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Mary Fitzgerald to join Adam King at Virtual Hug launch for Kilkenny Day

Paralympian and Grand Marshall of the 2022 Kilkenny City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Mary Fitzgerald, will accompany Adam King in the unveiling of his Virtual Hug-inspired artwork on Kilkenny Day Sunday October 9. The sculpture was inspired by Adam’s ...

02 Oct 2022 at 12:33

Athletics

Weynay Ghebresilasie hoping to represent Great Britain at Paris Olympics

Weynay Ghebresilasie hopes to represent Great Britain at the Paris Olympics, 12 years after he was the flag bearer for Eritrea at London 2012. Ghebresilasie, then an 18-year-old steeplechaser, stayed in Britain after the Games to avoid ...

02 Oct 2022 at 15:16

Derry News

Derry AMH knitting hats and "yarn hugs" to send to babies of Ukraine

AMH Foyle, a charity organisation in Derry that supports adults experiencing mental ill-health, have been recycling and transforming their hand-knitted Christmas tree into hats and "yarn hugs” for the babies of Ukraine. As Ukrainian ...

08 Mar 2022 at 19:33

Sport

Marcel Hug says Winter Paralympics decision is right but feels for athletes

Paralympic star Marcel Hug backed the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games in Beijing but feels for the sporting stars caught up in the situation. The International Paralympic Committee made a ...

03 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Adam’s giant heart to be unveiled to celebrate Kilkenny day

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Adam’s giant heart to be unveiled celebrate Kilkenny day

Kilkenny City has revealed plans to unveil a very special sculpture featuring Adam King’s legendary ‘Virtual Hug’ to celebrate Kilkenny Day. Adam’s original design was created in 2020 during the Covid-19 outbreak, to help ...

14 Sept 2022 at 15:33

Kilkenny City

Huge new statue being lowered into place in Kilkenny

On the canal walk in the city, a busy morning was had putting Kilkenny's newest statue into place ahead of a big unveiling this Sunday for Kilkenny Day. Kilkenny City will be the home for a very special sculpture ...

07 Oct 2022 at 11:33

Athletics

London Marathon winner Sifan Hassan reveals her goal was to just finish the race

Sifan Hassan only entered the London Marathon to see if she could finish it. Yet despite stopping twice, once through injury and once as she tried to grab a drink, the 30-year-old track specialist won it. On the ...

23 Apr 2023 at 15:01

Athletics

David Weir feels refreshed ahead of 24th London Wheelchair Marathon

David Weir feels refreshed and ready to go again as he prepares to tackle a 24th consecutive London Wheelchair Marathon – with no plans to retire just yet. While Sir Mo Farah reiterated Sunday would mark his ...

21 Apr 2023 at 15:58

World

Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine’s Day

India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as Cow Hug Day to better promote Hindu values. The Animal ...

09 Feb 2023 at 16:36

On the Road

Comfort and class are to the fore in the new DS4 Hybrid

Here we are, a new year and it's that time of year when some will be considering a new 241-plate car. I have spent some 700km behind the wheel of the DS 4 plug-in hybrid in some very wet, windy and ...

06 Jan 2024 at 11:33

Kilkenny City

TOP READ (2022): Huge new statue being lowered into place in Kilkenny

From October 7, 2022: On the canal walk in the city, a busy morning was had putting Kilkenny's newest statue into place ahead of a big unveiling this Sunday for Kilkenny Day. Kilkenny City will be ...

30 Dec 2022 at 13:33

Athletics

Peres Jepchirchir smashes women’s-only world record to win London Marathon

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women’s-only world record to win a thrilling London Marathon. The Kenyan kicked for home as she turned down The Mall and won in two hours, 16 ...

21 Apr 2024 at 12:05

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