To al our Community members stay alert this Christmas Gardaí are warning the public to be aware of a new text scam alert, known as the ‘grandparent scam’. The scam involves members of the public receiving a random text message purporting to be from a family member stating that they require financial help or are …
Polska Szkoła im. św. Jana Pawła II w Kilkenny is a wonderfully example of how to keep your heritage, history and your native mother tongue alive when you make another country your home. They invite you to learn Polish, knowledge about Poland and history Polish at the Polish School in Kilkenny.They provide intimate conditions, textbooks, …
The first event organized by the new Ambassador of Romania in Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Laurențiu Mihai Ștefan, happened to be on Romania’s National Day. Eager to meet people from the Romanian-speaking communities settled in Ireland, Mr. Ambassador has had a rich career in the few months he has been in this position, and one …
Now Friday last saw what I suppose was Ireland’s launch of the Christmas festivities. The nine-o clock news music came to an end and up popped Ryan Tubridy. All the children of Ireland were let stay up late for the toy show and the ‘Official launch” of the Irish Christmas festivities As Kilkenny gets ready …
As our regular readers will be aware, we often look to Europe as we compare the lives of the members of the Irish seniors to those who live on the mainland of Europe. Sometimes these comparisons can be of interest and at times dispel the notions we are way behind our EU partners. To be …
One day with the Romanian Ambassador in Kilkenny On the 4th of November 2021 Twilight Community Group was the host of H.E. Laurentiu-Mihai STEFAN the Ambassador of Romania in Ireland, and his wife Georgeta Bratu. For the first time in history, Kilkenny city was hosting a high rank official from Romania. This didn’t just happen. …
Lifetime Music Stories By Liviu Iftime Kilkenny is set to host at the beginning of November just before her birthday, Aleka Potinga, the Romanian rising jazz singer in Ireland. Born in Timisoara, Romania, Aleka has fast become one of the rising jazz vocalists on the Irish jazz scene. She has a Bachelor of Arts in …
Lend a Helping Hand This Winter This Week the government launched their get winter ready programme. We recently highlighted what we thought was important for our seniors and at Twilight Community group we believe we can never have enough information when it comes to our safety. So, we have decided, as the temperature dropped over …
Now with great fanfare and TV and print media worldwide we were told that our world leaders have taken on the battle to save Humanity form Humanity itself! Ironic really. The event was Cop 26 in Glasgow. The came from all over the world on trains, planes, and automobiles. A Presidential motorcade of at least …
The ever-expanding Twilight Community Group are currently involved in two government supported projects. Over the past number of weeks, the finishing touches of their ‘International Community festival’ supported by the Department of Justice and Department of foreign Affairs supported programme ‘Communicating EU’ project. The communities and countries involved in the International Community Festival are from …
