Landing in reporters’ inboxes a day before the latest permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index last week, IIB Bank’s...
Author: Dermot Keyes
House prices drop €13,000 in six months
House prices drop €13,000 in six months
“I’ve stopped buying newspapers,” a local businessman said to me last week, surely not including The Munster...
Did we expect too much?
Did we expect too much?
[View photos] The massive disappointment of Waterford’s crushing Munster Minor Hurling Championship semi-final defeat by...
Waterford dairy farmers reaching boiling point:
Waterford dairy farmers reaching boiling point:
A young County Waterford dairy farmer has spoken about the €25,000 income dip he’s set to experience this year due to...
The Celtic Tiger remained a stranger to many
The Celtic Tiger remained a stranger to many
The ESRI, the Yoda/Mr Miagi/John Giles-like overseers of the contemporary Irish economic condition has declared that we are in...
Carrickphierish development concerns Ashley Court residents
Carrickphierish development concerns Ashley Court residents
Residents of a suburban city housing estate have voiced their concern with the nature of a development under construction on the...
Hayes: Government must wake up to Carrick's unemployment problem
Hayes: Government must wake up to Carrick's unemployment problem
The people of Carrick-on-Suir deserve more from a Government which has done precious little to tackle its persisting...
House rebuilding costs rise despite construction sector's slowdown
House rebuilding costs rise despite construction sector's slowdown
Rebuilding a house in Waterford increased in expense over the past year despite the slowdown in the construction sector,...
ESRI highlights gender inequality in the home
ESRI highlights gender inequality in the home
The ESRI’s report into domestic duties and the apparent disparity in the sharing of the home workload has gained...
Planning permissions suffer major drop in first quarter
Planning permissions suffer major drop in first quarter
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan could hardly have picked a more apt day to discuss the “shuddering end” of the...
Respect for referees must remain paramount
Respect for referees must remain paramount
When hearing the word “tragedy” being used by former Kerry football manager Jack O’Connor in the context of...
Taking the two-wheeled option to work
Taking the two-wheeled option to work
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing my bit to become a carbon footprint reducing columnist. Incidentally, the fact...
