WINE O’CLOCK: Some like it cold – and sweet Kilkenny Now 8th February 2019 WINE is produced in a great many countries but I never thought of Canada as one of them. But there it was, on a supermarket
MICHAEL WOLSEY: The last thing we need is directly-elected mayors Kilkenny Now 6th February 2019 IF there is one thing Ireland doesn’t need it is directly-elected mayors for our cities. If there is one thing it needs even less, it
LAURA WARREN: Take the healthy road less travelled – prepare your own air fare Kilkenny Now 4th February 2019 LET’S face it – plane food is, on the whole, just plain unappetising. Prison food, in some cases, is probably better. When ordering their last
WINE O’CLOCK: Sipping a fine red in the war zone Kilkenny Now 1st February 2019 THE Middle East has a good climate for grapes, that’s why wine figures in many Bible stories. But anyone producing wine there needs to be
MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Disgraceful, wasteful saga of world’s most expensive hospital’ Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 IN 1995 Albert Reynolds, then Taoiseach, came back from Brussels with €8 billion for regional development. It was the largest single sum Ireland had ever
LAURA WARREN: Supplement your life – with a healthy and balanced diet Kilkenny Now 28th January 2019 WITH so many supplements on the market, it can be very confusing to know what vitamins and supplements you really need to take, particularly as
WINE O’CLOCK: A wine lover’s guide to a ‘dry’ January Kilkenny Now 25th January 2019 HAVE you been doing dry January? Me too. I had a nice dry Picpoul from the Languedoc, a beautifully crisp Viognier from the same French
MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Google your vice and you will undoubtedly find a survey that makes a virtue of it’ Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 HAVE you broken your New Year’s resolution yet? A survey says 75% of resolutions survive the first week of January but only 15% of them
LAURA WARREN: ‘Banish your winter blues and flu – go with your good gut feeling’ Kilkenny Now 20th January 2019 CHUNKY knits, crunchy leaves and mugs of hot chocolate by a roaring fire – I just love this time of year! But as we begin
No political will to deliver on rural broadband promises Kilkenny Now 5th November 2018 By JOHN TIERNEY FOR those of us resident in the digital wasteland that either have no broadband coverage or have 1 Mb broadband access, the