It’s called the Kilkenny Witches Paddle and it’s talking place Friday 30th October at 6pm on the river from the Castle as far as Greens bridge and back.

Aideen Stevens and my clients from my business Synergy Pilates, alongside Roger McLure from Riverbend adventures and chair of the Aqua canoe club, with other club members and dragon boaters will be dressing up as witches and wizards and taking to the water for a dusk /night time paddle with lanterns all to raise money for the Sing for Memory choir , which is a support choir in Kilkenny for patients of Alzheimer’s and Dementia which is currently funded by SOS and Kilkenny county council.

Ashtyn Domican is a Youth Worker, running the competition. Ossory Youth is hosting a county-wide youth talent competition called Ossory On Stage. This competition consists of 5 qualifying rounds throughout the month of November in various locations in the county – Callan, Graiguenamanagh, Urlingford, Thomastown and Kilkenny City.

Young people can sign up to perform any variety of talents – singing, dancing, playing an instrument, poetry reading, stand up comedy, anything! The top three performers from each qualifying round go on to perform in the finale on December 3 in the Watergate to compete for the grand prize.

This event is being hosted by Ossory Youth, funded in part by the KCETB, and participating in the Oíche na hÓige Youth Night. The dates for the qualifying rounds are as follows: Callan – Friday, November 6 @ 7:30 PM Graiguenamanagh – Thursday, November 12 @ 6:00 PM Kilkenny City – Friday, November 13 @ 6:00 PM (Oíche na hÓige Youth Night event)

Donie Butler chats about raising the issue of the McDonagh Junction train station site, with problems still present.