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Congratulations to Maura Hughes Thank you to all who entered the draw to win a voucher sponsored by The Kilkenny Observer. Congratulations to Maura Hughes, Bennettsbridge Road, Kilkenny who won the €200 voucher for Nolan’s of Ardnore The gift voucher was presented to Maura by Faith O’Neill, Features and Advertising Consultant with The Kilkenny Observer.
The Great Kilkenny Floods
By John Fitzgerald PART THREE Gus Carey remembered the terrible Sunday evening when his world was turned upside down by the flood. He was a child in 1947…scampering about the house, daydreaming about famous hurlers, when he became aware of the watery Blitzkrieg that the skies had launched on Kilkenny. He wondered why his parents …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 6 Now the two girls sit in their chilly bedroom. Molly is planning a departure – a permanent one. The pussycat, MeeMee, has to come along: the single-minded small sister Babsie has negotiated that. But “no more livestock, and total obedience” is the price she has had to pay. But she’d …
The annual Red Mills Race Day at Gowran Park racecourse in Kilkenny
All photos by Kieran Harnett Sarah Cass from Castlekelly was crowned Best Dressed Lady at the Red Mills Race Day at Gowran Park this Saturday. Guest judge, presenter and nutritional coach, Nathalie Lennon had a tough job choosing from all of the stylish entries, and Sarah beat off the competition to win the top prize …
Nationwide tour from Christine Tobin includes a visit to the concert hall in Thomastown
Returning Weather is the latest work from Dublin born, multi-award-winning vocalist and songwriter Christine Tobin. Celebrated for her versatility and nonconformist musical spirit, Returning Weather imaginatively weaves song, spoken word and a stellar group of musicians from diverse disciplines together, creating a multi-dimensional sound-world which blends influences from folk, 20th-century art song and jazz. While …
Alien thoughts and that ET sick-cert!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran In Britain staff are phoning their bosses to say they won’t be in work because they’ve been kidnapped by aliens! I swear. At least that’s what it said on the front page of one of the tabloids last week: ‘Can’t Get to Work Chief Ss I’ve Been Abducted by ALIENS!’ And …
Once again, let’s look at your possible UK pension
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR I know it’s only a few weeks ago since I wrote about the changes in the UK pension rules but due to the amount of interest it has garnered I think it appropriate to signal the closing date once again. I have had quite several calls with some subsequent happy …
Sage the kitchen herb for menopausal support
BY CLAIR WHITTY Sage, the kitchen herb that has been traditionally used to bring you relief for hot flushes and night sweats. Many of you will agree that this is a brilliant herb to help alleviate these menopausal symptoms. I have seen some research recently to support this use of Sage. The research, which was …
How biofuels can play a bigger part in climate
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON We could look more to nature for answers to the climate crisis . But when it comes to the big beasts responsible for carbon emission, we favour solutions in the race to reduce these by 50% by 2050 at the latest There are regular calls to cull cattle numbers …
Hanging on to life, waiting on a hero
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS A bundle of blonde beauty, aged just five, is carried in careful arms from the rubble of a building razed by the massive earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. She had been lost under the rubble for some 12 days, clinging on to her little life, awaiting salvation. Of course, …
