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Clocks going back can be a time for winter blues
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS The woman at the supermarket check-out says to me: “It’s very changeable.” As I bag my Pinot Grigio, I say: “I think it’s rather mild for the time of year, what with the clocks about to go back and all.” Another customer says: “And then you go …
Two Ladies of Vermont and The Sound of Music
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Over a quarter of a century ago, on a rain swept Halloween night, my wife and two American friends, pulled in to the Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. During our brief stay I met two very interesting women – one, a member of the famous Von Trapp family who founded …
A ghostly county…
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Matt the Miller is one of Kilkenny’s best known benign ghosts Tradition has it that Matt’s mill was situated on the River Nore in the shadow of John’s Bridge. Tired of grinding corn, he experimented with home brew. He kept the best of the barley that arrived at his mill to use …
Shamrocks ready for Gael force test
O’Loughlin’s pose real threat to holders crown BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Shamrocks Ballyhale vs O’Loughlin Gaels Sunday 29th October, UPMC Nowlan Park, 2pm Referee: Peter Burke (Emeralds) Sunday sees the showpiece game in the Kilkenny club hurling calendar, when Shamrocks Ballyhale face-off against O’Loughlin Gaels at UPMC Nowlan Park (throw-in 2pm). A large crowd …
Tantalise your taste buds with ‘TWILIGHT’
October 27th is a day to mark in your diary. It is the ever-ambitious Kilkenny charity, Twilight Community Group, who hold their second installment of their ‘European Cultures Together Programme’. The October bank holiday is the time when we have a festival in the marble city; Savour Kilkenny Food Festival where many top chefs come …
Gaels prevail to reach decider!
Majors make the difference in beating the ‘Bridge BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Semi-Final O’Loughlin Gaels 3-16 Bennettsbridge 0-22 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Conor Everard O’Loughlin Gaels ability to find the net, ultimately proved the difference in the first of this season’s semi-final ties at UPMC Nowlan Park as they ran out 3-point winners over …
Shamrocks on song in Village rout
Holders quest for 6 continues BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR Semi-Final Shamrocks Ballyhale 5-19 James Stephens 0-14 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Patrick O’Reilly Shamrocks Ballyhale will meet O’Loughlin Gaels in this year’s St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship after putting James Stephens to the sword in the second of the semi-finals double-header at …
Something for the whole family at Savour Kilkenny Food Festival
Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, now in its 15th year, is thrilled to announce an exciting line-up of events and activities for the whole family. Taking place in Kilkenny city over the October bank holiday weekend from October 27th to October 30th, the festival promises a remarkable culinary journey and a weekend of indulgence, entertainment, and …
Ireland’s ‘Men of Jadotville’ to be honoured by Australia in Sydney
Tuesday, 24th. October, 2023 is international United Nations Day, celebrated worldwide On a recent visit to Kilkenny’s City Hall, at the invitation of Mayor Joe Malone, Commandant Leo Quinlan delivered an exhilarating talk on The siege of Jadotville in 1961. On the night, Mayor Malone said that the story of the heroes of Jadotville were …
‘Killing innocents cannot be justified as defence of the Israeli nation’
COMMENT Mediation must be impartial By MARIANNE HERON An Israeli father spoke bitterly of his five- year- old child, slain in the attack by Hamas when 1,400 were murdered. He was glad that she was dead rather than among the 200 people taken hostage and facing possible torture by Hamas. ”How could anyone do that …
