Waterford captain Shane Ryan saluted the resolve of a team conditioned on victory after a sensational finish to last Wednesday’s...
Author: Dermot Keyes
'Banks' Magic from Billy
'Banks' Magic from Billy
How did he do it? Seriously, how on Earth did Billy Nolan keep that ball out? With echoes of Gordon Banks’ World Cup wonder save...
Japan's Ambassador Turns Sod on New Hearn Garden
Japan's Ambassador Turns Sod on New Hearn Garden
Japanese Ambassador Chihiro Atsumi was the guest of honour at Tramore House on Friday last when he and Mayor of Waterford Lola...
No Room for Reason in the Suarez Debate
No Room for Reason in the Suarez Debate
First things first: Luis Suarez’s latest biting of an opponent was utterly, utterly deplorable. I wouldn’t even attempt to...
Time to End GAA Replays
Time to End GAA Replays
The next bold step which the GAA must take is to, at the very least, introduce extra-time at the end of all drawn matches. In...
Deise Get the Job Done
Deise Get the Job Done
Waterford – 2-22 Laois – 1-15 Job done. Waterford ensured their 2014 Hurling Championship campaign progressed into...
The ignorant online
The ignorant online
GIVEN my job description and all that goes with it, it’s no great disclosure to state that I’m a heavy user of...
Nothing Manly in Sour Grapes
Nothing Manly in Sour Grapes
When we Gaels get all uppity about the perceived purity ergo superiority of football and hurling over professional soccer (“you...
Sixty days of slogging – but it’ll be worth it!
Sixty days of slogging – but it’ll be worth it!
SIXTY days: that’s the timescale I’ve given myself to get fit enough to enjoy, rather than endure, a five-mile (eight...
Pirlo Gets Us Purring Again
Pirlo Gets Us Purring Again
Watching Andrea Pirlo play football, even from the remove of one’s sitting room is a privilege. But one can only imagine what it...
WIT Committed to Achieving Upgrade with IT Carlow
WIT Committed to Achieving Upgrade with IT Carlow
WATERFORD Institute of Technology (WIT) has re-iterated its commitment to delivering a Technological University (TU) of the...
How Much More Can Our City Take?
How Much More Can Our City Take?
A dark day for Waterford city: a phrase I am weary of writing. In the May 20th edition of this newspaper, I wrote that there was...
