Sites in the Port of Waterford and outside Portlaw have been suggested as locations for a potential new facility for Glanbia, as...
Author: Dermot Keyes
‘Manning up’ will not defeat depression
‘Manning up’ will not defeat depression
Last week, a chance encounter led to the topic of this week’s column. “My husband had a difficult surgery a few months ago,”...
Deerpark Road danger angers local mother
Deerpark Road danger angers local mother
“Will South Tipperary County Council allow people to be killed before they improve the road between Carrick-on-Suir and Dove...
A speech that will echo beyond Béal na mBláth
A speech that will echo beyond Béal na mBláth
Béal na mBláth is, in scenic terms, about as innocuous from a topographical perspective as, say, Ballydurn in County Waterford....
A workplace I’m incredibly proud of
A workplace I’m incredibly proud of
The people you work with rank among the people you know best in life. Many working relationships, as was traditionally the case...
Text message to Davy didn’t come from city
Text message to Davy didn’t come from city
A text message received by Waterford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald in the wake of the Munster Hurling Final defeat to...
Economic myopia is a plague on all
Economic myopia is a plague on all
“This country has been wrecked by about 100 people,” a local businessman put it to me during a conversation last week. “That’s...
A GAA and journalistic giant feted at Dungarvan surprise
A GAA and journalistic giant feted at Dungarvan surprise
There are few, if any, in Irish journalism or Waterford GAA to equal John Anthony Murphy, who recently turned a hale and hearty...
Funding boost speeds up reworking of Quay
Funding boost speeds up reworking of Quay
The reworking of the Quay into the city’s second ‘Green Route’, which includes provision for two new roundabouts on Waterford’s...
Mandatory radon testing must be introduced
Mandatory radon testing must be introduced
While Phil Hogan has put local government reform front and centre (how odd that Waterford and Tipperary have been front-loaded...
Roche queries Council merger
Roche queries Council merger
City Councillor Mary Roche has questioned the wisdom of merging Waterford’s local authorities, a move that now appears all but...
Needle exchange service to be delivered in region
Needle exchange service to be delivered in region
A pharmacy-based needle exchange service for drug users in the south east is to be provided by the Health Service Executive...
