Person: Jimmy Walsh

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

John Fogarty: Look-but-don’t-touch policy hinders hurling

In time, it might be termed “The UNESCO defence”.

news

Kilkenny father-of-one dies in crash involving two trucks in Australia

gaa

Future is bright for Ballyhale: 'You’d hope to entice every young lad and lassie in the parish into being a hurler'

gaa

Kilkenny chiefs fear impact of rate-change on Nowlan Park

gaa

It won’t be possible to play in every game, Pádraic Maher says

gaa

PREDICTIONS: Who will come out on top in Division 1B?

Katie Taylor and Michael Conlan win IABA awards

AIBA World Elite champions Katie Taylor and Michael Conlan scooped two of the awards at last night’s Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) Annual Awards in Dublin.

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

Jimmy Walsh: Success of elite schools hits Kilkenny player development

Kilkenny GAA secretary Jimmy Walsh believes the success of a small number of secondary schools in the county is having a profoundly negative impact on the development of young hurlers between the ages of 14 and 18.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2015

Movie reviews: The Place Beyond the Pines

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to cops and criminals once their stories are resolved in the traditionally violent climax to a crime flick, then The Place Beyond the Pines (15A) is for you. Ryan Gosling plays Luke, a feckless motorcycle stunt rider who travels from town to town with the carnival.

Sun, 14 Apr, 2013

County boards winning fixture-scheduling battle, says survey

Most county boards believe they are winning the battle with inter-county fixtures impinging on the club game.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2013

Foreign clubs seek handout to join The Gathering

The GAA is being asked to provide funds to international clubs planning on visiting Ireland for The Gathering.

Sat, 15 Dec, 2012

Re-emerging signs of confidence at the mart ringsides

Autumn is a time of change, the days get shorter, the leaves change colour — and customers not seen ringside at cattle sales since the spring or the previous autumn begin to gradually reappear.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2012

Some signs of factory cattle scarcity in marts

After last weeks surge in numbers, the supply of stock presented at marts reduced this week.

Thu, 30 Aug, 2012

Prices held up as cattle off-loaded from wet fields

June of 2012 will probably be remembered by many farmers as the month that redefined the meaning of hardship.

Thu, 28 Jun, 2012

Weather kept away more sellers than buyers

With considerable numbers of animals returned indoors in many areas, due to a combination of scarce grass and poor underfoot conditions, the mart trade has seen numbers reduced, as sellers concentrate on getting their farms realigned to overcome weather difficulties.

Thu, 03 May, 2012

Hitler shocks Poland and the Cats shock Cork

IT was with great interest I read your World War II anniversary feature last Monday, with particular reference to the photograph of the Kilkenny hurling team led by Jimmy Walsh and the Cork team captained by Jack Lynch, parading around Croke Park.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2009

Cats cried the day the music died

THE closure of our beloved Radio Kilkenny — the voice of the Cats — has left a vacuum not just in terms of the ‘broadcasting market’, but in the lives of thousands of people, especially the elderly and infirm to whom it had become a friend over the past two decades.

Thu, 15 Jan, 2004