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Cats nine to the good as 1A status secured BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Kilkenny 0-29 Limerick 0-20 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork) Kilkenny produced a winning performance to ensure another season in Division 1A of the Allianz Hurling League with a 9-point victory over Limerick in …

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3rd league loss as three Cats see red BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Kilkenny 1-19 Tipperary 2-25 UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin) Tipperary became the latest team to claim maximum points Marble City men in this season’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A as Kilkenny finished the game …

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Old fashioned, outdated information in manual handling training is at best redundant and at worst harmful By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). You would be forgiven if you believed that your genes held the key to your health. Many people also think genes dictate personality, behaviour and even eating patterns. While genes …

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Tipp up next for misfiring Marble City men BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Round 5 Cork 1-22 Kilkenny 1-16 SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Johnny Murphy On an emotional evening on Leeside, it would be the home side that prevailed and took maximum points, when once again a wasteful …

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Old fashioned, outdated information in manual handling training is at best redundant and at worst harmful By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Recently, my colleagues and I underwent a mandatory manual handling training session. Many thousands of Irish workers must undergo such training every three years. The contents of that training course …

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Lyng will want points from Cork trip BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Round 5 Cork vs Kilkenny Saturday, 5PM, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Johnny Murphy There was much anticipation on Noreside about the arrival of Limerick last week, but supporters and players hopes were dashed thanks to a …

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Cats look to build on Wexford win against Kiely’s Limerick BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Kilkenny vs Limerick UPMC Nowlan Park, Sunday, 1:45pm Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork) When the fixtures were released for this seasons Allianz Hurling League Division 1A, many eyes on Noreside would have been drawn to …

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Sash star’s brace vital as Cats return to winning ways BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Wexford 0-15 Kilkenny 2-17 Round 3, Chadwicks Wexford Park Referee: Liam Gordon Kilkenny put the home defeat to Galway behind them with a comprehensive victory over Wexford in Chadwicks Wexford Park last Saturday evening …

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What influences our likelihood of suffering from persistent pain? By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Aches and pains are a fact of life. For some of us, an injury occurs, we feel pain, it lingers a while and slowly eases away as we recover. For other people, however, pain sticks around longer …

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Galway survive Cats comeback to claim win BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Kilkenny 1-19  Galway  2-19 <<CRESTS>> Round 2, UPMC Nowlan Park Referee: Thomas Walsh (Waterford) Galway made the journey to UPMC Nowlan Park a fruitful one as they returned west with maximum points in this Allianz Hurling League …

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