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A manufacturing company from County Kilkenny are set to compete with the country’s best small businesses as one of the Finalists for the National Enterprise Award taking place this week.  Hi Tec Medicare will represent Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny at the prestigious awards that take place on Thursday 22nd May in the Round Room at the …

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Are you over 60? Have you ever wanted to try stand-up comedy or even just wanted to improve your public speaking and confidence in front of an audience? Then our new introduction to stand-up comedy course is the perfect opportunity for you! Over a six-week course consisting of five classes and a special performance night, …

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Chemicals that you produce naturally in your brain that are powerful pain relievers By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). There is a drug cabinet in your brain. Within this drug cabinet is one of the most powerful pain-relieving drugs of them all – and you have the power to make use of …

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BY JOHN FITZGERALD You may have read about people who experienced “time slips.” This is when you visit a place with a past that tends to “visit” the present now and then… as with phantom air battles, the sound of shellfire at the Normandy beach or knights and damsels roaming about in a vivid image …

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Billy Ryan shine’s as final berth secured BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster SHC – Round 4 Kilkenny 5-19 Dublin 3-21 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Michael Kennedy The sun splitting the trees, four majors and twelve points on the scoreboard for the hosts and only ten points registered for the visitors, a comfortable afternoon …

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Derry calling for provincial champions By Aoife Lanigan, PRO Leinster Senior Camogie Final Kilkenny 0-20 Wexford 1-6 Kilkenny won their 27th Leinster Senior Title when they defeated Wexford in sun drenched Netwatch Cullen Park last Saturday. Both sets of players entered the pitch prior to throw in wearing shorts but were informed by the referee …

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THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS There was a time when every Irish mother wanted a ‘good job’ for their blue-eyed boy. A ‘job for life’ but one that commanded respect in the community, so the mammy could hold her head high. If the priesthood was not the calling, and the education not …

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‘With Inclined Ear’ is a solo exhibition by artist Saidhbhín Gibson. At the core of the exhibition is the video of the same title accompanied by photographic pieces. The exhibition looks at sheep’s wool and its value, highlighting the disconnect between humans and natural materials. The video is composed of scenes of a Wicklow Cheviot …

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Many will remember him as Johnny Connors in the television series Glenroe. A role he was to play for eleven years. Others may recognise him as Mikey from Kilanaskully. Michael Collins is a name that is very recognisable not just from the aforementioned TV shows, but from his many appearances on stage in such venues …

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The Kilkenny Gospel Choir is proud to celebrate a remarkable milestone – 25 years of music, ministry, and meaningful outreach. To mark this special occasion, a televised Mass will be broadcast live from RTÉ Studios on Sunday, May 25th at 11am, celebrated by Bishop Niall Coll, Bishop of Ossory. Founded in 2000 by Fr. Willie …

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