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Coogan’s bunch are ready to bloom!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Mooncoin out to prove a thorn in Connacht champ’s side AIB All-Ireland JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin vs Salthill-Knocknacarra (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1:30pm All roads lead to the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday, as Kilkenny and Leinster junior champions, Mooncoin …
Donall Mac Amhlaigh – the man behind the Irish Navy
This week, The Kilkenny Observer teams up with The Saturday Walkers group and we learn about the author of ‘An Irish Navvy-The diary of an exile’ Donall Mac Amhlaigh was born in Galway and grew up there and in Kilkenny. He left school at fifteen, and worked in various jobs before joining the Irish speaking …
When is a choice not a choice?
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR ACCORDING to Active Retirement Ireland, the country’s largest representative body for older people, Christmas – a time of supposedly peacefulness and joy – was for many older people living on the state pension a time of difficult decisions: heating or groceries, gifts for the family or taking part in Christmas …
Support for Veganaury
BY CLAIR WHITTY Have you decided to take the 31-day challenge and go vegan for the month of the January? You might be wondering if there are any supplements you should be taking. In the short term you should be OK but if you plan to stick with it for longer then you could run …
Why we need a piazza culture here
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON This is the time of year, festivities over when holiday brochures normally grab our attention. Those technicolour pictures hold the promise of golden sunshine, azure sea and a cultural shot-in-the-arm offered by somewhere abroad. Not yet though, given the rampant Omicron. Sometimes there were things you enjoyed on …
Over the moon!!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Hey diddle diddle – Walsh hits a TREBLE!! AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final UPMC Nowlan Park Mooncoin 4-13 Shamrocks (Offaly) 0-15 Mooncoin were crowned provincial champions last Saturday; following a comprehensive victory over Offaly challengers Shamrocks. The raising of the green flag proved the …
Delight for history enthusiasts as they mark their 500th Kilkenny walk
All Photos by Pat Shortall Christmas Eve in Kilkenny is classy at the best of times. Add in the continuing growing festival that is Yulefest and Kilkenny comes into a league of its own. Such was the case this year. Thanks to the local authority and its workforce, the Parade looked radiant, as lights shone, …
Protect your family this January and throughout the year
As we find ourselves in the midst of a January like no other, it is more important than ever to support our immunity and in turn, give ourselves peace of mind and a mental boost. This is where SOMEGA, Ireland’s purest health supplement brand, comes in to its own. Co-founded by two Cork-based nutritionists and …
Savings at record high but we need to spend
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR DEPOSITS continue to remain at record highs, with €134 billion saved to the end of August 2021. While many households continue to face the real possibility that Covid-19 and the resulting economic turmoil could still leave them under pressure paying their mortgages and everyday expenses, the amount that people have …
