Archive for the ‘To Be Honest With You’ Category
Cullen’s departure leaves Fianna Fáil in local bother
Brendan Kenneally has already admitted it. Gary Wyse too.
When sectarianism reared its ugly head on The Hook
athal O’Shannon, then a young reporter with The Irish Times was dispatched from D’Olier Street to report on a boycott, by then a fortnight old, which had begun in Fethard-on-Sea on the Hook Peninsula.
Treasured memories of one special shopkeeper
“Everyone knew Tommy,” said Sister Margaret Fogarty, when recalling her late brother who, for decades, was woven into the social fabric of the Tannery Town of Portlaw.
Ballyneale’s Tom Kiely: a legendary all-rounder
As a youngster, when trips to Slievenamon were a regular and wonderful feature, the family wagon made the occasional incursion into the village of Ballyneale, just three miles from Carrick-on-Suir.
The proud Olympic act of a local sporting hero
Peter O’Connor, the most famous Waterford athlete of his generation, stands alone not only for his world long jump records, but for his actions beyond the sand pit at the 1906 ‘Intercalated Games’ in Athens.
The murky world of legal highs is on our doorstep
Unless Gerry Daly is suddenly back in vogue, it’s difficult to rationalise how pills for garden plants have become so popular with young people across Waterford and beyond in recent months.
Portlaw’s backstage heroes and 30 years of star making
Thomas J Kelly (1929-2002) is, one imagines, a name not known to most of us, yet he is, based on that supposition, one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung heroes.
Why Civil War ghosts denied Mulcahy the Taoiseach’s post
Throughout history, Waterford-born politicians have rarely figured prominently in the leadership of our many political parties, both past and present.
A Waterford man’s role in 1916’s terrible beauty
The Stonebreaker’s Yard in Kilmainham Jail is a place that all Irish citizens should visit.
Keeping the flame of hope alight for a missing sister
Stop and pause for a few moments and consider the following: Imagine your wife missing.


