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What do we want in change for women?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Coinciding with International Women’s Day and Mothering Sunday the announcement of a referendum to amend the Constitutional article dealing with a women’s place in the home might seem at first glance like a gift for the women of Ireland. Back in the days when feminists battled to wrest the …
Taking the mick: Lottie Ryan and Snowflakes
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS So, radio DJ Lottie Ryan was not impressed with Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel’s dig at the Irish during the awards ceremony, saying we had hoped for Oscar glory after a record 14 nominations but “ended up the butt of jokes about drinking, fighting and unintelligible accents”. On the …
Shooting Stars!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Cats find their range in Dubs demolition Allianz National Hurling League Division 1B Round 4, UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 2-25 Dublin 1-17 Kilkenny put Dublin to the sword last Sunday with an impressive shooting display at UPMC Nowlan Park, as Galmoy’s Billy Drennan had another fine game in the black …
Written in stone
Thomas Glendon, Letter Cutter and Stone Mason, visited St Mary’s Cathedral on 9 March to carve the inscription of Bishop Coll’s name on the list in the North Transept. This list stretching back to St Kieran was compiled by Bishop Moran in the 1880s. Bassett’s publication of 1884 on Kilkenny City and County makes reference …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 9 And in a flash – it was in her hands! ‘This’ she thought grimly, ‘changes things. I’ll have control, I’ll have the edge, no matter who shows up or what happens.’ With no telephones, and roads going in all directions from the Five-Crossroads a few miles away, they were in …
The count down clock ticks closer to “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up” weekend
Paul Nolan from Dawn Meats dropped into County Hall last week to meet the Chairman of Kilkenny County Council, Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick and the Council’s Chief Executive, Sean McKeown to hear how the logistical operation was underway to distribute the packs for the upcoming environmental initiative “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up, Together for Kilkenny” …
Kilkenny Theatre continues its traditon with John B Keane as Lake stage Moll
In just under one week, Lake Productions will present Moll by J B Keane at The Concert hall in Thomastown. Founded in 2018, the company (named after the Lake school in St John’s parish) has already marked their spot on the theatrical map in Kilkenny. Their productions such as Trad, After Sarah Miles and The …
Fair days in Callan
By John Fitzgerald PART TWO Jack Gardiner (Callan War of Independence hero and later publican) vividly remembered some of the drovers who brought livestock to the fair, and why wouldn’t he, when they met in his pub from 1933 onwards, along with the multitude of wheelers and dealers that converged on Callan for decades on …
Mother’s Day, and Grandmother’s Day
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I asked a florist once which was the busiest day – Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day? He looked at me somewhat incredulously and said: “Gerry, everyone has a mother but not everyone has a lover.” And so Sunday,Mother’s Day, a florist’s busiest day, is upon us but before I write about …
Retirement proves a new set of challenges
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR When we come to pension provision we concentrate on the growth of a fund to prove an income after retirement for the rest of your life. This in itself is a challenge as you are required to navigate the vagaries of the pension realm; investment strategies, fund choice, risk analysis, …
