As the greatest GAA Championship summer of my lifetime draws to a close next weekend, the arrival of ‘September Sundays: As...
Author: Dermot Keyes
All systems go for Carrick Music Theatre Festival
All systems go for Carrick Music Theatre Festival
The inaugural Carrick Music Theatre Festival will be held at the Strand Theatre this Saturday and Sunday, September 28th and...
Green shoots in Ballybeg
Green shoots in Ballybeg
The timing of my visit to the Ballybeg Community Development Project (CDP) on Thursday last coincided, well, coincidentally,...
MAN'S HIP BROKEN OVER DEBT OF €100
MAN'S HIP BROKEN OVER DEBT OF €100
A Waterford man had his hip broken due to a €100 drug-related debt: that was one of several shocking revelations disclosed by a...
Second Captains onto a winner
Second Captains onto a winner
Difficulties can, from time to time, present opportunities, and that’s certainly proven the case for the ‘Second...
A great unspoken evil
A great unspoken evil
I walked past a woman on The Quay on Thursday evening last. Her left eye socket was a hue of black and blue. I did my best not...
Recession a factor in increased river rescue call-outs on Suir
Recession a factor in increased river rescue call-outs on Suir
The economic downturn has proven an ‘undoubted’ factor in the increased call-out levels recorded by Waterford City...
Funding boost for Waterford Airport
Funding boost for Waterford Airport
Waterford Airport is to benefit from almost €1 million in government-approved funding between now and the end of 2014. The...
The kindness of strangers
The kindness of strangers
Three separate events held in the past week – two held in Waterford city, the other in Carrick-on-Suir, with the latter...
Carrick Cancer Support Fund in 'thumb war' world record bid
Carrick Cancer Support Fund in 'thumb war' world record bid
A fundraising group set up to assist a County Waterford mother of four who diagnosed with cancer in April is hoping to enter the...
Halligan slams Labour's 'betrayal'
Halligan slams Labour's 'betrayal'
The Labour Party have betrayed the very people they vowed to protect, Waterford TD John Halligan blasted, just days after...
The History Boys
The History Boys
What’s seldom is wonderful, so the saying goes. And how strongly those words resonate with anyone that’s followed Waterford...
