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A night at the dogs with Rise and shine group
Photos shown are from previous trips to Lourdes with Rise and Shine Kilkenny/Carlow group 174, of The Rise and Shine trust are busily planning for their annual trip to Lourdes. One of the organisers is Kilkenny woman Jackie Cullen, told the Observer that each year at Easter they take young people with additional needs to …
Honours even as Graigue Ballycallan and Thomastown battle it out in the rain
Graigue Ballycallan 1-12 (15); Thomastown 0-15. John Power at John Lockes Park. Graigue Ballycallan and Thomastown played out an entertaining and highly competitive draw in the St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Group A at John Locke’s Park, Callan, on Thursday evening last. On a night when the rain seemed determined to have as …
Young Kilkenny artist represents Ireland at major Tokyo Exhibition
Young Kilkenny artist, Aurianna Hanlon – a 16-year old student at Loreto Secondary School – has recently returned from Japan after attending the 27th International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo at which her prize-winning entry from this year’s 72nd Texaco Children’s Art Competition was displayed. Travelling at the invitation of the International Foundation for …
Marathon Training Tips for the Final Countdown
BY CLAIR WHITTY With only weeks to go until marathon day, the hard work is largely done. Now is the time to train smart, support your recovery and arrive at the start line feeling strong, healthy and confident. Your longest run will usually fall around three to four weeks before race day. After that, it’s …
Kilkenny Encourages Communities to Turn Autumn Leaves into Valuable Compost
Kilkenny County Council’s Environment Section, in partnership with the Climate Action Office, is inviting residential estates across the county to take part in a community leaf composting initiative this autumn. As part of Team Up to Clean Up: Together for Kilkenny, workshops will take place on 26th and 27th September, helping participating estates build leaf …
Siobhán Remembered as Funds Raised for Oak Ward
Mahatma Gandhi famously said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”. This highlights how focusing on doing good and helping people gives life its true meaning. In more ways than one, that probably best sums up the life of Siobhán O’Donnell. Last week, friends, family and neighbours …
The “Busiest Street in Town”
By John Fitzgerald (Part two) In his childhood, the future newspaper correspondent and historian Seamus O’ Brien ran errands for a Miss Phelan to McEvoy’s shop on the West Street side of the Cross in Callan, where Barrie Henriques’s pub and Mellow’s restaurant stood in later years; and to the post office and grocery shops. …
Exam results do not define you
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton I recently wrote about the pressure that seems to descend upon students as exams approach. Suddenly, their lives feel as though they have been reduced to memory tests of quotes, facts and figures. Months, sometimes years, of learning are crammed into a few hours at an exam desk, …
Ladies and gentlemen… Round FIVE!
BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Yes, we have reached the final round of games in this season’s St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League, and there is still plenty to play for tomorrow at six venues across Noreside. As per the norm, all matches will throw in …
Is it happy returns for Harry and Meghan?
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON It’s a story we see thousands of times, young people leave Ireland in search of greener grass elsewhere, only to return when they have families of their own. They want their children to grow up here with the benefit of an Irish education. So what’s so remarkable about …
