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Ladies & Gentlemen… 2021 – A Mixed Bag!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART It has been a very strange eighteen months across the world, mostly related to the ‘P’ word. Yes, the pandemic, COVID-19 has cost all of us so much. During these dark times, the GAA has somehow managed to lift our spirits, and through our Hurling, Camogie …
Athletics Ireland Women in Sport strategic plan 2021-2024
All photographs Nathan Cafolla Ireland is proud to announce the launch of our Women in Sport Strategic Plan 2021-2024, during the week of the 6th of January coinciding with Nollaig na mBann. This plan is designed to both expresses our commitment to women in sport and our vision of inspiring the nation to be active, …
Ladies of the Dragons Lair
On Saturday the 4th of December at the Dragons Lair dojo the Kilkenny Jiujitsu club held a grading for both junior and senior students. This was a special one for the club and a pivotal moment in its twenty-year history as a group of female students graded for brown and black belts. The grading was …
COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to Ann Marie Thank you to all who entered the draw to win a gift voucher sponsored by The Kilkenny Observer. Congratulation to Anne Marie O’Hara, Station Avenue, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny who won the €200.00 gift voucher for Caulfield’s SuperValu, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny. The gift voucher was presented to Anne Marie by Lorna Fletcher, …
Anything is possible according to Nicholas Ryan Purcell
Nicholas Ryan Purcell pictured with his recently published book ‘Anything is Possible’ which details his life growing up in Ireland and living with autism. It is a wonderful insight into his life and deals with the trials and tribulations attached to autism. The book, which has received many positive comments, tells his story from childhood to …
2022 What’s your focus?
BY CLAIR WHITTY The end of the year can be a good time to reflect on the year gone by and think about any changes you would like to make for the year ahead. This could mean doing something new, or it could be something that you want to stop doing, something that you feel …
What Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction shows us
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON THE conviction of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in the dying days of last year suggests that the balance in the outcomes of sex crime trials has shifted in favour of abused women and girls. And so in one sense it has. Maxwell faces up to 65 years in jail …
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Six goal Shamrocks cruise to Leinster glory AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship Final, Croke Park 19.12.21 Shamrocks Ballyhale (Kilkenny) 6-23 Clough Ballacolla (Laois) 0-14 Shamrocks Ballyhale laid down a huge marker as their bid for yet another All-Ireland club title gathered serious pace at headquarters …
Mary Coughlan visits the Irish Wheelchair Association centre
The service users in the IWA have had the privilege of having the ‘Mobile Music Machine’ visit which is a group of the finest musicians from Ireland who played a number of concerts for them over the past 12 months. Covid care concerts were created by Gerald Peregine who plays the cello. The concerts bring …
