Paraic Fanning didn’t duck the post-match interview on Sunday last. For the record, Justin McCarthy chose such a path on more than one occasion in both victory and defeat during his time with Waterford. But like Derek McGrath, Davy Fitzgerald and Michael Ryan before him, the current Déise manager did not exclusively...
Author: Dermot Keyes
CAPITULATION
CAPITULATION
Waterford’s Munster Hurling campaign goes down in flames “This means thinking of others. It means losing oneself in the group for the good of the group. It means being not just willing but eager to sacrifice personal interest or glory for the welfare of all. There is a profound difference between mere willingness and...
Dave Hearne’s heroic legacy
Dave Hearne’s heroic legacy
The Duncannon air was thick with grief on Tuesday last. The sadness and shock at the death of Garda Dave Hearne was worn across every one of the many hundreds of faces who came to support his devastated family and to honour his life and service. Another gut-wrenching reminder of life’s fragility, underlining how even...
PLEBISCITE FALLOUT CONTINUES
PLEBISCITE FALLOUT CONTINUES
The Minister charged with making the case for directly elected Mayors in Waterford and Cork has conceded that he and Fine Gael could have ‘pushed a bit earlier and harder’ to get the proposal over the line. Speaking to The Munster Express, Minister of State and Ferrybank-based TD John Paul Phelan said: “Anyone who is...
Tragic Garda laid to rest in Wexford
Tragic Garda laid to rest in Wexford
The Waterford-based Garda who tragically died while diving over the weekend was laid to rest on Tuesday in his native Wexford. The remains of Garda Dave Hearne were removed tomorrow from his John’s Hill home to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Duncannon for his Requiem Mass.Tributes were paid to the off-duty Garda...
HOLDEN A TUNE AND LOVING IT
HOLDEN A TUNE AND LOVING IT
Darren Holden on The High Kings, Billy Joel and life on the road… “I used to hear him on his keyboard every night,” a neighbour of Darren Holden’s told me, recalling the music that happily wafted down Mooncoin’s Main Street in the early to mid-1980s. “He’s toured the world a few times over since but he’s the very...
Fanning hoping for one big push
Fanning hoping for one big push
“We’d a really super session when we got back together on Tuesday night,” said Waterford boss Paraic Fanning as the countdown to Sunday’s clash with Limerick intensifies. “We’ve trained really well in general in the build-up to the Championship, obviously we reached the National League Final and picked up some really...
Vicky: the spark who lit the fire
Vicky: the spark who lit the fire
Darren Holden took to the stage at Mooncoin’s Coláiste Cois Siúire on Wednesday last, perched himself behind a keyboard and did what he’s done so brilliantly throughout his adult life: he entertained an audience. The audience in question was his alma mater’s latest compliment on a night when he was one of two special...
“BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR”
“BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR”
Length of manslaughter sentence stuns family of Kilmacow musician At Waterford’s Circuit Criminal Court on Friday last, Judge Eugene O’Kelly handed down a five-year prison sentence to Craig McGrath (26) of Rathfadden Park for the manslaughter of Kilmacow musician Damien O’Brien (28). The sentence was greeted with...
TIPPING POINT
TIPPING POINT
Déise’s 14 men undone by high scoring Premier The crows swooped and scavenged around the Ryan Stand amidst the post-match detritus on a calm Sunday afternoon in hurling’s greatest cathedral. Two weekends into the 2019 Championship, it looks like it’s going to take something very, very special on Waterford’s behalf if...
Mayoral proposal has been disserved
Mayoral proposal has been disserved
“The Government and members of the Oireachtas would retain the ability to produce legislation for a directly elected Mayor and bring it before both Houses of the Oireachtas.” This paragraph, the last text on page 6 of Waterford City & County Council’s guide to the plebiscite for a directly elected Mayor caught my...
Locals march again for cardiac care equality
Locals march again for cardiac care equality
“We were delighted with the turnout today,” said Health Equality For The South East (HEFSE) PRO and City East Local Election candidate Matt Shanahan as the crowds filed away from the Mall on Saturday last. “It keeps sending the message out to the powers that be about the need for 24/7 cardiac care at UHW, about the...