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I have often been intrigued by the stories of German spies parachuted into Ireland during World War II. It was quite an intriguing time. De Valera was anxious to steer the country in neutral waters, despite serious pressure from Britain and America to at least open our ports to the transatlantic convoys which were being hammered by German U-boats. The IRA and its sympathisers, were pro German to such an extent that Germany believed it could foster a lot of trouble in Britain’s ‘back yard’ by encouraging the IRA to make mischief.

Kieran Goss, the acclaimed singer/songwriter whom country legend Don Williams calls "one of the most gifted performers around today" is visiting Kilkenny as part of his Irish tour.

Students at a city boys’ primary school walked away with the honours recently at a national competition aimed at encouraging children to understand global inequality.

Students from Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan were locked in intense negotiations at the mock European Council this week.

A Galwayman was killed in an horrific accident in America last weekend when a 10-foot-deep trench he was digging collapsed on him, burying him under a mountain of soil.

Sr Stanislaus Kennedy who campaigns for social justice has apologised to children who were abused while under the care of the Sisters of Charity who ran two Kilkenny-based institutions named in the recently published Ryan Report.

If any reader thought that spirituality was a dying aspiration of the Irish people, they might recall the 20,000 or so who climbed Croagh Patrick on the last Sunday of July, or go to Knock, Co Mayo, on August 15, the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Assumed into Heaven, to see thousands of people, many in family groups, happily attending Mass, saying the Stations of the Cross, eating ice-cream and chips, thoroughly enjoying the day out.

The finalist businesses for the Westmeath County Enterprise Awards face an anxious wait to see if their business will be the overall winner of the prestigious Westmeath County Enterprise Board Business Award.