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Reduce joint pain and stiffness naturally
BY CLAIR WHITTY Is joint pain and stiffness holding you back from doing the things you love? Daily wear and tear can cause the breakdown of cartilage between the joints reducing the natural cushioning that occurs there. This can happen from natural ageing, being active like walking, running, or cycling. Sometimes doing the same movements …
Ukraine: a global approach to give peace a chance?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Imagine you are at a rugby match where one side starts beating up spectators. They inflict brutal damage on supporters of the other team while their own supporters cheer them on. The other spectators watch with reactions running the gamut of disbelief, outrage and horror. But they carry on …
Why the Angelus still chimes for most of us
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Right, let us pause for the Angelus, my father would say, the fork-full of beans on toast suspended midway to my mouth, my younger brother kicking me under the table. And so we paused. Froze. Perfectly still, like the painted picture on the old black-and-white telly in the …
Kilkenny Camogie 2020 All Ireland & 2021 League Winners medal presentation
All pix: Danny Lahart The Kilkenny Camogie board held a medal presentation for the 2020 All Ireland Champions and the 2021 National League Champions in the Springhill Court Hotel on Saturday evening last. It had been a long wait before the players and management could be honoured for their achievements. Hilda Breslin President of the …
2nd half blitz see’s Cats home
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX: DANNY LAHART Five majors in Mullingar win Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2022 TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar Westmeath 1-19 Kilkenny 5-23 The final score line was perhaps a little harsh on a gallant Westmeath, as they eventually succumbed to a Kilkenny team that came alive in the second half …
Dubs pip Cats in Nowlan Park battle
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX: DANNY LAHART Bergin’s boys make provincial semi despite defeat Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Kilkenny 2-16 (22) Dublin 3-14 (23) UPMC Nowlan Park The Metropolitans claimed the bragging rights following a hard earned one point victory over Kilkenny at UPMC Nowlan Park last Saturday. Following the young Cats win …
Sweet music and song at Haughney’s Orchard as St. Mary’s welcome travelling roadshow
Words: Peter Martin Photos by jbs photos Kilkenny There is no doubting that Kilkenny and her streets are full of history. Walkin Street falls into that category. Ask any resident from the area and they will give a glowing report of growing up on that patch. In his book on ‘St. Rioch’s’, former brewery …
Colours are blessed and hoisted with pride
Today, in the Kilkenny Observer we take a look at the proceedings at Kilkenny Military Barracks when The Blessings of the Colours took place. We thank Cois Céim and The Saturday walkers group for their research to produce this account. Kilkenny Military Barracks April 23rd 1922 In the presence of a very large attendance of …
Life & legacy, an evening of music and words to celebrate Seamus Walsh
Text Peter Martin Photos by Mike Kealy There is something about ‘Comer people. Maybe it is their determination in what they do. Nothing is half done. It is a sort of ‘stickability’ they have to stay with a project until it is completed. Whether it is on a hurling field, organising the annual wellie …
