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Obesity: blame it on the fridge, says new study
OBESITY, which could have fatal consequences if one gets Covid-19, would have been a hard concept for our ancestors to understand. There was little opportunity for it to emerge. Advancements in food preservation and storage, such as processed foods and fridges, opened up an entirely new means of existence. But we have paid for those …
Revealed: the odds of alien life out there and they are pretty good odds
GIVEN the size of our universe, not to mention other universes, it would make you wonder, where are all the aliens? We can’t be the only ones who made it out onto a cosmic rock alive. There might be many reasons we have not encountered aliens yet, from lack of technology to the aliens not …
OUT & ABOUT WITH DANNY LAHART
OUT & ABOUT WITH DANNY LAHART
Great to see the future stars of O’Loughlin’s and Kilkenny back up in the club enjoying their hurling O’Loughlin’s Juvenile U6 team
Spain hoping to welcome tourists from next month
SPAIN hopes to reopen to overseas holidaymakers from next month under the Covid digital health certificate scheme, the country’s secretary of state for tourism has said. Fernando Valdés told the recent World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Mexico that the programme – under which tourists could show they have been vaccinated, tested negative or …
WolfWalkers & Kilkenny at the Oscars
“The Oscars came to Kilkenny for one night only on Sunday 25th April. Following strict Covid guidelines and multiple Covid tests over the weekend a skeleton operations crew from Cartoon Saloon along with the 3 nominees and their partners came together at the Rivercourt Hotel to take part in the 93rd Academy Awards. Unfortunately it wasn’t …
Love in Lockdown 2
Lockdown has placed restrictions on most aspects of our lives, but Barnstorm Theatre Company and Barn Owl Players continue to prove that even the most ardent of lockdowns has not put a barrier on the arts. Beginning with their successful monologue virtual production, Zoom BOP: Confinement, last September, the two companies set out to up …
Covid-19: it’s a summer of hope and of ‘wait and see’
By Kilkenny Observer Reporter The HSE expects to administer up to 40,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine before the end of this month as less onerous restrictions will be applied to it compared with the over-60 rule imposed on AstraZeneca. Although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a rider saying in …
An Taisce may appeal in High Court ruling on Glanbia plant
AN Taisce is considering whether to appeal the High Court upholding the decision by An Bord Pleanála granting Glanbia planning permission for the construction of a cheese manufacturing plant in Belview, Co. Kilkenny. The Kilkenny plant is being promoted by the large Dutch dairy processor Royal A-ware, in partnership with Glanbia, which is to supply …
Vicky has heart set on a July homecoming
VICKY Phelan has said she remains as positive as ever, despite an increase in pain, although the Kilkenny woman says it doesn’t look like any new tumours, nor an increase in her tumour mass, has occurred. In the US for cancer treatment but hopes to be back home by July. She said: “I have been …
