Munster Express Online

It is difficult to understand how the government cannot see the merit in the suggestion by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry that purchasers of second-hand cars should be permitted to re-register them in the county of their choice.

Doctor Mark Gleeson, who quickly professed his South Tipperary roots when meeting this columnist in Dublin recently, is a mind of rail-related information.

The defeat of the Waterford hurlers brought sports fans back to earth last Sunday when we could have been looking forward to a second All Ireland Final appearance in three years.

Over the previous two weeks we brought you on a historic tourist trail of the city to celebrate the launch of a fabulous new map of Waterford .

It is difficult to understand how the government cannot see the merit in the suggestion by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry that purchasers of second-hand cars should be permitted to re-register them in the county of their choice.

I know it’s good to accentuate the positive and ignore the negative. I know that it’s in all our interests to ‘talk up’ the city and I’m all for putting a positive spin on the place.

Many people were surprised to learn last week that a number of councils around the country are engaging the costly services of independent mediators who deal with conflict issues between tenants in their housing estates.

Last week we had great interest in our story of a light rail system linking up with the threatened Rosslare Waterford line.