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Kilkenny County Council to celebrate Your Council Day 2025 Friday, 27 June
Theme: Building Stronger Communities Kilkenny County Council will join local authorities across Ireland on Friday, 27 June to mark Your Council Day, a national campaign promoting the vital work of City and County Councils and the people behind the services that support our communities every day. Coordinated by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and supported …
Galway canter to easy win on Noreside
Croker next forLackluster Stripeywomen BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Kilkenny 0-12 Galway 1-17 UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny slumped to a second defeat in group 2 of this season’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship following a disappointing performance against Galway in UPMC Nowlan Park last Saturday. Manager Tommy …
Gunfight at the Old Triangle
BY JOHN FITZGERALD (Part One) -The story of a bitter quarrel encompassing Callan, Gowran, and the village of Burnchurch. Family feuds are unpleasant at the best of times. Once the first blow is struck, hatred, bitterness, and resentment can simmer for years. The eighteenth century witnessed one of Ireland’s most vicious feuds. It arose between …
L-Theanine
BY CLAIR WHITTY L-Theanine is a buzz word, everyone is talking about it. L-Theanine is a naturally occurring amino acid most commonly found in tea especially green tea. Its main benefits are to help reduce stress and anxiety, and at the same time improve focus and attention. It may help to improve sleep by promoting …
Murder: no end to the grip of whodunits
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON “I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.” Hard to resist opening lines like that. Before they know it readers are hooked in the page-turning …
Thunberg and fighting: holding out for a hero
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS When some years back the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg came to prominence with her stance – and visible outrage – on our lack of care for climate, few of us, bar her young, fellow travellers, took notice. Climate change seemed far off back then. When Thunberg recently …
Mons Stars to The Royal Irish regiment launched at Home Rule
Photos by Pat Shortall On Thursday 12 June a large crowd gathered in Kilkenny’s Home Rule Club to mark the launch of a new publication based on research undertaken to discover the men from the Royal Irish Regiment who were entitled to the 1914 ‘Mons’ Star medal. Co-author Larry Scallan opened proceedings by welcoming everyone …
When love comes to town
Photos: Danny Lahart It was an article in the Irish Times, in 1999, that journalist Sean Kilfeather reviewed a book- Mud, Sweat and Jeers by Kilkenny Journalist, Jimmy Rhatigan. The book that takes an inquisitive and at times anecdotal look inside a local club is a journey through the years with Emfa and then Kilkenny …
KILKENNY ARTIST IN GALWAY
Brendan Cleere, a native of Bennettsbridge presents his first exhibition, Life West, Mixed Media Art, in the Brazco Coffee Academy in Oranmore, Galway. The launch took place on Friday, 6th June and family, friends and work colleagues gathered to support him. The paintings will hang in Brazco for the month of June. The exhibition was …
The Canal Walk…Pathway to Arcadia
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Kilkenny is renowned for its medieval heritage, but it also plays host to the wonders of nature. And you don’t have to stray too far from the city limits to find both. If you wish to connect with the past and savour the joys of our natural heritage at the same time …
