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Retained Fire Service national dispute
Statement on behalf of Kilkenny County Council This industrial action is part of a national dispute by SIPTU members of the Retained Fire Service. Please see below previously issued nationally by the LGMA on behalf of local authorities in response to retained firefighter industrial action. Kilkenny County Council’s priority throughout this process is to ensure …
Imagine if Humphrey Bogart had vaped
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS A lifetime ago I argued that to smoke was to be cool and hip like those idols in the Saturday matinee. I mean, be honest, what would Bogart and Bacall and Casablanca have been like were it not for those off-grey wisps trailing across Bogie’s face as he …
No room at the inn for a Constitutional Amendment
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON At first encounter the idea that a right to housing should be included in the Constitution doesn’t make sense. Surely, it’s absolute nonsense to make a promise to house citizens when there are 60,000 families on the waiting list for housing or double that if the number of families …
ICMSA say rumours on date of TAMS decisions “had better not be true”
The Deputy President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the reports and rumours circulating that final decisions on TAMS application will not be conveyed until November at the earliest, are nearly unbelievable and will substantiate the association’s warning – made earlier this year – that delays and bizarre sequencing on the part of the Department’s …
Rounders
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Last year, The Young Irelands Rounders Tournament took place in Gowran for the very first time and it was a major success with several teams participating. It’s back once again this year in a shortened version, and at time of writing it is scheduled to take place next Wednesday evening in Gowran …
Family gather to plant tree as they remember dad Dick O’Connell
The Kilkenny Observer was privileged to be part of a very emotional gathering on the Golf Links Road last weekend. The O’ Connell family, residents of no 2, gathered en masse, to plant a tree in memory of their recently deceased father, Dick. The ceremony took place on the green area fronting the family home. …
Learning the hard way: The stick and the leather
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 2 Continuing the story of corporal punishment in a County Kilkenny school: previous articles and all subsequent ones can be read on the Kilkenny Observer website… Recalling his school days in Callan Sean Holden had a vivid recollection of one teac her who struck moratl dread into every pupil. “T’was while …
Get ready for Back to School
BY CLAIR WHITTY It’s back to school time already, what a fast year. Many of you will be busy getting school books and uniforms sorted. After a busy summer you might be considering giving yourself and your kids an energy boost before going back to school. Or maybe your concern is how to support their …
Exhibitions launched during Kilkenny Arts Festival
Your peace of mind in time of illness
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR In the past, as an employee you had no legal right to receive payment from your employer during periods of sick leave and you had no entitlement to statutory payment during the first three days of a medically certified absence. However, starting in January of this year, a new sick …
