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Spanner in the works of austerity
IT’S TIME for Change was the final note emitted from the last general election, although that seems eons ago in a time before the pandemics. Now it hits a new note in Carlow County Council as People Before Profit councillor Adrienne Wallace is proposed as an alternative chair. At this year’s AGM Fianna Fáil councillor …
Flynn Hotels have high Covid-19 standards
AS THE world adjusts to new travel norms and expectations, The Flynn Hotel Collection has created a specifically designed programme to enhance the already stringent procedures in place in their response to Covid-19. A famil- owned hotel group with four exceptional properties, The Flynn Hotel Collection is comprised of The Imperial Hotel in Cork City, The …
Exploring the Great Outdoors: On your bike
AS COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift, it seems it’s not just the wheels of industry that have started to turn as people all over the Country are hopping on their bikes to enjoy the outdoors. Kilkenny offers a variety of cycling routes throughout the city and county to suit all levels of cyclists. So whether it’s a …
Major assets for older people
HAVING family and friends, an inner resilience and a garden are coming through as major assets for older people these days, according to SeniorLine. Ireland’s national confidential telephone service for older people has analysed data over the past three months and concluded that social, personal and environmental factors combine to play a crucial role in …
Crochet or knit to help children
KILKENNY County Council Arts Office has initiated a blanket project to help you use up of all that extra wool you have lying around your house and to help improve the lives of children in South Africa. What better a time to get back to knitting, crocheting or indeed take it up for the first …
Master Your Mind
By Clair Whitty, Natural Health Store, Market Cross CONCENTRATION, are you ready, If so let’s go. What was the name of that game we played as children? I can’t remember, but it will come to me. How many times a day do you say, “it will come to me” or forget where you put something, someone’s …
Newpark Hotel Competition
TO celebrate new special offers of two courses for two people or two mains and a bottle of house wine for €35 Newpark Hotel would like to offer one lucky couple a choice of either of the above. All you have to do is like, share and tell us which option you would prefer. Competition …
Early attack on elderly by power brokers
By Jimmy Rhatigan OUR AGED, infirm and ill have been battered and bruised in their nursing home confinements and eventually buried as they were treated as second class citizens not by nurses, doctors and carers but by the powers that be. Despite pleas from the Nursing Homes’ Association of Ireland and a warning that the …
