MICHAEL WOLSEY: Out of the mouths of babes and crackpots
Kilkenny Now
4th September 2019
WHEN I was 16 I knew just what was wrong with the world and how to fix it. Fortunately, the world wasn’t listening and so
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WINE O’CLOCK: Season of mists and mellow wines
Kilkenny Now
30th August 2019
A LOT of nonsense is written about matching wines to seasons. If you like a wine in winter you unlikely to go off it in
MICHAEL WOLSEY: We could learn a lesson about school dinners
Kilkenny Now
28th August 2019
IF YOU have been making back-to-school preparations in recent weeks, you may have been given a menu along with the book list and uniform requirements.
WINE O’CLOCK: African wines with a Waterford accent
Kilkenny Now
23rd August 2019
SOME beautiful wine is made in Waterford but it’s not called Déise Delight or Vin de Dungarvan. The Waterford in question is in South Africa
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Better to get a real job than a useless degree
Kilkenny Now
21st August 2019
APPRENTICESHIPS are making a comeback, I read. I hope that is true. It would be a victory for common sense and might mark a turning
CLODAGH CASSIN: ‘I traded my hockey stick for dresses and make-up – and I wouldn’t change any of it’
Kilkenny Now
19th August 2019
THIS summer I traded my hockey stick for dresses and make-up – and I wouldn’t change any of it. At the end of March I
WINE O’CLOCK: The last of the summer rosé
Kilkenny Now
16th August 2019
AUTUMN is on the horizon, but for the last of the summer wine let me return to rosé, the great staple of barbecues, picnics and
MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘In garden warfare, it’s who you know that counts’
Kilkenny Now
14th August 2019
I KNOW little to nothing about gardening, which is a pity for I have quite a substantial garden front and back. I keep it under
WINE O’CLOCK: Where a glass of wine is good for your art
Kilkenny Now
9th August 2019
PADDY McKillen started his business life in Belfast with the family’s motor repair business. He moved to Dublin where he specialised in the supply of
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Titanic town left high and dry
Kilkenny Now
7th August 2019
AS a boy growing up in Belfast I would sometimes witness the amazing sight of a shift change at the shipyard. The factory horns would
