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Delivery Solutions: Medication from pharmacy to your home
By Jimmy Rhatigan FOR MILLIONS of people across the globe the Coronavirus Pandemic has been a bitter pill to swallow. But for a young local entrepreneur it is an ill wind that has given him a business opportunity and an avenue to helping families across urban and rural Kilkenny. Delivery Solutions is the brainchild of …
Candlelight vision for gran and grandson
By Jimmy Rhatigan THERE may be half a century between a loving grandmother and a grandson but the close-knit pair have so much in common. Both are outgoing, quiet, very friendly and love a chat, especially with each other and from a recent chinwag has emerged a spark of brilliance that shows both in a …
Ballyhale Shamrocks oozes class as the ‘Boro fails to ignite
By Jimmy Rhatigan SYMPATHY is the last thing that young Dicksboro will want following their disappointing senior hurling final showing against three-in-a-row champs Ballyhale Shamrocks. Sometimes it is better to shut your mouth rather than to open it and insert a foot. This is one of those occasions. The ‘Boro players will feel the hurt, …
Love, Love, Love: All You Need is Love
By Jimmy Rhatigan TRUE LOVE is a doting mother cradling a baby on a sun-kissed morn’. There is hardly a greater bond than that of a mum and her wee son or daughter. It is apt that what is arguably our city’s most beautiful street plays host to the mothers and babies of our city …
Seven habits of highly effective sleepers
By Eoin Everard Physiotherapy THERE’S nothing more frustrating than a bad night’s sleep. Next day its coffee and trying to feel good. There are simple things you can do to help you have more energy for sport, work and life. 1. Proactive How many people do you hear complaining of tiredness day-to-day? A lot, but …
When you get a kick out of golf
By Jimmy Rhatigan IT MAY never nudge its sister off the world stage but early aficionados of the comparatively young craze called Footgolf are happy that it will find its niche. The game is already quite popular here. The first local club to be formed is Kilkenny Pococke Footgolf and the home course and main …
Locals in line for Blas awards
BLAS 2020 finalists shortlisted from Kilkenny across a range of categories are Callan Bacon, Natures Oils & Sauces and The Fig Tree Restaurant T&H Clarke Ltd on High Street. After the initial first round of judging, the top scoring products from a number of categories went through a second round of tasting, in Dingle and …
Why am I so tired all the time?
By Clair Whitty I GET asked this quite a lot. There are a number of reasons why you could be tired or fatigued and knowing the cause will help you find the best solution. Taking a look at what you eat is the place to start. Without a healthy diet you won’t have the nutrients, …
Zoom is a blessing for the starving
By Ger Cody FROM THE time Adam was running naked in Eden, the world has experienced pandemics and plagues. So if you thought that our Covid crisis was a new phenomenon, consider this list of pestilences that spread the fear of the Almighty across the world: The Spanish Flu (1918), HIV pandemic (1981), Smallpox (Yugoslavia …
TDs are abusing us as their servants
by Jimmy Rhatigan IF YOU got a box in the mouth every time you passed a bully’s home would you put up with that savage treatment for the rest of your days? We doubt it? We are sure that any man or woman being abused so abysmally would eventually react with a clout that would …
