A determined Kilkenny businesswoman is reaching out to a global audience in her drive to make her small company an online success in the face of the pandemic. Anne Healy of Biddy’s Good Luck Horse Shoes recently got the opportunity to showcase her enterprise on the prestigious Women’s Inspire Network (WIN), which was founded by […]
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 […]
A PREVIOUSLY unheard recording has emerged of former US President John F. Kennedy thanking his friend, Kilkenny woman Dot Tubridy, for her “invaluable contribution” to his election campaign. Dot Tubridy was a long-time family friend of the Kennedys and an unofficial Irish ambassador to the US. The recording was uncovered by the Trim Tourism Network […]
A BUST made by a famous Kilkenny sculptor is expected to fetch up to a whopping $180,000 at auction in New York. The bust of Pope Clement XIV by Christopher Hewetson, one of the most celebrated 18th century sculptors, will be offered for sale on May 1 by Christie’s auctioneers. Hewetson was born in Thomastown […]