and prayer as Fr Dan appointed Chaplain to Pope
There was a night of joy and celebration in St John’s church at the 6 o clock Mass on Saturday 18th January when Bishop Niall Coll informed the congregation that parish Team leader Fr Dan Carroll had been appointed as Chaplain to his Holiness. This was awarded by Pope Francis to acknowledge Fr Dan’s committed …
The Basics of Health
Our bodies are complex, but it’s the simple things that matter for health By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). It often seems like health is a very complicated thing, that becoming and staying healthy is only for those of us with immense discipline. However, it is the simple things that give us …
Patrick Kavanagh in Kilkenny
By Geoff Rose “This is a terrible place, Kilkenny is a terrible place, a terrible place entirely.” Not exactly the most poetic words for Ye Faire City. Indeed the Marble City has been better described, and much more eloquently than the Monaghan poet, farmer, journalist, and novelist, Patrick Kavanagh, expressed himself on a visit on …
Call for big Kilkenny energy to St Patrick’s Day parade
Photos by Liam Murphy Applications for the St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny parade are now open WITH just seven weeks to join the celebration, St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny is calling on local clubs, communities, charities, performers, cultural organisations, schools and local businesses to come alive and animate the medieval streets of Kilkenny to celebrate Ireland’s national …
Cats pounce to beat Clare in league opener
Mossy the main man as Banner beaten BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Clare 0-21 Kilkenny 0-23 Round 1, Cusack Park, Ennis Referee: Shane Hynes (Galway) Kilkenny ended their losing streak against The Banner with a battling 2-point win in Cusack Park, Ennis, last weekend. With the home side fielding …
Tom Brennan: The People’s Publican!
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Kilkenny mourned the passing of a great publican last week. Tom Brennan, who ran Phelan’s Bar in Parliament Street, had served the tipplers of the city since he began pulling pints there in the 1960s. His many loyal customers underwent a different grieving eight years ago when Tom unexpectedly said goodbye to …
To what extent is Ireland an equal society?
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan As our elected representatives begin the business of the 34th Dail, there will be many references to the past including to the Proclamation of 1916 – a document that states: “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens.” But to what …
