Opinion
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, …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 5 Now, we must grow older and wiser –and quickly! We must be strong – we must be as brave as your favourite heroine, Granuaile. That — or we’re done for. “I felt like doing more than cursing, down there in the dark kitchen. I did slide a few glances at …
Saint/Goddess honoured at Kilkenny well
By John Fitzgerald One of the county’s almost forgotten heritage treasures has been rediscovered. To honour St. Brigid in the month of the first national holiday in her name, pilgrims converged last week on a remote site in the countryside in Ballycallan parish where an ancient but little known holy well named after the saint …
The Great Kilkenny Floods
By John Fitzgerald Part two – The 1926 Flood Another calamitous flood struck Kilkenny on Friday January 29th 1926. It was the biggest and worst in living memory of the time. The river Nore rose about eight feet above its normal level, wreaking havoc on the people of John’s Quay, Lower John’s Street, and Greensbridge. …
On being thrown out of Trinity College!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Not many people know this but I was expelled from Trinity College Dublin. Actually I wasn’t. I couldn’t have been expelled because I wasn’t a registered student there. I was studying up the road in Earlsfort Terrace at UCD. Nor was I evicted from TCD as I didn’t reside there. Some …
The real impact of food poverty in Ireland
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The airwaves and papers are full of the hardships that people are going through especially those who have young families. Currently the Government is speaking about for all intents and purposes a mini-Budget with a new cache of helps coming down the line for those in need. It cannot come …
