Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Embracing the silence and the dissenter
‘Emergency calls only’ flashes across my mobile phone screen as the wind whipped up across the open expanses of Mount Melleray during a recent visit.
Prisoner programme proves there’s a better way
In the past two months we have featured articles about the recent success of U-Casadh, a Waterford-based programme which assists prisoners upon their release.
Feeling the winter blues
The temperatures have dropped, the rain seems to be never-ending, the evenings are getting darker and the local hurling and football fixtures have reached their climax.
The scourge of Emigration
When historians study our local newspapers in years to come, they will be presented with a perfect illustration of the scourge which is currently devastating our communities.
Existing SMEs require more Government help
The Government has a multitude of agencies and organisations geared with the task of helping out business start-ups.
A Garda who truly was ‘Super’
An Garda Síochána, like so many other components of the public service, only tend to receive media coverage in the wake of a controversy.
Drink driving anomaly proves the law’s an ass
How can we continue to allow drunk drivers who have killed other road users back behind the wheel of car within a day or a week of their ending another person’s life?
Race to the Áras gathering pace
It’s interesting to note that Sean Gallagher and Martin McGuinness, two candidates who have not stood in an election in this jurisdiction until now, are polling strongly in the presidential race.
Will the media choose our next president?
TheE campaign to secure the office of President of Ireland has thrown up, to use a quote from one of the hopefuls, “all kinds of everything”.
All students should appreciate education
As all third level institutions across the country have now entered into the first semester of the new academic year, students are adapting to another important year of study.