The Kilkenny Observer

31/10/2025

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30/10/2025

BY CLAIR WHITTY World Menopause Day is held every year in October to raise awareness about menopause and the support options available. There are lots of natural menopause supplements to help with symptoms ranging from hot flushes and night sweats, irritability and low mood. But sometimes it can be....

30/10/2025

photos jbs On Tuesday the 14th of October the Kilkenny Men’s Shed held a showcase event. Friends, supporters, members of Kilkenny Men’s Shed and Deputy Mayor Cllr Maria Dollard were in attendance. Speaking to The Kilkenny Observer, Cllr Dollard commented “Kilkenny Men’s Shed continues to be ...

29/10/2025

BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR In a world where a tap on a screen can call a taxi, buy a coffee or a cartload of online tat, the arrival of SEPA Instant Payments feels like handing the family car to your teenager. Rolled out across Europe’s banks recently, including our own AIB, Bank of Ireland,...

29/10/2025

Kilkenny County Council’s Environment Section, in collaboration with the Council’s Biodiversity Office and Climate Action Office, has launched a hands-on community initiative to help residents turn fallen autumn leaves into rich, organic compost known as leaf mould. Over the weekend of Saturday ...

28/10/2025

FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran As I get older I find myself becoming more, and more, forgetful. Not uncommon for folks of my vintage but I’d be telling a lie if I didn’t say I’m concerned as my brother John had Alzheimers for several years before he passed away last May. And so I read with ...

28/10/2025

Fifty-five pilgrims from across the Diocese of Ossory travelled from Kilkenny to the world-famous shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal earlier this month as part of the annual Ossory Diocesan Pilgrimage. The week-long pilgrimage was led by Fr. Willie Purcell, who was making his 30th visit to the...

27/10/2025

By John Fitzgerald The Kilkenny Heritage Walkers celebrated a major milestone on Saturday with their 700th outing. Starting at the castle scores of people from all over the county treaded the streets, lanes, slips, alleyways and bridges en route to the historic Home Rule Club, where a luscious birth...

27/10/2025

Kilkenny Library Service are delighted to have signed a contract with Cahill Truck bodies, a 3rd generation family business based in Graiguenamanagh, for the purchase of a brand-new mobile library vehicle. This exciting development marks a significant investment in bringing library services directly...

26/10/2025

O’Loughlin’s and Shamrocks clash for county glory BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR [email protected] St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny SHC Final O’Loughlin Gaels vs Shamrocks Ballyhale After another campaign of brilliant action on Noreside, the Tom Walsh Cup is up for grabs this...

26/10/2025

‘Fort stand strong to deny Village senior spot BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR [email protected] Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai IHC Final Danesfort 2-20 James Stephens 1-16 Sometimes a team doesn’t read the script, they don’t listen to the pundits, or the gambling fraternity and tha...

25/10/2025

Butler Gallery, in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival, is delighted to present an exhibition exploring the theme of ‘Cities of the World’ by two artists, Kathy Prendergast and Chris Leach. The two have never met, but are intrinsically linked by this subject matter which they realise in very...