While acknowledging that it could not operate its regular ‘370’ service in South Wexford throughout the ‘big freeze, Bus Éireann...
Author: Dermot Keyes
My son, the heroin addict
My son, the heroin addict
‘Denise’ (who wished to refrain from using her real name) is Waterford born and raised. She is the mother of two children. Her...
Secretary deserves credit for honest, radical report
Secretary deserves credit for honest, radical report
Correctly or incorrectly – we’ve all know where we stand ourselves on this particular issue – but GAA officials...
The Carer’s Allowance should be sacrosanct
The Carer’s Allowance should be sacrosanct
The financial hedonism that catalysed the IMF’s arrival into this Republic lead our out-of-touch Government to introduce several...
Neighbourly values shone during our snowiest days
Neighbourly values shone during our snowiest days
It was with no little sense of adventure that I donned my hiking boots, gloves and woolly hat to traverse the three miles from...
Folly of city link rail closure illustrated during cold snap
Folly of city link rail closure illustrated during cold snap
The loss of the Waterford city to Rosslare Europort railway service to users at either end of the line has been starkly...
Gardaí: heroin’s grip is spreading
Gardaí: heroin’s grip is spreading
Provisional statistics outlined to Waterford City Council’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) this week have illustrated the...
Hooligans prey on motorists
Hooligans prey on motorists
Groups of teenage boys have decided that terrorising motorists on the city’s already treacherous roads is a fun way of putting...
Change must come for all our sakes
Change must come for all our sakes
Garret FitzGerald believes that having the Dáil sitting for a greater chunk of the year would make little difference to either...
Nine points worth noting in this remarkable week
Nine points worth noting in this remarkable week
The spirit of Thomas Francis Meagher was superbly recalled in The Irish Times on Monday. Use your vote: The spirit of dead...
Rays of hope in this troubled time for all
Rays of hope in this troubled time for all
Perhaps the only utterance Brian Lenihan has made in recent weeks that everyone can agree upon is how resilient we are as a...
A fitting record of our First World War story
A fitting record of our First World War story
For decades in this Free State/26 Counties/Republic, to openly discuss the role played by Irishmen in the First World War was a...
