There’s bound to be a constituency of opinion out there that will pooh-pooh the ‘Occupy’ movement, now encamped alongside...
Author: Dermot Keyes
‘Significant’ jobs boost for the city
‘Significant’ jobs boost for the city
The Government’s formal response to the escalating unemployment crisis in Waterford city is set to be made before Christmas in...
Time to genuinely change our politics
Time to genuinely change our politics
“He writes some good stuff, but I’d have to question his politics.” That was a comment directed by a third party to a relation...
‘Severe increase’ in homelessness
‘Severe increase’ in homelessness
The South East Simon Community has noted a ‘severe increase’ in homelessness, along with those now facing the prospect of life...
VEC HQ row rumbles on
VEC HQ row rumbles on
Efforts to reverse the Government’s decision to locate the new Waterford/Wexford VEC Headquarters in Wexford Town have been...
Embracing the silence and the dissenter
Embracing the silence and the dissenter
‘Emergency calls only’ flashes across my mobile phone screen as the wind whipped up across the open expanses of Mount Melleray...
All-Star Mullane is out on his own
All-Star Mullane is out on his own
There was a time when a Waterford All-Star success would have almost stopped the presses in local media circles. The sight of...
A Garda who truly was ‘Super’
A Garda who truly was ‘Super’
An Garda Síochána, like so many other components of the public service, only tend to receive media coverage in the wake of a...
‘That would be an economical matter’
‘That would be an economical matter’
David McWilliams breezes across the Tower Hotel foyer to talk to The Munster Express about the state of the State. The...
Drink driving anomaly proves the law’s an ass
Drink driving anomaly proves the law’s an ass
How can we continue to allow drunk drivers who have killed other road users back behind the wheel of car within a day or a week...
Poll topping John Deasy: our political quiet man?
Poll topping John Deasy: our political quiet man?
John Deasy is, whether he likes it or not, viewed locally and further afield as something of a political enigma. He’s also...
Motorist’s fury with Council over parking ticket anomaly
Motorist’s fury with Council over parking ticket anomaly
A man was forced to make a 461-kilometre round trip from Donegal to Dungarvan to be told in court that a parking offence had...
