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Beware burst pipes in a freezing February
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR IRISH WATER have appealed to homes and businesses to take preparatory steps to prepare for freezing weather and to conserve water. At the time of writing the long-range forecasts for February is suggesting a very rainy month but in the short term we could expect some freezing conditions which can …
COMPETITION WINNER
Mary Kearney – Winner of the Quiz Congratulations to Mary Kearney, Oldtown, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny who is the winner of the quiz competition sponsored by John Ellis – Financial Advisor. Mary collected her prize of €100.00 One For All Card from John Ellis at the office of The Kilkenny Observer, Friary Street, Kilkenny.
New poems on the Poetry phone
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Poetry Phone has a new selection of poems featured for February – March 2022, selected by writer and poet Colm Keegan. Colm Keegan is an award winning writer and poet from Dublin, Ireland. His first book “Don’t Go There” was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. His latest …
Why energy prices are a big turn off
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON February can be a lean month and it’s going to look leaner for those on tight budgets when they get their latest inflated energy bills. It seems wrong and completely out of proportion that a bill for electricity which has gone up by 53% in the last year …
Know your B Vitamins
BY CLAIR WHITTY B vitamins are important vitamins that are needed every day for health. They are required for energy and red blood cell production, immunity, nervous system, and are essential for healthy skin, hair, and nails. B vitamins keep practically every cell in the body healthy and happy. We need a supply of B …
Coogan’s Crew Croker Bound!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Cork’s Ballygiblin lie in wait AIB All-Ireland club JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin 2-26 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11 LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Sunday January 23rd 2022 The famous ballad would no doubt have been reverberating around the River Suir following Mooncoin’s comprehensive 21-point semi-final victory over Salthill-Knocknacarra last weekend. Willie …
Honours even as Wexford advance
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART No quarter given as neighbours give it all ahead of National League Walsh Cup Review Wexford 2-25 Kilkenny 2-25 Chadwick’s Wexford Park, Saturday January 22nd 2022 The large crowd in attendance at Chadwick’s Wexford Park last Saturday, were treated to an exhilarating contest between two sides …
The Late Late Show!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART TJ strikes at the death to send Shamrocks to Croker AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Semi-Final Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-15 St Thomas’ (Galway) 0-20 Semple Stadium, Thurles, Sunday 23rd January 2022 We’ll come back to the start later. Extra time loomed. The sides were deadlocked. We were …
Templemartin graveyard & St. Martin of Tours
Text and photos by Pat Shortall If a history teacher in any county in Ireland other than Kilkenny were to ask, “Where is Templemartin Graveyard?”, how many pupils might raise their hands to respond with the correct answer? The natural conclusion would be to suggest that the percentage would be extremely low. But, should the …
