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Excitement is building as eleven ‘Blarney Person of the Month’ nominees are in contention for the overall 2023 title, which will be announced at an awards ceremony on this Saturday night, January 27 at The Castle Hotel in Blarney. The awards, which will be attended by more than 150 guests, aims to recognise achievement, leadership and altruism in community, sport, business, arts, family or, indeed, from any sector or activity in the local community so that others may be inspired to follow. “With so many worthy monthly winners during 2023, our panel of judges have once again had a particularly difficult task on their hands to choose an overall winner,” said Kate Durrant, one of the organisers, adding that while the nominees come from a wide range of different backgrounds they all had one thing in common. “Through their lives and achievements each and every one has excelled in their own special way. In that regard, they are all winners,” said Kate. The nominees this year incl
Bruuuuceeeee! The Boss is back and he’s hitting up Boucher Road Playing Fields on May 9, one of four dates on the island. Yes, you could go and see him in Croke Park on May 19 (at time of print, Kilkenny and Cork are sold out already) but our bet is that the (relative) intimacy of the Belfast date could make this one to tell the grandchildren about. Mr Springsteen, we can hardly wait.
New novels by Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín and Marian Keyes are among the works in the pipeline, along with eagerly anticipated debuts by Ferdia Lennon and Scott McKendry