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I don’t like bank holiday Mondays. (Tell me why)
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS As we throw rolled-up sweet wrappers at each other across the newsroom floor, the production editor says to me: “Is it really that time again – another bank holiday?” We are discussing what I will write about for this column. “Well I’m of the school of thought that …
Cats look to sink Lake County in provincial opener
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Lyng’s first Leinster campaign starts at home 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Kilkenny vs Westmeath UPMC Nowlan Park, Saturday 6pm SHERRY SAYS Kilkenny begin the defence of their provincial crown at home to Westmeath tomorrow evening as the panel looks to put the recent league final defeat to Limerick to …
Mistake even those who have been training for years can make with their fitness
If you’ve been training for years, you probably feel like you understand fitness well: what to do and what not to. But what if we were to tell you that you might still be making some crucial mistakes that slow down your progress? Sometimes, we develop habits early on and never look back to see …
2023 Towns Cup Final – Kilkenny V Tullow
One of the big days in the Rugby Calendar takes place this coming Sunday in Athy at 3pm as Kilkenny and Tullow clash in The Provincial Towns Cup Final. Both Teams had somewhat contrasting Semi-Finals with Kilkenny mostly in control against Cill Dara in Portlaoise, while Tullow had to endure a Final Quarter fightback from …
Minister for Health visits construction site of new 95 bed Community Nursing Unit in Thomastown
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D. was in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny on Thursday afternoon (6th of April, 2023), where he visited St. Columba’s Hospital and the adjacent construction site of a new Community Nursing Unit. The HSE entered a public private partnership (PPP) with EquiSisk Community Care Partnership Ltd in December 2022 for the …
Something wicked this way comes…
Following last year’s successful run of XIV, Barnstorm’s Kilkenny Youth Theatre return to Ionad Dara, Goresbridge with their annual production. This year they bring their version of William Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth to the stage. Macbeth tells the story of the tragic downfall of the warrior Macbeth, whose ambition causes him to abandon his morals and …
Mayoral reception at City Hall for Bishop of Ossory Niall Coll
PHOTOS: Pat Shortall “Please know that I am as surprised as you that I find myself standing before you this morning as the future bishop of Ossory. A telephone call from the apostolic nunciature on a recent Sunday evening asking me to come to Dublin for a meeting began a process that brings me here …
Elaine Dillon RIP
There was much sadness in Bennettsbridge when news of the death of Elaine Dillon was announced. Elaine died on 5th April 2023, in the loving care of the kind staff at the Oak Ward, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital, Waterford. A member of the Hennessy family and a native of Threecastles, Elaine had lived in …
GIRL AUCTION
BY NED EGAN Part 14 The dadser is showing slight signs of remorse at his treatment of the girls, since their mother died. Whether he is genuine in these expressions or not – only time will tell… Molly had just been thinking that however things went, ‘the Babs would make a fair fist of things …
Anzac Day to be remembered in Kilkenny by Great War Memorial Committee
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” These words are from the pen of poet Robert Laurence Binyon, written 1914, dealing with Patriotism and Sacrifice. The …
