Opinion
A Strong Back
Is strength important for back health? By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). When it comes to caring for our backs, how important is strength? You often hear different things depending on who you ask. Let’s explore this idea to gain a greater understanding about how we might best care for these wonderful …
Let’s talk Vaginal Dryness
BY CLAIR WHITTY Let me get straight to the point, I want to talk about vaginal dryness. It is a common problem that many women suffer from and can be very uncomfortable. I know, I experience this too. The dryness can be so intense that it can cause you to close down for business. Sex …
Rock ‘n’ roll: and the best years of our lives
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse – and indeed Elvis and John Lennon – all left the stage, the building, at very young, and relatively young, ages. Now, One Direction’s Liam Payne at 31 joins with the legacy of these …
2024 WORLD 4-WALL HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY It’s a huge week ahead in Handball with The 2024 World 4 Wall Handball Championships taking place at a variety of venues including across Kilkenny. The Championships start tomorrow (Saturday) and there will be matches every day throughout the week until the final day of action on Sunday week November 3rd, as …
Why the world should not go hungry…
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan Hunger, unfortunately, continues to afflict millions around the world, even though global food production consistently exceeds demand. I find it baffling that, in a world of plenty, so many still go to bed hungry. I find it hard to take the ads on television asking for a few euro …
Our terrifying Halloween night in a US jail!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Some years back our family spent Halloween night in jail! In a penitentiary to be precise. Little did I know when boarding a flight for New York that I, my wife and two daughters, would end up in the penitentiary in Philadelphia! Such, I suppose, are the vagaries of trans-Atlantic travel. …
Pensions, and reducing your tax liability
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR As the end of 2024 draws near, so too does the critical Revenue ‘Pay and File’ tax deadline. If you wish to reduce your tax liability for 2023, this is a great opportunity as pension contributions made before the deadline can significantly reduce your tax bill. But there are key …
Why are so many of our TDs quitting?
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON As the Autumn leaves come tumbling down, loosened by Storm Ashleigh, they seem just like the ongoing cascade of TDs leaving politics. The latest to fall from the Fine Gael tree is Minister Heather Humphries, bringing the total of Fine Gael TDs who will no longer be on …
Cleanmarine MenoMin rebranded
BY CLAIR WHITTY Menopause can come with a wide variety of symptoms, so many in fact that you can think you are going crazy. Over the years it has been put to me that all these symptoms cannot possibly be all the menopause. But the truth is, they can be. And this is because of …
With hope in our hearts, we will thrive…
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan Hope, it’s the lifeblood that keeps us all pushing on. Would you agree? Maybe not but anyway without it, we’d be stuck in the mud, dragging our feet through every rut life throws at us. I’ve always seen hope as the spark that lights up our path, especially when …
