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CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with not only …
HEALTHY CLUB LAUNCH AND LA NA GCLUB NIGHT
Shamrocks Ballyhale GAA Healthy club held their official launch night in collaboration with La na gClub, on Easter Sunday, with their overall focus to make the community of Ballyhale a healthier, happier, more connected place to live. On Friday night we took a step down memory lane to revisit some of our favourite times in …
What is Gout?
BY CLAIR WHITTY Gout is a type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling. It happens when high levels of uric acid build up in the body and form needle-shaped crystals in and around the joint leading to inflammation of the joint. Gout is commonly seen in your big toe but can happen in other …
Murray’s ‘Da’ owned the stage as Lake perform Leonard comedy
By Tom Dayton Photos by Pat Shortall In 2022, I accidentally came across a theatre production by a company I had not heard of. The Company was Lake productions, a Kilkenny based group, and the show was a Jimmy Murphy play called The Kings of the Kilburn High Road. To say I was gobsmacked would …
How coercive control holds women hostage
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON “Nowhere was safe, not even the shower.” Those seven words sum up an experience where home became hell and life a torment for Maeve McGloughlin Doyle at the hands of her husband Mark. Her story, told in interview with Oliver Callan on RTE 1 revealed a litany of …
CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with not only …
Cats rip up Treaty script to reach league final
Lyng’s charges show courage to down green machine BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Allianz National Hurling League Semi-Final Páirc Uí Chaoimh Kilkenny 3-17 Limerick 1-15 Derek Lyng masterminded a much-needed win over the green machine of Limerick in the first of the two Allianz League semi-finals last weekend to set up a final clash with …
Ó hArgáin’s call for ban on vapes adopted as Labour Party Policy
It is time to ban all use of vapes or e-cigarettes, according to former Mayor of Kilkenny and candidate in this year’s local elections, Seán Ó hArgáin. The Carlow/Kilkenny constituency motion he proposed to Labour Party conference at the weekend was overwhelmingly passed by the conference and accepted by party spokesperson, Duncan Smith TD. Speaking …
The importance of having mortgage protection
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR For many, the journey to owning a home is a significant milestone and the amount to be borrowed can be the biggest investment in most people’s lives. It’s marked by various checkpoints and during the excitement it’s crucial to address essential tasks, one of which is having mortgage protection in …
Ambush on Friary Street
PART 1 BY JOHN FITZGERALD A botched ambush on Kilkenny’s Friary Street in 1921 left three men dead: two rebels and a civilian. It was one of those “heroic failures” that litter the sad turbulent course of Irish history. A plaque commemorating the event was erected some years ago beside the Capuchin church on Friary …
