Patsy Hogan News Today

A look back into our archives vault at what made the local headlines 21 years ago in January 2002.

Professor Linda Hogan - at the top of Irish academia Reporter:  ); Callan woman Professor Linda Hogan has blazed a trail in academia and is a candidate to become the first ever female Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Professor Hogan is one of three final candidates, from whom the new Provost will be chosen, in April. The daughter of the late Bea and Patsy Hogan of the Steppes Bar, Linda attended St Brigid’s College, Callan, and is currently a Professor of Ecumenics at the School of Relig...

Fiction Preview: Special 202 The opener A holiday is just the break Sophie needs – even if she has no idea how to actually ski! Moira Gee’s uplifting “Skipping The Slopes” welcomes you to a brand new Special, and is illustrated by Mandy Dixon. A young woman finds comfort in our poignant next story, “Beacons Of Hope”, by Frances Powell. With an illustration from the Shutterstock picture library. A boy finds his calling in our next story, “Dogs Aloud”, by Helen Yendall, 2000. Wi...