Sport
We have lift off!
Cracking ties during round 1 action BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League So, we are up and running on the club front. All teams have got a little action under their belts as spectators were treated to plenty of rip-roaring action during round one of the St. Canice’s …
Politics is Healthcare
Health is influenced by the shape of the society in which we live By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Political decisions affect the health of each and every one of us. Sometimes this link is straightforward and obvious – decisions about healthcare budgets, hospital beds and medication funding. But more often the …
Sunday Game selections vs Cats – you decide!
How do Noreside’s finest match up to RTE’s Team of the Year BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE As the dust settles on the intercounty hurling scene, Kilkenny will go into an eleventh season without having had their hands on the big one, the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Our seniors exited the All-Ireland hurling championship at …
Train Your Brain
Harness the natural way your brain can change to improve pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Impermanence is one of the few certainties in life. Nothing is ever quite the same as it was before, everything is in a state of change, adapting to the world around it. Our brains are …
It starts here and finishes here – The Club!
Club action resumes on Noreside BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE The condensed feeling of the hurling season continues to creep up on us with the Kilkenny senior league getting underway on the final day of July. Just as the dust has settled on a mixed bag on the intercounty front, the bread-and-butter returns as …
Back Pain – reduce your risk
What really reduces the risk of back pain – a chartered physiotherapist’s advice By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Back pain is extremely common, but rarely serious. People generally recover without the need for any treatment – often easing back from bothersome activities or movements and gradually returning to them over a …
Cork hurt could Tipp balance in Rebel’s favour
Liam will be going to a new home on Sunday evening BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE All-Ireland SHC Final Cork vs Tipperary As we approach the third Sunday in July, the biggest game in the intercounty hurling season is upon us. All roads lead to Croke Park for the players and supporters of both …
Tipp topple Cats in Croker!
Kilkenny fall to 14-man Premier County in semi battle BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE All-Ireland SHC Semi Final Tipperary 4-20 Kilkenny 0-30 Croke Park Referee: James Owens (Wexford) Where to start? In a game that ebbed and flowed between two great hurling counties, it was Tipperary that emerged victorious in Croke Park after 74 …
Recovering from pain
A gradual return to normal movement and activity helps in recovery from pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Astronauts have a lot to teach us about recovering from pain. After months in zero-gravity in the international space station, aches and pains are a guarantee for most astronauts when they step back …
Stripeywomen’s hopes go whistlin’ in the wind
Ref’s call in extra-time swings game as Tipp win Glen Dimplex Senior All Ireland Championship Quarter Final Kilkenny 0-19 Tipperary 1-22 Aoife Lanigan, PRO A Disappointing end to the Glen Dimplex Senior All Ireland Camogie Championship for Kilkenny as they fell short to their neighbours, Tipperary in the Quarter Final in Croke Park last …
