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A cemetery with no names Callan Workhouse story
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART TWO Callan Workhouse opened its doors in March 1842. The building had been erected on a six-acre site at Prologue, on the edge of the town. The site was purchased from Lord Clifden, the notorious absentee Landlord who lived in opulence while the local population starved or struggled to scrape a …
The Eurovision Spectacle Contest – all kinds of everything!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran It’s Eurovision Song Contest time and I have to confess that I couldn’t care less if it never happened. And I couldn’t care less ever since it ceased to be a song contest and became an event more concerned with spectacle than song (and I blame Lordi, the Finnish rock/metal band …
Throwing in the towel on greenwashing
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Have you heard the term ‘greenwashing’? How often when staying in a hotel for a few days have you hung up your towels to reuse instead of throwing them in the bath? You did it for the sake of the environment prompted by a little notice in the bathroom, for …
Rosalique the 3 in 1 miracle formula
BY CLAIR WHITTY Are you looking for a Miracle Formula that conceals redness, reduces sensitivity, and offers UVA and UVB protection all in the one formula? I know that sun protection might be something that you are looking for so I thought it would be a good time to talk about Rosalique, the “3 in …
When cancel culture erases our history
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Seen in the rear-view mirror some of the fashions and mores of the past appear ridiculous or morally unacceptable. The wearing of whalebone crinolines and the child labour of Victorian times now seem outrageous. Among the sillier practices that are a thing currently, it seems to me, are shaming …
When the pint of zero is your only man
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS With deregulation of our licensing laws about to come into force — allowing some pubs and clubs to serve alcohol until the sun comes up, and the getting of a pub licence a lot easier — the fact is we are still a nation of heavy drinkers. The …
Spring Open Day 2023 takes place at SETU in Carlow
South East Technological University (SETU) will host its annual Spring Open Day at its Kilkenny Road Campus in Carlow on Saturday, 13 May from 10am to 2pm, showcasing its undergraduate, postgraduate, and part-time courses on offer and highlights the best of student life and the exciting atmosphere at SETU’s campus in Carlow. As SETU celebrates …
All square as Henry returns home
BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR REVIEW Late point snatches draw for Tribesmen Leinster Senior Hurling Championship UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 0-28 Galway 1-25 It was honours even when Derek Lyng’s Kilkenny clashed with Henry Shefflin’s Galway in UPMC Nowlan Park last Sunday. The game lived up to its hype with both sides hardly …
Mayor David attends unveiling of signage at Newpark Estate
Newpark estate officially unveiled their new limestone estate signage on Thursday last. Performing the ceremony was Mayor David Fitzgerald who was joined by local residents, Cllr Eugene McGuinness, Garda Andy Neill, and Fr Dan Carroll ,Team Leader at St Jihns Parish. The residents association also used the occasion to acknowledge the work of Kilkenny County …
Australian and New Zealand National Day of Remembrance commemorated in Kilkenny
A report from The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper at the Peace Park in Kilkenny In the early 19th century one of the accepted rules of purchase at Tea Auctions was that buyers could place bids until the level of the candle reached as far down as the pin, at which stage the pin would fall out. …
