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Future looks bright as Gowran Pantomime Society produce 23rd show
Since they first donned pantomime attire in 2000, The Gowran Pantomime society has gone from strength to strength. Their first production was Cinderella and since then they have produced some magical performances such as Alladin, Alice in Wonderland, Pussin Boots and Dick Whittington. This year their offering was Snow White and the Several Dwarves. This …
Credit unions big step closer to being banks
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR In a groundbreaking move for the Credit Union sector, Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has kickstarted the much-anticipated Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Credit Union Amendment Act 2023, signalling a historic transformation for credit unions in Ireland. Celebrated at a special event in the Department of Finance recently, …
When there’s a bit of a spring in our step
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS It’s perhaps an age thing but the last few years I have found the dark and dank of winter sapping what I have left of the will to carry on. That’s probably an exaggeration. That said, I am not alone in finding the short days and long …
Bumper Weekend in store for the National Saint’s Celebrations in Kilkenny
March 15th to 18th 2024 Kilkenny will once again come to life with an explosion of colour and community spirit on the streets of the Medieval City this St. Patrick’s Day, as part of the city’s 11th Kilkenny Tradfest, a celebration of traditional music and culture, which has now become an established national festival. The major city parade begins at 1.30 pm at the top …
STOOK 10 MILE RUN 2024
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY The Stook 10 Mile Run that takes place this coming Sunday (March 3rd) has been a terrific success since it was first held in 2012. Located in Dungarvan between Gowran and Thomastown, The Stook run is open to everyone and has a variety of distances suitable to a persons individual ability. Since …
Woman-wise, what will the referendums mean?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Taoiseach Leo Varadkar promised a while ago to make Ireland a leader in gender equality in all its forms. As a woman I wonder how the referendums that we are being asked to vote on will affect women and whether ‘gender neutrality’ is in our interests. International Women’s Day …
Recalling Button A, Button B and the angst of phoning!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I got rather nostalgic last week watching the news and seeing a huge chapter of my life being wheeled away by heavy machinery! The items in question were the P&T’s public phone booths now consigned, not to the scrap heap, but to the recycling heap. And, with them. went a part …
Labour’s Seán Ó hArgáin demands Government action in wake of soaring Kilkenny rents
Labour Party local election candidate in Kilkenny City, Seán Ó hArgáin, is calling on the government to urgently address the housing crisis in light of the alarming findings of the recent Daft Report. The report revealed a staggering 6.8% increase in advertised rents in 2023 across the country, but with a staggering increase of 13.8% …
Grass bank area transformed into a carpet of purple, white and yellow
Photos by Pat Shortall Take the time for a ramble down to the magnificent World War One memorial, Kilkenny’s County memorial to the over 800 Men and Women who died in the Great War 1914-18. As well as seeing the massive loss of recorded on the memorial panels, look up to the grass bank area …
Recovery Library launched in Kilkenny to ‘share supports and hopeful stories’
On the 15th December, the Recovery Library was launched in the Department of Psychiatry, St Lukes Hospital, County Kilkenny. The Recovery Library is based on a simple idea, providing books for people in the Department of Psychiatry, to learn more about recovery and read hopeful stories of other people who have improved their mental health. …
