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A closer look at what a Master Trust is
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Last week we looked at Master Trusts in general. This week we look in more detail through some of the questions we have received. What is a Master Trust? A Master Trust is a defined contribution company pension scheme set up under trust. It differs from traditional Defined Contribution pension …
I’ve earned my space in my sunny garden
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Some of the proposals to solve the housing crisis have been weird and far from wonderful. Like the one where oldies like me would be required to shuffle off into apartments and vacate their hard-won forever homes to make room for others. No chance in my case, as there’s …
Tips to help ease the symptoms of Fibromyalgia
BY CLAIR WHITTY Fibromyalgia is condition that I often get asked about. It can be difficult to get diagnosed as you can have a number of symptoms all going on at the same time. The most common symptoms are pain and extreme tiredness. You can feel pain in your neck, back, shoulders, back of head, …
Memorial to a worker
BY NED EGAN Aye, this was the time of year that Jack Phelan loved. The long early morning walk, down past the rushing roaring Clonassy Waterfall, the mists on the familiar fields, the whirl and dash of fallen leaves, drifting and scudding along on their way to oblivion. The odd startled rabbit, fox, or hare, …
Where have all the cowboys gone?
There was a time when you couldn’t walk through the neighbourhood without almost being knocked flat off your feet by children on bikes, trikes and scooters, or young lassies playing beds, kick-the-can or follow-the-leader, or swinging from the nearest lamp-post, or the boys as the sheriff and his deputies galloping off into the next estate …
When Grease was the word: the lovely and defiant Olivia
By Paul Hopkins There can be few of us of a certain age who haven’t seen Grease, the hit musical film in which Olivia Newton-John transforms from the demure Sandy into a seductress in skin-tight spandex and leather. That scene on celluloid when bad-boy Danny Zuko — the youthful John Travolta, with the hypnotic eyes …
CHAMPIONS!!!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR PHOTOS BY INPHO Cats claim O’Duffy title in Croker epic Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final Croke Park, Dublin Cork 1-12 Kilkenny 1-13 The O’Duffy Cup is back on Noreside for the 15th time following an epic final between old foes Kilkenny and Cork. Just one-point separated the sides at …
Memories abound as Nicky McGrath celebrates his 85th birthday in style with family and friends
When we look back on history, we could do worse than study some of the various Indian tribes who have left a wonderful legacy. Their wisdom is legendary. Their achievements monumental. One quote from Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot tribe reads as follows:-“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. …
Gormley expresses belief that art is not just to decorate apartments as he launches O’Driscoll exhibition
(Photos by Peter Martin) When it comes to The Arts festival in Kilkenny, artists must feel like it is Christmas in August. Every available space both inside and out becomes an artist’s home for ten magical days. It is a time when the artist removes the cloak of invisibility and throws up his/her work for …
