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Getting in the pink for the Barbie movie
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Whatever you say about Barbie, you have got to admit that the impossibly curvaceous doll has got pulling power. Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie is expected to attract an €80 million opening audience, double that of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The blonde bombshell wins over bomb-maker hands-down. The explanation may have …
The little girl who grew up wanting to save the world
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS I met Sinead O’Connor in 1991 when – with her toddler son Jake – she arrived one day in the offices of The Sunday Tribune, where I was an assistant editor. The paper’s editor, Vincent Browne, had offered to show her around the newsroom. Joseph O’Connor, Sinead’s older …
Treaty to the FOUR as Cats crushed
2nd half masterclass see’s Limerick retain Liam BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final 2023 Croke Park, July 23rd Kilkenny 2-15 Limerick 0-30 Limerick completed an All-Ireland 4-in-a-row for only the third time in championship history when they defeated Kilkenny with a blistering second half display at Croke Park last …
Galway Races
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY Next weeks Galway Racing Festival is one of the great Sporting and Social Highlights of the summer, and over the years it has produced so many magical memories particularly from a local perspective. Not surprisingly, the Mullins family have had plenty of success including the featured Races, the Galway Plate and the …
Newmarket National School celebration night
Newmarket National School hosted an open night to celebrate the retirement of the esteemed teacher, Mrs. Breda Dunphy, and officially open a new classroom. The evening commenced with mass led by Father Liam Cassin, setting a tone of gratitude and reflection. Principal Ms. Margo Brennan extended a warm welcome to parents, past pupils, neighbours, and …
Newpark community celebrate with outdoor mass
Photos: jbs photos Kilkenny The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was part of a large attendance that joined Fr Dan Carroll as he celebrated an outdoor Community Mass on the Upper Green in Newpark last Wednesday. On a bright July evening, positive congregation participation ensured the ceremony became a prayerful interactive celebration. This included a moving remembrance, …
Draw for two All-Ireland tickets at The Kilkenny Observer office
Photos: Amanda Burke The Kilkenny Observer were delighted to hold a competition for a draw to win two All-Ireland tickets. Needless to say, we had a massive response and would like to thank all the entrants. With many entries being dropped into the office, the bit of banter added excitement to the final! An open …
Inspirational talk on the Siege of Jadotville
Words: Kilkenny Observer and Leo Quinlan Photos at City Hall by Pat Shortall For two and a half centuries, the Tholsel has been the nerve centre of Kilkenny’s civic life. The city’s mayors have been elected there, charity drives and major developments launched there and sports and political legends, from Eddie Keher to Constance Markievicz, …
School days: Mixed memories
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 2 Starting school back in the 1930s didn’t fazeMartin Lynch. He loved every minute of it. After this first year of “babies’ class in Callan’s Convent of Mercy school, he found himself in “Sixes” and it was while in this class that he made his First Communion. First Confession was an …
Institutionalised and bereft of a place to call home
As a nation, we have historically been conditioned to stay quiet. Perhaps out of fear of upsetting the status quo or of those who hold reign over our livelihoods, those in command. It may be down to all of the above, and as such, that is how places like the mother and baby homes (also …
