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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Things I’d like to banish along with the virus

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2020 0

The Parting Glass is one of my favourite songs, but I would be happy not to hear it again for a couple of years. A similar moratorium on ‘the new normal’ would be welcome and I would be delighted never again to hear someone declare that ‘we’re all in this together’ . I am bored […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Time for these golden oldies to leave the stage

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2020 0

I am a couple of years younger than Donald Trump and a year older than Elizabeth Warren (70), who may replace him as US president at the next election. Since we are at an age when every month counts, I am happy to declare myself considerably younger than Joe Biden (77), the leading Democrat contender, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Out of the mouths of babes and crackpots

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2019 0

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 was spared the creation of an international Marxist super-state that paid surgeons the same as window cleaners and printed money for anyone who needed it. Looking back, I don’t think […]

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Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and a ‘world exclusive’ for Radio Kilkenny!

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2019 0

BORIS Johnson, the leading contender to become the next British Prime Minister, has revealed how he recently mistook US President Donald Trump for a Kilkenny community radio station. Johnson made the revelation in an newspaper interview as he launched his campaign to replace Theresa May. When a call came through to his office purporting to […]

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‘Why I’m protesting against Donald Trump visit’ – Kilkenny anti-war activist

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE President of the United States of America lands in Shannon airport later today, and one Kilkenny man will be there to protest his arrival. As President Donald Trump and Air Force One come into view, Johnny Keenan and his compatriots in the Shannon peace camp will hope to make an impression […]

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Kilkenny Crystal plays replica Trump card

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

KILKENNY Crystal has begun making replicas of its beautiful shamrock bowl which was presented to US President Donald Trump in the White House on St Patrick’s Day. Images of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presenting the Kilkenny Crystal bowl to President Trump were beamed all over the world, giving the Callan-based company, which celebrates its 50th birthday […]