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Oils help lift the mood
By Clair Whitty, Natural Health Store, Market Cross AROMATHERAPY is the use of essential oils for healing, relaxation, and vitality. Some oils are antiviral, antibacterial, immune supportive and others help lift the mood. The oils are compounds extracted from plants. Each of the oils has its own unique healing properties and fragrance. They can be …
Warm July welcome for our visitors
AT SUMMER time we all need a break, especially after lockdown. But with social distancing tourists will now need to adapt to the ‘new world of travel’. Our city is gearing up to re-open to visitors with restrictions hopefully lifted as planned for late July. Kilkenny Tourism outlines the top five things to do for …
Lockdown chat
By Pat Coughlan I WAS talking to my friend Jimmy during the week. Like everyone he’s obeying the instructions and staying at home. He goes down only to the shop once a week. He hasn’t had a haircut since it started and is beginning to look like yer man from Back to the Future. …
Paying dearly for flouting litter laws
OUR County Council has seen an increase in illegal dumping, littering and backyard burning since control measures were introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19. The number of complaints received by the Environment Section with respect to this illegal activity has increased by 35% since mid-March when compared to the same period last year. This …
Great 12-Hour specials at Goods
ALL THIS week Goods is running 12-Hour specials. Get one amazing product for an unbelievable price between 12 noon and 12 midnight each day. No hints as to what it will be, you’ll just have to log on to one of Goods social media channels each day to see what the store has lined up …
Roche Injury Clinic re-opens
HAVINGLY quickly closed the clinic to battle Covid-19 the last number of weeks with the public’s safety at the forefront of his thoughts, David Roche of Roche Injury Clinic now feels it’s time that he started to reintroduce the clinic back to face to face appointments in the safest way possible The clinic will now …
Lacken is back in action
LACKEN Pitch and Putt Club is again open to members and for new members who wish to join. The club cannot do green fees due to the Covid-19. For more info ring 0868661105 or 086-2460099.
Our Memories of Covid-19
KILKENNY County Council Library Service is inviting people to send in their memories, experiences and observations of the Covid-19 to be part of our living history during this time. The idea is to give people an opportunity to document their experiences so they can be preserved and future historians will understand what it looked and …
