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The Kilkenny Beer Festival
By John Fitzgerald The craic to end all craics. That was the Kilkenny Beer Festival… one of the biggest and brightest projects of its kind ever attempted in Ireland. Its main instigator was a Mr. Bill Finnegan, who was elected Chairman of the Festival committee that helped to organise the Marble City’s annual booze-up and …
World Cup 1966 and the Dream Team!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran At last it has come round, the famous, or rather infamous, Qatar World Cup; the most written about World Cup in Christendom, and in Arabdom, I guess, and it hasn’t even kicked off (at least not as I write) This Qatar World Cup comes to us under a cloud, not of …
In Jail with John Lacey
BY NED EGAN Part 1 I was running amok a fair bit in the ‘80s. Lowering the old pints like nobody’s business, throwing the remnants of a fortune about like the proverbial snuff at a wake. Life then was simple and carefree. You could go to any little country pub, pull out an accordion or …
Black Friday: how to buy safely online
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Black Friday is upon us again. Without doubt the biggest shopping event of the year. Millions of deals are to be had across everything from TVs, laptops, to mattresses, home appliances, beauty, fashion, and toys. The sale is supposedly the best time to bag a bargain. The average spend in …
Elderberry nature’s finest healer
BY CLAIR WHITTY Elderberry is one of nature’s finest healers with a long tradition in herbal medicine. Records of its use go back as far as 460-370 BC when it was known as The Father of Medicine. The berries have long been used for making preserves, wines, winter cordials and for adding flavour and colour …
The Crown: never mind what really happened
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Will the latest season of Neflix’s The Crown upset the carefully rehabilitated image of Charles II and his Queen Consort Camilla? Its timing, just before Charles’ coronation, where the series covers the period the crisis years for the monarchy during the 90s , could hardly be worse. It will …
Refugees, and a question of ‘overstretching ourselves’
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS There are between 42,000 and 55,000 Ukrainian refugees in Ireland, depending on who you talk to, with most in collective accommodation like hotels and otherwise vacant premises. Some 10,000 are working, 12,000 are in school and 1,000 at college. With most with a roof over their heads, the …
Provincial matters take centre-stage
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Shamrocks, Danesfort & Blacks and Whites take to Leinster as action resumes Having secured their respective county titles, Shamrocks Ballyhale and Danesfort take to the hallowed UPMC Nowlan Park turf this weekend as both sides kick-start their bid for provincial glory. In many ways teams are stepping into the unknown, …
GAA stars raise cash for charity
Kilkenny’s best camogie players and hurlers raise funds for the Irish Heart Foundation in First-Ever Great Kilkenny Bake Off! On Bank Holiday Sunday two rising stars in Kilkenny camogie went head to head with former captains of the Kilkenny senior hurling team in a fantastic evening hosted by Mountain View Markets at Savour Kilkenny. Michelle …
Bedside Confessions
By: Keela Ayres Recently, The Kilkenny Observer welcomed Kilkenny student Keela Ayres as she presented a short story for our readers. As a newspaper, we attempt to cover as much news as possible on various topics. The inclusion of a young writer, such as Keela, with aspirations in that field, is something we are happy …
