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The half-hearted effort by the Government to offer justice to the women who were incarcerated involuntarily between 1922 and 1996 (yes, that recently) has been welcomed by the survivor advocacy group Justice for Magdalenes this week, although they are not entirely satisfied with the effort.

Two communities in Kilkenny were affected by two separate tragedies that occurred in their areas over Christmas.

It was with shock that I digested the news that Avril Doyle is to stop down from her role as MEP for Ireland East.

Kilkenny is to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a parade that has been organised by a small group of interested people - who do not want a string of criticisms after the event this year.

There have been many highs and lows over the past week and I would have thought that the local and Euro elections would have dominated our news pages today, however, unfortunately, two horrendous tragedies take that position.

It is finally all over. Not only are the candidates all exhausted but we are all a little exhausted from politics at the moment and from now on it will be winding down.