“It wasn’t personal – it was fair comment,” General election candidate Grace O’Sullivan has...
Author: Dermot Keyes
Youth and disability sectors raise concerns at pre-election debates
Youth and disability sectors raise concerns at pre-election debates
Dermot Keyes reports Two of the more under-represented groups in representative political terms: young adults and people with...
Butler wary of FG's 'crackpot' tax plan
Butler wary of FG's 'crackpot' tax plan
Waterford’s Fianna Fáil candidate has claimed that ‘real dangers’ hang over social provisions including Maternity Benefit in the...
Dunphy calls for action on 'zero hour' contacts
Dunphy calls for action on 'zero hour' contacts
Legislation to tackle ‘zero hour’ contracts is urgently required to improve the lot of low-paid and part-time workers according...
Aylward: coalition TDs asleep at Boundary wheel
Aylward: coalition TDs asleep at Boundary wheel
Outgoing Kilkenny TD and election candidate Bobby Aylward (FF) has spoken of his ‘fury’ with fellow Deputies Ann...
A second election? Perish the thought
A second election? Perish the thought
The prospect of a second general election in 2016 started ruminating last midweek when Paddy Power’s odds on another...
COFFEY AND CULLINANE ROUND ON BUTLER'S UNIVERSITY STANCE
COFFEY AND CULLINANE ROUND ON BUTLER'S UNIVERSITY STANCE
In a rare moment of public consensus between Minister Paudie Coffey (FG) and Senator David Cullinane (SF), both rounded on...
Criminality is no laughing matter
Criminality is no laughing matter
Last Friday’s Ulster Bank robbery on The Quay must have been a terrifying experience for the bank official who had a weapon – be...
Curtain up for Portlaw Panto
Curtain up for Portlaw Panto
Portlaw Musical Society’s 36th annual pantomime, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ will run at the Premier Hall from this...
HURLEY TEEING UP FOR BIG YEAR
HURLEY TEEING UP FOR BIG YEAR
Niamh Briggs. Tom Queally. Dan Shanahan. John O’Shea. Susan Smith. Sean Kelly. The list of Park Hotel Waterford Supreme Sports...
The Fog of Ideology
The Fog of Ideology
In political phraseology terms, ‘the national interest’ has been subsumed by talk of ‘recovery’ and...
The joy of a new home
The joy of a new home
Chairman’s Arch project hailed by grateful resident Sharon Maher’s eyes welled up when speaking about her new home...
