The Tesco Supermarket on the Ring Road has been doing great business since it opened over six years and as you know operates 24...
Author: John O Connor
A walk through the city
A walk through the city
If you embarked on a journey through Waterford city, do you know what modern/ancient streets you might walk? Take a saunter...
Statues and memorials in our city
Statues and memorials in our city
The argument over ‘what constitutes art’ is an ongoing one that is never going to be resolved to everybody’s satisfaction and,...
Little protest at extension of retirement age
Little protest at extension of retirement age
Perhaps it is because everybody is so mesmerised by the financial mess we find ourselves in but I am surprised there hasn’t been...
Ballybricken ghosts to be disturbed
Ballybricken ghosts to be disturbed
Nothing is sacred. Everybody knows that ancient Ballybricken is full of ghosts and ghouls and now they are to be disturbed from...
Mad marriage traditions
Mad marriage traditions
Kerry photographer Brendan Landy specialises in photographing the American tradition where brides thrash their dresses after the...
Privatisation of City refuse collection?
Privatisation of City refuse collection?
There was an immediate and hostile reaction yesterday to the news that Waterford City Council intends to seek professional...
An Post honours Royal Showband
An Post honours Royal Showband
A set of stamps, including one of Waterford’s Royal Showband, has been unveiled by An Post to celebrate the golden era of the...
Thirty jobs created at the new Audi Garage Waterford
Thirty jobs created at the new Audi Garage Waterford
This week, Audi Ireland officially announced the opening of Audi Waterford as the new authorised Audi dealer for the South East...
The next Irish-American President?
The next Irish-American President?
This column has always been slow to blow its own trumpet but when Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, I did...
Government losing out on revenue
Government losing out on revenue
It is difficult to understand how the government cannot see the merit in the suggestion by the Society of the Irish Motor...
World record bid achieved by XLc teacher
World record bid achieved by XLc teacher
Though now a seasoned Leaving Certificate campaigner, Waterford man Eoin Jackson was still delighted to discover on Wednesday...
