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How your own ‘life policy’ can save you
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON IN the run up to Christmas it’s worth mentioning that the way you treat your health may save not only your life but also save money. Here are two sobering figures: 70% of your medical expenses occur after retirement age. More soberingly still, over 30% of the top …
Maher’s majors seal ‘Comer victory
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX BY DANNY LAHART Jamie the King of the castle with final hat-trick Permanent TSB U19 B Hurling Championship Final Erins Own 3-8 Bennettsbridge 0-13 @ UPMC NOWLAN PARK, Sunday 21st November Erins Own defeated a gallant Bennettsbridge side in the curtain-raiser to the A grade final Goals win …
Harry helps ‘Boro SHINE!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX BY DANNY LAHART Goals galore as Dicksboro claim silverware A sunny UPMC Nowlan Park was the venue last Sunday for the Permanent TSB U19 A Hurling Championship final between Dicksboro and Thomastown. Going into the game, Michael Walsh’s charges were heavily fancied to take the honours, and they …
Archbishop John Ireland
– son of Burnchurch, civil war hero, defender of the poor and ecclesiastical tornado (Compiled by Cois Céim and The Kilkenny Saturday Walkers Club in association with The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper) John Ireland was born 11th September 1838, in Burnchurch Co. Kilkenny. The eldest son of two and four daughters of Richard and Judith (nee …
Kilkenny Voices from the Western Front, Gives Insight into The ‘Great War’
In 2012 Kilkenny Families in the Great War was launched in Kilkenny. The book documented the careers of nearly 3000 men and women of Kilkenny city and county who were involved in the ‘war to end all wars’. It had taken the authors seventeen years to do the research. No other Irish county has such …
Learning to prioritise what is really relevant in life
“The Swedes have a word: ‘dostadning’ which translates as ‘death cleaning’, and it is all about decluttering now, so that others are not burdened by doing it after we have died. This practice makes it easier for our loved ones later.” A striking yet simultaneously thought provoking truth that has a profound impact as you …
New Cat on the Trail for Christmas
A new cat is about to join the trail for the hugely successful Kilkenny Cat Walk. The special edition sculpture has been specially created for Kilkenny Yulefest and will be unveiled at The Parade on Saturday December 4th It will be on display in the window of ‘The Kilkenny Art Gallery’ at 25 Patrick Street. The new addition is a …
The role of a pension scheme trustee
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR THE earth did not move, there were no signs in the night sky when IORP II was put into Irish law in April this year. IORP II stands for Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision. This legislation is going to have a very significant impact on you if you are a …
Light a candle for Pieta’s Hope Over Silence…
PIETA, the national suicide prevention charity, is encouraging the nation to choose #HopeOverSilence this Christmas as 10 bereaved people contact the charity every week to avail of the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service. Pieta is encouraging the nation to take a minute and speak up about their own mental health and/or open up about the loss of a …
