As my regular readers know I have a great interest in the history and origin of words so I’ve plucked a few for you this week...
Author: Joe Falvey
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it’s all right Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little...
Grow it Yourself
Grow it Yourself
Last week we dealt with the increasing popularity of growing your own fruit and vegetables and of the trend back to allotments...
The Good Life
The Good Life
Going green for the good life is catching on. No, I speak not of the impact of the Green Party conference held in Waterford, sin...
Betty – Waterford’s Queen of Dance
Betty – Waterford’s Queen of Dance
This week we celebrate the remarkable career of Betty Bible, a woman whose 60 years of teaching justifiably merits her title as...
The origins of the Tricolour
The origins of the Tricolour
The national flag of Ireland is a vertical tricolour of green, white and orange, what we’ve come to know and love as the...
Favourite places
Favourite places
I got a good reaction to my column last week dealing with the good news story re WRH and ‘my memorable lunch’ with Dr T K...
Good News Story at WRH
Good News Story at WRH
Last week our WRH attracted national kudos for the unrivalled standards it has achieved in the management of its A&E in...
€3.8m for new Men’s Hostel
€3.8m for new Men’s Hostel
After being situated at Lady Lane for generations, the Men’s Hostel in Waterford city is to move to a new, modern, purpose-built...
The Playboy
The Playboy
Last week we delved into a few whimsical doings from times past as a sort of winter gloom busters – it proved a popular item, so...
What a weird and wonderful world
What a weird and wonderful world
To lift the Winter gloom a little I thought I’d take a whimsical glance back at some doings in days of yore by way of a few...
A National Treasure
A National Treasure
The story we tell today is of a man from the world of sport, the world of the GAA in particular yet his reputation transcends...
