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Nationwide tour from Christine Tobin includes a visit to the concert hall in Thomastown
Returning Weather is the latest work from Dublin born, multi-award-winning vocalist and songwriter Christine Tobin. Celebrated for her versatility and nonconformist musical spirit, Returning Weather imaginatively weaves song, spoken word and a stellar group of musicians from diverse disciplines together, creating a multi-dimensional sound-world which blends influences from folk, 20th-century art song and jazz. While …
Alien thoughts and that ET sick-cert!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran In Britain staff are phoning their bosses to say they won’t be in work because they’ve been kidnapped by aliens! I swear. At least that’s what it said on the front page of one of the tabloids last week: ‘Can’t Get to Work Chief Ss I’ve Been Abducted by ALIENS!’ And …
Once again, let’s look at your possible UK pension
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR I know it’s only a few weeks ago since I wrote about the changes in the UK pension rules but due to the amount of interest it has garnered I think it appropriate to signal the closing date once again. I have had quite several calls with some subsequent happy …
Sage the kitchen herb for menopausal support
BY CLAIR WHITTY Sage, the kitchen herb that has been traditionally used to bring you relief for hot flushes and night sweats. Many of you will agree that this is a brilliant herb to help alleviate these menopausal symptoms. I have seen some research recently to support this use of Sage. The research, which was …
How biofuels can play a bigger part in climate
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON We could look more to nature for answers to the climate crisis . But when it comes to the big beasts responsible for carbon emission, we favour solutions in the race to reduce these by 50% by 2050 at the latest There are regular calls to cull cattle numbers …
Hanging on to life, waiting on a hero
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS A bundle of blonde beauty, aged just five, is carried in careful arms from the rubble of a building razed by the massive earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. She had been lost under the rubble for some 12 days, clinging on to her little life, awaiting salvation. Of course, …
1st half horror show as Tipp topple Cats
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Laois up next for Lyng’s men Allianz League Division 1B (Round Two) UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny 1-21 Tipperary 2-24 Tipperary made it two wins from two as they punished their hosts sloppy first half performance to record a rare UPMC Nowlan Park league victory in round two of the Allianz …
O’Duffy champs back in action!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Early start for Dowling’s ladies Very Ireland Camogie League Clare vs Kilkenny TEG Cusack Park, Ennis, Sunday 19th Feb (Throw-in 12 noon) Our All-Ireland winning camogs are back in action this weekend as the Very Ireland league gets underway. Brian Dowling’s panel make the trip to Ennis to take on …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 5 Now, we must grow older and wiser –and quickly! We must be strong – we must be as brave as your favourite heroine, Granuaile. That — or we’re done for. “I felt like doing more than cursing, down there in the dark kitchen. I did slide a few glances at …
Saint/Goddess honoured at Kilkenny well
By John Fitzgerald One of the county’s almost forgotten heritage treasures has been rediscovered. To honour St. Brigid in the month of the first national holiday in her name, pilgrims converged last week on a remote site in the countryside in Ballycallan parish where an ancient but little known holy well named after the saint …
