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ABOVE: Dore Optometrist were winners of the Overall Business of the Year Award 2021 at the delayed Kilkenny Business Awards. Staff were pictured with Chamber President Colin Ahern, CEO John Hurley and Terry Clune from main sponsors TransferMate Nearer to home, a nurse originally from Dungarvan in Kilkenny walked alongside Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, as Grand Marshal of the London St Patrick’s Day Parade. Jane Callaway is the Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hospital, in the heart of London. She left Kilkenny to train as a nurse and has been living in London in 1998. She is now married to Chris and they have two little girls - Ella (10) and Robyn (six). In sombre news, a local man was convicted of murder in March. Trevor Rowe, had pleaded not guilty to murdering 71-year-old Anne Butler at her home at Maudlin Street, Kilkenny on March 20, 2020. Following a trial, the jury took just one hour and 19 minutes to find Mr Rowe guilty of murder. A mandatory life sentence was later handed down.
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In happier times, there was great excitement across the county with St Patrick’s Day festivities. Crowds also came out to join in a Walk With Charlie event.Kilkenny City played host to a major fundraising walk as part of the ‘Climb with Charlie’ campaign.Organised by Cllr Joe Malone, the walk saw Charlie Bird, his wife Claire and a host of well-known faces take part.All monies raised went to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and Pieta House. BELOW: Mayor of Kilkenny Andrew McGuinness and Cathaoirleach Fidelis Doherty joined the Climb With Charlie walk in the city Picture: Vicky Comerford