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2nd Fellowship for Kilkenny photographer, Seamus Costelloe
Seamus Costelloe, a founder member of Kilkenny Photographic Society achieved his 2nd Fellowship with the Irish Photographic Federation at the National Awards and Distinction sitting recently held in Mullingar Arts Centre. Distinctions are recognized as the most prestigious in the photographic world, and the Fellowship is the highest level of the IPF distinctions. Prior to …
Kilkenny stars in the spotlight
The local Kilkenny stage school ‘Dramatic Action Stage School’ performed two sold out spectacular shows last Sunday in the Watergate Theatre. The school runs September to June every Tuesday evening in The Kilkenny Rugby Club by theatre director and actor Rob Murphy. Rob’s parents are both from Gowran in Co Kilkenny and it’s always been …
MEP Clune launches AbbVie Science Prize
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune recently visited biopharmaceutical company AbbVie to announce the launch of an exciting new initiative aimed at promoting engagement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The AbbVie STEM Prize, launched at AbbVie’s Carrigtwohill site in Cork last week, seeks to engage schools across Ireland and highlight the exciting opportunities …
Daithí Holohan – Reflections on a life
WORDS: Gerry Cody Photo of Daithí Holohan at Community Hall by Pat Shortall “In spite of everything I will rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing” These words of Vincent Van Gogh echo across the years, showing the …
Red Star over Comer
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 1 High on castlecomer’s roll of honour is Nicholas (Nixie) Boran. Boran caused a social earthquake in North Kilkenny in the early 1930s. He was the “Miner’s Friend”, a tireless champion of human rights who followed in the footsteps of Big Jim Larkin. He spread the gospel of trade unionism throughout …
The short, sad life of a Kilkenny tennis champ
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Mention champions and Kilkenny in the same breath and one immediately thinks: hurling. And rightly so. After all, regardless of how things pan out on the playing field this year, Kilkenny are still top of the pile with 36 All Ireland Hurling titles, followed by Cork with 30, Tipperary with 28 …
Eclipsed: A tale to be told, and heard
By Tim Slight, KATS Member History, it’s a peculiar dish, isn’t it? Personal history can invoke warm fuzzy feelings of loveliness, those of childhood, your wedding day, or the day a newborn baby enters the world. Political history is more complicated, with state affairs such as the signing of the Good Friday agreement giving hope …
The Good Guide to your place in the sun
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR It seems that, despite inflation, rising mortgage rates, food and energy costs, Irish people are more determined than ever to spend their hard-earned cash or what’s left of it on having fun in the sun with demand for flights and holiday packages back to pre-pandemic levels. Last week we looked …
More than 870 children in care left without a social worker
KATHLEEN FUNCHION Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children, Kathleen Funchion TD, has criticised Government following the release of figures which reveal large numbers of children in care are awaiting the allocation of a qualified social worker. Teachta Funchion said: “873 children in the care system are awaiting the allocation of …
Your nails can be an indicator of your overall health
BY CLAIR WHITTY Your nails can be an indicator of your overall health so it is worth looking at them to see what information you’ll find. Healthy nails should be pink with a mild sheen and have a nice round shape. They shouldn’t be brittle or break easily, nor should they have spots or grooves. …
