The €80 per cow rate currently guaranteed by the Suckler Welfare Scheme must be maintained by the Department of Agriculture this...
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Senator slams ‘daft' proposal to slash rural school bus service
Senator slams ‘daft' proposal to slash rural school bus service
Unfair, blinkered and daft – three words used by Senator Paudie Coffey to describe the suggested scaling back of the rural...
Good news: fuel prices reach a four year low!
Good news: fuel prices reach a four year low!
Good news, business readers: motorists across the city and county are currently filling their tanks at prices last recorded in...
Graduated driving licence system mooted by Road Safety Authority
Graduated driving licence system mooted by Road Safety Authority
Earlier this week, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) launched a consultation process to seek public opinion on the introduction of...
Wallace and O'Leary excel as Munster clip Ospreys' wings
Wallace and O'Leary excel as Munster clip Ospreys' wings
Here’s a good table quiz question following Friday’s action in Swansea: what team won a Magners League match in...
Carrick-on-Suir RFC
Carrick-on-Suir RFC
The Carrick-on-Suir dressing room was a quiet one last Saturday night in the appropriately windswept Ardgeeha grounds, the...
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Hurling is a tough game. Few are more attritional. Few are more confrontational in their nature. Fellas get hurt when ash is...
Discarded horse numbers set for massive increase, ‘officer claims'
Discarded horse numbers set for massive increase, ‘officer claims'
The recession looks set to play its part in reducing the numbers of pups abandoned in the post-Christmas period in Waterford,...
Construction activity slows as economic slide continues
Construction activity slows as economic slide continues
Things are going to get worse before they get better in the construction industry, a sentiment confirmed by the latest Ulster...
Fast moving orange light over city was not a UFO – expert
Fast moving orange light over city was not a UFO – expert
A fast moving, bright orange light just a few hundred feet up was spotted careering across the skies by this newspaper over...
The shattering of ‘The Glass' is a local, national and global loss
The shattering of ‘The Glass' is a local, national and global loss
The local news agenda has been all about ‘The Glass’ over the past couple of days, and justly so. At the very least, most...
Dungarvan's kids and local ladies lift the spirits at a chilly Thomond
Dungarvan's kids and local ladies lift the spirits at a chilly Thomond
Thank the stars for Dungarvan’s Under 10 team, who provided the numbed (in more ways than one) masses with some sterling...
