By John Fitzgerald (Part One) A new museum in the heart of the county is drawing visitors from all over the South East. It nestles in the tiny village of Newmarket, and looks set to complement the internationally acclaimed Famine Garden- Gáirdín an Ghorta- which commemorates the Great Hunger of the 1840s. The Gáirdín an Ghorta Farm …

FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I found myself in Cork last week. FOUND myself in Cork! You’d swear I was lost. Actually, I did get lost which I’ll get to later. Getting to Cork is not a problem, getting around the city is the problem. We’re looking for the Wilton Shopping Centre. We’re heading there not …

BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR How would you feel about never having to open your banking app again? Bills paid automatically, better savings rates found for you, fraud spotted in seconds and even your salary quietly split between ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ in the background? This is the dream banks are now chasing with artificial intelligence …

AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The recent fuel protests by farmers and hauliers illustrated a useful point. It’s possible to win wars and gain concessions without bloodshed. The principle is simple, you deprive the other side of something that is vital for survival. In unarmed one-to-one combat you deprive your opponent of air …

THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS To borrow from the Liberator Daniel O’Connell, if you throw your hat over any community in Ireland, you’d hit someone, many even, volunteering as a full-time carer. According to Family Carers Ireland, there are 500,000 carers, often working silently away, often unseen by many. They save the …

By John Fitzgerald Many Callan men flocked to join the defence forces over the years, but at least one of them didn’t share his comrades’ fondness for army life. Nicky Roche of Kilbride (and later Mill Street) became allergic to the marching, training, saluting, parade ground antics, and just about anything of a military nature …