Opinion
Natural solution for hay fever
BY CLAIR WHITTY Runny nose, streaming eyes, and intense sneezing, sound familiar? These are common symptoms of hay fever. You could have itchy nose, eyes, and throat too. Hay fever is an allergic reaction associated with pollen. The summer months are worse, especially once the grass cutting starts. Unfortunately, some of you may experience symptoms …
Should home be a classroom of the future?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Home schooling got kicked centre stage recently following critical comment from Tanaiste Micheal Martin, a former teacher “I am not a great fan of home schooling, I think kids need to socialise. I just find the whole thing disquieting,” he said. Not surprisingly heated discussion followed on the airwaves. …
That chapter in Ireland that was book banning
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS I was a young Catholic boy on the verge of, as was said then, manhood when I discovered the word ‘taut’ hooked to a flimsy item of underclothing in one of the James Bond thrillers the Uncle Harry had given my father. And then there was the time …
Put your own mask on first
BY EOIN EVERARD I wrote this article on a flight out to the European Championships in Holland. One thing that strikes me is that during the safety demonstration they always stress the importance of putting on your own mask first before attending to others. Now they are not suggesting that for no reason! They know …
GIRL AUCTION
BY NED EGAN Part 12 His teeth now chattered, and – in the chill of this frigid night – a river of sweat broke from his pores – and then his nerve went, completely. Falling to his knees, he started jabbering words that Molly could only barely understand. Some sounded like “your mother” others like …
Here’s Lucey!
BY JOHN FITZGERALD A week after his father’s death (on D-Day: June 6th 1944) Michael Byrne sat the Intermediate Cert exam, which he passed, in spite of the grief that overwhelmed him. He fared less well two years later with the Leaving Cert. Illness prevented him from studying for the exam and he had to …
Down at the Co-op
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Callan Co-op has thrived since the day it was set up following a Town Hall meeting in March 1899. It began taking milk from farmers within hours of opening for business. In 1905, Tim Lucy took over as Manager. He hitched a lift to Callan on an ass and cart, dusted himself …
Dame Alice and the Witch Hunters
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART ONE Dame Alice Kyteler…After almost seven centuries, the name still sends a shiver up the spines of Kilkenny folk. Her name is linked to the shadowy world of the occult, and appears in hundreds of websites on the Internet devoted to psychic phenomena. The mysterious lady was at the heart of …
Our American adventure and the Comer bus!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I stood in out of the rain last week and as I stood there who should I find myself standing beside only an old pal of mine. “Any craic?” he inquires. “None whatsoever,” I tell him. “I heard you were away,” he says.”Who was telling you?” I ask. “Never mind who …
Further 64 eviction notices in Quarter 4 for Kilkenny shows government must reinstate eviction ban
BY KATHLEEN FUNCHION Sinn Fein TD for Kilkenny Carlow Sinn Féin TD for Carlow Kilkenny has said the government must reintroduce the ban on evictions after the Residential Tenancies Board Quarter 4 figures showed a further 64 eviction notices were issued in Kilkenny for the last three months of 2022. Teachta Funchion said: “The latest …
