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Silverware at stake, but bigger days ahead
Glenmore and Dicksboro do battle for league title BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Final Dicksboro Vs Glenmore Saturday, 3pm, UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Patrick O Reilly UPMC Nowlan Park will play host to an intriguing battle between unbeaten Dicksboro and Glenmore tomorrow, as both clubs go …
Dealing with mental illness at the core of O’Rourkes indigestion
This play has been described as sensitive, hilarious, intelligent, absolutely compelling and refreshingly forthright. A man, whose name we never hear, tells us his story of a life, always slightly out of his control… By Ger Cody Earlier this year, I travelled to Smock Alley theatre in Dublin to see Seamus O’Rourke in his one …
The crowbar and the battering ram
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART TWO Wellesley Bowes Prendergast of Listerlin was a delebrated horse deal and winner of prizes at agricultural shows, but in his treatment of tenants in the townland of Listerlin, he showed his dark side. In December 1862, he descended like the wrath of Heaven on 36 families who dwelt in cabins …
Join KRSP for an activator poles 4 week taster sessions in Kilkenny libraries
Kilkenny Recreation and Sports Partnership (KRSP) and Kilkenny County Council Library Service have joined forces to provide you with a new and exciting physical activity opportunity. You can now borrow a set of activator poles from four designated libraries in Kilkenny: Loughboy, Castlecomer, Ferrybank and Graiguenamanagh. ACTIVATOR Poles are an adaption of Nordic Walking poles …
Kilkenny-born playwright and author Michael Egan 1895-1956
By Ned Egan Part 2 THE RECENT DEATH OF NED KENNEDY BROUGHT IMMENSE SADNESS TO THE KILKENNY POPULATION RECENTLY. Ned was a native of Freshford and a long-time member of the Kilkenny Archaeological society. His published works include: Tullaroan, Memories of the Second Millenium(2002) With Ned Young; The Land Movement in Tullaroan County Kilkenny,( 2004); …
Should you take Vitamin D
BY CLAIR WHITTY Vitamin D is a popular supplement for all the family. During Covid it became even more so with the government recommending that we take it to help reduce the likelihood of infection. Vitamin D is also important for your bones, teeth, and muscles, and may help regulate mood too. Our body creates …
Job satisfaction, and challenges of the future
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Under valued, underpaid and under appreciated; add to this the perception that employers lack the initiative and resourcefulness to address the skills shortage in the workplace and you have, according to a recent global survey conducted by PwC. an idea of the evolving landscape of employment in Ireland. The comprehensive …
So, where were you on 9/11, 2001?
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran There are three things that people of my generation know for sure. One: we know for sure where we were when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States was assassinated Two: we know for sure where we were when Packie Bonner saved and David O’Leary scored. And, …
Fitzgerald urges minister to support farmers
Kilkenny city councillor is urging the Minister for Agriculture McConalogoue to renegotiate the nitrates and derogation limits. Reacting the announcement by the European Commission that Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation will be cut from its current level of 250kg N/ha to 220Kg N/ha from January, Cllr David FitzGerald said he believes this decision will have a huge …
Wake up call to supervise kids’ online usage
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON The storyline in my latest whodunnit read was sinister. A rogue online site asks boys to post pictures of their teenage female classmates on a particular site. The titillating images are posted on social media where they attract suggestive comments and bullying. One girl commits suicide as a result …
