Farewell to sporting stalwarts Waterford lost two sporting icons last week with the announcement of the deaths of Joe Harney and Jimmy Searson, both stalwarts of their respective sports. Joe Harney was a member of the 1959 Waterford All-Ireland Senior Hurling winning team and went on to wear his county colours until...
Author: Catherine Power
Mother’s Day with a difference
Mother’s Day with a difference
Catherine Power I don’t normally do Mother’s Day. I just don’t like the day. I never have done. As a young person I bought into the idea of making sure I had some kind of present for my mother on whatever Sunday in March was deigned a ‘special’ day for Mothers by whatever card company or organisation that came up...
Tony Kelly is Gar Campion at Garter Lane
Tony Kelly is Gar Campion at Garter Lane
Sitting at rehearsal for The Hurler at Garter Lane last weekend I was left fascinated with the physical demands in the staging of a one-man show and hugely impressed with Tony Kelly and his portrayal of the character ‘Gar Campion’. The Hurler ‘Gar Campion’ is Kelly’s own creation but for this performance the actor...
Onwards and upwards in 2020
Onwards and upwards in 2020
Stephanie Louise Art If 2019 is anything to go by Waterford artist Stephanie Louise Furlong is in for another busy and successful year. Having taken a couple of weeks to recover from the hectic pre-Christmas schedule, Stephanie is busy preparation for her next exhibition in Finders Keepers, Little Patrick St in...
Joseph Ready to Rock
Joseph Ready to Rock
In 1979, under the guidance of Fr Séan Melody and Brendan Drohan, De La Salle College Musical Society presented their first show; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Forty years on De La Salle are back with another production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic which is certain to entertain and thrill when...
GAA World Games Begin
GAA World Games Begin
84 teams with 1,300 players from 10 regions around the world paraded from the Waterside carpark to Arundel Square on Sunday evening as the Renault GAA World Games were opened in great style. The Parade was led by the Barrack St Band while the huge swathe of players, coaches and mentors were also kept in step by City...
The Red Iron: From the page to the stage
The Red Iron: From the page to the stage
Jim Nolan explains to Catherine Power the process behind the writing of his new play The Red Iron Jim Nolan’s eagerly awaited new play The Red Iron opens in Garter Lane on November 10th. This new play has garnered much attention over the last few weeks and I was delighted to have the opportunity to catch up with Jim...
MARATHON MANIA
MARATHON MANIA
THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS AND WALKERS FLOCKED TO WATERFORD LAST SATURDAY FOR THE WLRFM WATERFORD VIKING MARATHON WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN A HUGE SUCCESS. Photos by Noel Browne
WATERFORD VIKING MARATHON A HUGE SUCCESS
WATERFORD VIKING MARATHON A HUGE SUCCESS
IT WAS an early start on Saturday morning last for the thousands of runners, walkers, family members and friends who descended on Waterford city for the eighth running of the WLR FM Waterford Viking Marathon. There was a brilliant atmosphere and a great buzz as those participating in the Marathon assembled in the...
CINDERABBA
CINDERABBA
Ready to rock at St Ursula’s If last week’s dress rehearsals are anything to go by, CinderAbba at St Ursula’s primary school this week is a production not to be missed. The show, which tells the story of Cinderella in a clever rhyming script intermingled with many well known and loved Abba songs is the brain child of...
Blues face 'Blexit'
Blues face 'Blexit'
Waterford FC intend to appeal the decision made by UEFA not to grant them a license to play in the qualifying rounds of next season’s Europa League. In a statement released last Friday Blues owner and Chairman Lee Power expressed his deep shock at the news express and directed criticism at the FAI for their role in...
REAL DEAL DELIVERS
REAL DEAL DELIVERS
Dylan Moran makes it eight wins from eight in Castlebar Waterford welterweight Dylan Moran enhanced his growing reputation as a emerging pugilist when he defeated Nicaraguan Nelson Altamirano on points at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar on Friday night last. The fight, which was screened live on TG4, was Moran’s...