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PAUL HOPKINS: Not just on Father’s Day do modern dads show their true emotions

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2020 0

It’s been long a given that there’s a whole generation of the New Man out there. They use moisturiser, they stroke the cat, they have women friends, they make brown bread, and they clip their toenails on a regular basis. But they also workout regularly and are conscious of diet and anti-oxidants (which had not […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: A diary of self-imposed isolation

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Bright yellow bandana, and a sandwich tern heading for sea Day 11 in self-imposed isolation I am definitely an ‘extra’ in a Sci-Fi B movie where things are beginning to feel somewhat surreal. Getting stir crazy too, so I head off for a spring walk over the mill and down the playing fields. There’s more […]

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LAURA WARREN: ‘From culinary virgin to cooking up a storm in 12 months’

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

WHEN it comes to cooking, I’m living proof it’s never too late to start! Flashback to just 12 months ago and I was struggling even to boil an egg properly. Now I’m creating gourmet fish dishes, making my own recipes and loving every second of it. It’s fair to say my poor mother’s attempts to […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘There’s not much room for soul in a church that’s busy setting up debit card machines in its vestibule’

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 Post a comment

I AM not a religious person. I hold to no faith and worship no god. But they say the devil can quote scripture for his own ends. So here are two quotes that came to mind when I read of the financial difficulties of the Catholic Church in Ireland. My house shall be called a […]

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MINISTER JOHN PAUL PHELAN: ‘Why people of Kilkenny should be allowed to elect their own mayor’

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 Post a comment

LAST week on KilkennyNow.ie, the writer Michael Wolsey argued against the case for directly-elected mayors, basically intimating that they are waste of money. Michael, of course, is entitled to his opinion, but it appears his polemic was based on some inaccurate information out there about what is the most fundamental change proposed since local governments […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Last chance for the suits to save Irish soccer’

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

WHEN Irish soccer split, back in 1921, the League of Ireland and its northern equivalent, the Irish League, both inherited what, in business-speak, would be termed sound franchises. Attendances were in the region of 10,000 to 15,000 and big games could easily attract twice that. Stadium facilities were primitive by today’s standards. Not that anyone […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Disgraceful, wasteful saga of world’s most expensive hospital’

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

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 seen and it revolutionised the country. It built roads, improved telecommunications and financed a huge amount of new infrastructure. It paid for the birth of the Celtic Tiger. Albert was […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A wine lover’s guide to a ‘dry’ January

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2019 0

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 region and an unusually dry, aromatic Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire. I went off the rails a bit with a sweetish Chardonnay from Australia but got back on the dry […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Google your vice and you will undoubtedly find a survey that makes a virtue of it’

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

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 are still unbroken by the first week in February. So you only need to hold on for a few more days if you want to join the elite. Too late […]

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LAURA WARREN: ‘Banish your winter blues and flu – go with your good gut feeling’

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2019 0

CHUNKY knits, crunchy leaves and mugs of hot chocolate by a roaring fire – I just love this time of year! But as we begin to feel the chill of falling temperatures it’s time to take out the long johns and woolly socks. It seems the whole country is suffering from a runny nose, sandpaper […]