Munster Express Online

The prospect of as many as 30 Gardaí retiring from the Waterford Division between now and the end of February cannot be entirely discounted.

While the circumstances that led to the death of Wales football manager Gary Speed on Sunday morning may never be fully known, his sad passing has highlighted an issue rarely addressed in a wholesale manner: depression.

So Child Benefit and the Dole are set to be cut in the Budget.

November is the month designated in these parts by the Catholic Church in which we honour our dead.

There’s bound to be a constituency of opinion out there that will pooh-pooh the ‘Occupy’ movement, now encamped alongside Waterford’s Clock Tower for over a week.

“He writes some good stuff, but I’d have to question his politics.”

‘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.

An Garda Síochána, like so many other components of the public service, only tend to receive media coverage in the wake of a controversy.

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?