It Says in The Bridge: February 2025

The first Bridge of 2025 is playing a bit of catchup with stories from the end of last year and from January of this one because there's no issue in that first month, writes Brian Byrne. There's a salute to one of the Covid heroes, one of Kilcullen's own from Nicholastown. There's a nod to the generosity of townspeople in the support they gave to the annual Lions Club Christmas Appeal. 

Those same Lions figure too in the feature on the energy upgrading of homes they built more than two decades ago for older people. The regular animal welfare contributors highlight many successful re-homings of rescue dogs and cats that came into their care. KCA with their Tidy Towns hats have been preparing various planted areas for spring.

The Twinning programme undertaken in recent years is showing positive results, not always noticed. The GAA's Field of Dreams has become reality, and the walkway they have opened to the public is part of helping all get and stay healthy. The Bridge's team of writers continues to entertain, inform, and applaud all of that good stuff.

There's a feature on the submissions made to a planning application for 180 houses in Kilcullen, highlighting local concerns. Far beyond these concerns, there's an update on the situation in Ngong, Kenya, from the Kilcullen-based charity Maintain Hope, that unseasonable rains and floods have resulted in an outbreak of typhoid and extra funds are needed. Julie Felsbergs ponders on the return to life's 'normal frenetic pace' after the distraction of the Christmas season.

In Mary Orford's time-travelling through the local newspapers archives, we get snapshots from Kilcullen of a hundred years ago. A traffic death, some court cases involving a sheep farmer, and advertisements of the day bring us right back to the thought that not much changes in real life. While on the silver screen, the cinema people give us details of the February special St Brigid season of films, well worthy of support. Gillian Rea reflects on a year of her Bit of Business articles.

In his own looking back, Sean Landers recalls the adventures of a 'remarkable racehorse' owned by Sheila Peacocke's father. Music Book certainly seemed to ring in the notes, of the financial kind. John Duffey recalls a point in his life when he became an actor, and would recommend it to everybody. The Creative Writers contribute two very interesting pieces on what might have been, and Daithi de Roiste writes about the Curragh Military Cemetery, a familiar landmark about which many who pass it every day might know very little. Schools. Some sport. All of what Kilcullen and The Bridge is about. On sale today. 

Finally, the Talking Point notes that a happy new year is not something we wish for. It's something we make happen. That's a good thought to take with us through 2025.

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