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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Predicted grades fail the test, so leave the Leaving alone

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2020 Post a comment

Final year exam results were greeted with dismay and anger in the North, and across Britain, because the marks predicted by teachers for some students had been downgraded. They had been adjusted in line with computer algorithms which took account of how schools performed in previous years and also favoured girls over boys, because girls […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Days of death and mayhem with the jolly old Ra

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2020 0

‘Up the Ra’ sounds like a jolly sort of cry, the sort of thing you might playfully shout in support of your favourite football team. A good friend of mine had her life destroyed by the jolly old Ra. She was shopping in Belfast when a bomb they had planted blew her across the street. […]

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Not just fine dining: new Castlecomer restaurant serves up a slice of local history

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2019 0

By Sinéad Connolly A NEWLY opened county Kilkenny restaurant is serving up a little local history and a menu inspired by locally sourced produce in their critically-acclaimed fine diner. Michelin-accredited chef Keith Boyle and his wife Carmel say they delighted at the response so far to their new venture, Restaurant Lady Anne, in Castlecomer. “We’ve […]

MICHAEL WOLSEY: Predicted grades fail the test, so leave the Leaving alone

MICHAEL WOLSEY: Days of death and mayhem with the jolly old Ra

Not just fine dining: new Castlecomer restaurant serves up a slice of local history

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