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Your guide to better financial planning in 2024
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The first week of the new year is about to end with many families wondering what the year will hold for them financially. This new year as with all previous new years brings both challenges and opportunities. It can, if we wish, be an ideal time to re-evaluate and enhance …
Dedication of the Rower GAA Grounds to the Late Fr. Tom Murphy
At our recent AGM, the Rower Inistioge GAA Club unanimously passed a motion to dedicate the Rower GAA complex to the memory of the late Fr. Tom Murphy. Fr. Tom was the first man to bring a Senior All-Ireland medal back to his native Rower after playing a vital role in the 1963 victory over …
DICKSBORO LADIES CELEBRATE AS MAYOR WELCOMES ALL-IRELAND WINNERS TO CITY HALL
Words Ger Cody. Photos Pat Shortall I recently watched a documentary on successful sports people in Ireland. Sadly, too few were female, but the hope from the speakers was that the trend was changing. Arguably, one female who blazed a trail for sports in general, and athletics in particular was Sonia O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan stated: “There …
Scaffolding in place ensured Rafters success
By Anthony Crawford The Marble City Music Festival, the brainchild of Kilkenny violinist Patrick Rafter, was launched in Kilkenny last week. People from Kilkenny and further afield will one day look back and be able to say that they were in attendance when this new festival was launched. And it is fair to say that …
KILKENNY EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF COMMUNITY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR LEARNER’S AGED 16 TO 21 YEARS
Over 100 people attended the opening of an amazing tribute to KEY’s 40 years of helping young people move forward. The past and present trainees of KEY CTC stole the show on Tuesday 5th December at the Friary Hall in Kilkenny city where guest speakers shared their experience and fond memories of the last 4 …
A visit to Knockroe – Kilkenny’s Stonehenge!
By John Fitzgerald The Kilkenny Heritage Walkers re-connected with our Megalithic past at the weekend when they converged on the ancient passage tomb at Knockroe, near Windgap. I was honoured to accompany them on their trek. Situated in idyllic countryside, the site is located close to the Kilkenny.Tipperary border. Facing it about ten kilometers across the Lingaun Valley is the Neolithic cairn on Slievenamon. Though Knockroe gets a …
Staying between the covers this Christmas
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Reading and the words we read are among the greatest gifts given to mankind (and the printing press!) Here are a several books that not only make for excellent presents but also offer valuable insights (and a few laughs) not only for this Christmas and New Year but for the …
Childhood memories of Christmas revisited
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Christmas was truly Christmas back then, precious and pure, like the children we were. I am maybe seven and the Christmas lights are twinkling, shimmering in the December dark; the shops on High Street, glittering, glowing, even the butchers with their pinky, red glow I find entrancing: turkeys, plump and pimply …
“The Magic of Local Lore” exhibition recently launched at Castlecomer Library
Kilkenny County Council Library Service was delighted to host the launch of “The Magic of Local Lore” exhibition on Friday the 8th of December, at Castlecomer Library, where families and friends of the students from the 5th & 6th class students in the Presentation Convent National School in Castlecomer gathered to hear stories of local lore. Under …
BE SAFE ON OUR ROADS THIS CHRISTMAS: KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL LAUNCHES ROAD SAFETY PLAN 2022-2030
Photo by Vicky Comerford In a combined effort to enhance road safety and address the alarming rise in road incidents, Kilkenny County Council unveils its Road Safety Plan 2022-2030. Aligned with the Government’s Road Safety Strategy, this strategic initiative is the result of extensive consultation and collaboration with the Road Safety Working Together Group—a diverse …
