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Artist Don Conroy has teamed up with Sightsavers Ireland to remind Kilkenny primary schools to get painting for the third annual Sightsavers Junior Painter Awards, which closes on Wednesday, November 23.

One man charged, two released, and a total of six arrests made, the investigation into the murder of popular school teacher and publican John Kenny has continued unabated, with three people, still being questioned by gardai last evening, expected to soon be charged or released.

----With just a few weeks to go before the closing date, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is reminding people nationwide to get their entries in for the 2011 Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards. The awards recognise the extraordinary and often un-sung contributions of people across Ireland to make roads safer. The closing date for entries is Friday September 16 and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Farmleigh House on Wednesday October 12. Information on the categories and how to nominate a ‘Leading Light’, as well as entry forms, are available at www.rsa.ie/leadinglights.

A frequently asked question from our clients is “what are the questions most commonly asked at interview?” Although we believe that rehearsing standard, generic answers is the wrong way to approach the interview, it is very helpful to have a strong sense of how to approach the ones regularly asked. So here goes.

Eddie Keher is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

Paulstown boxer Darren O’Neill along with Ken Egan and Tyrone McCullagh qualified for the European semi-finals and will now have the chance to box tonight (Friday) for gold or silver following their sensational wins at the Ice Palace in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon.

Last Sunday (March 21) Kilkenny Top Pro Martial Arts Club hosted a full-contact kickboxing show in the Ormond hotel which was a huge success with a sell-out crowed,

Sometime in the 1880s my grandfather, Philip O’Gorman, left his home town of Littleton (An Baile Beag), north Tipperary, and walked into Galway. He must have been very well educated because his first job was reading the Dublin newspapers in two pubs in High Street. The Dublin papers arrived on the afternoon train. Then, surprisingly, he got a good job as an assistant librarian in the university. Surprisingly, because at the time it was a predominantly a Protestant institution. From there, he rented a small shop in High Street, established the Galway Printing Company, and cycled around Connemara getting orders for small printing jobs. These were later dispatched from the Claddagh quays to be delivered or collected from the small harbours all along the coast.

On March 21, Kilkenny Top Pro martial arts club will host a full-contact kickboxing event in the Ormonde Hotel which will feature two senior Irish title fights as the main bouts, as well as a full under card of up and coming fighters.

Many years ago, a friend of mine named Anthony recalled canvassing for the Labour Party in a rural area in Co Galway during one of the general election in the 1970s or early 1980s.