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Savour Kilkenny Food Festival one to remember as 57,000 attend
It is estimated that 57,000 people attended the 15th annual Savour Kilkenny Food Festival 2023. Taking place across numerous different Kilkenny venues as well as food markets on the Parade, families and food enthusiasts enjoyed a wide range of cookery demonstrations, sell-out events and workshops. Savour Kilkenny offered a star-studded line-up that delighted visitors from …
Kilkenny musical to be performed on Dublin stage
Brand new Irish musical ‘Letters From The Front’ written by Don O’Connor and Ollie Hennessy comes to Dublin this November. Starring West End Leading Lady, Rebecca Storm and a cast of 35 members Fresh from its premier at Kilkenny’s Watergate Theatre, the brand new Irish musical drama ‘Letters From The Front’, written by Don O’Connor and Ollie Hennessy will play the …
Hogan’s heroes!
Deegan’s late strike sinks Shamrocks BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Final O’Loughlin Gaels 0-20 Shamrocks Ballyhale 0-19 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Peter Burke O’Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny Senior Hurling Champions 2023! Paddy Deegan’s late, late strike ensured that Shamrocks Ballyhale’s name would not be etched onto the Tom …
Health service suffers overdose of bureaucrats
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON To say that there were ruffled feathers at Budget time over the Department of Health’s whopping over -spend of a billion plus is putting it mildly. The situation, as other ministers feared that they would get less of the Budget cake due to the HSE’s insatiable appetite for funds, …
National Award win for MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre
The Customer Experience Awards took place on Wednesday the 25th of October at Dublin’s Conrad Hotel. The Customer Experience Awards are a prestigious event that is dedicated to honouring businesses and individuals who have truly made a difference in the lives of their customers and recognise those that go above and beyond to deliver outstanding …
The Callan Curates
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Heroes of the Land War In 1949, two brave clerics, Fathers Tom O’ Shea and Matt O’Keeffe, founded the Callan Tenant Protection Society. This was Ireland’s first pressure group to campaign for fair rents and against the tyranny of landlordism. Though it came to prominence in the 1880s, the tenant rights campaign …
Hold the front page! A lot has happened in 50 years
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Ireland joined the European Economic Community on January 1, 1973. September 16 that year saw me join the Irish Press as a rookie, initially running copy to the print room in the halcyon days of hot metal. Back then, Dublin’s Rathmines College was the only institution offering …
Natural solutions for everyday ailments
BY CLAIR WHITTY Every day we get asked for natural solutions for things like pain, earache, headaches, and warts. For aches, pains, and stiffness, one of the first natural cures I learned about was the apple cider vinegar cure. I clearly remember a customer telling me about it almost 20 years ago now. Add one …
Barrel Yard rocking as Smithwick’s Experience Kilkenny hosts tacos and ale pairing for Savour
The Customer Experience Awards took place on Wednesday the 25th of October at Dublin’s Conrad Hotel. The Customer Experience Awards are a prestigious event that is dedicated to honouring businesses and individuals who have truly made a difference in the lives of their customers and recognise those that go above and beyond to deliver outstanding …
67% of buyers fear never owning a home
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR In a recent survey conducted by leading property website MyHome.ie, the concerns of potential homebuyers have once again come to the fore. The survey, which gathered responses from more 2,000 people in late October 2023, revealed a growing unease among those seeking to enter the property market, citing rising interest …
