While away from Waterford recently, I was saddened to learn of the death of Vincent O’Toole, one of the city’s genuine...
Author: John O Connor
Growing Pains for the European Capital of Culture
Growing Pains for the European Capital of Culture
Readers may recall that a few years ago Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford came together as the ‘Three Sisters Region’ in a bid to...
Better News for Newspapers
Better News for Newspapers
The newest and most comprehensive media research figures in Britain contain some interesting and encouraging news for...
Big Tom Takes the Dusty Country Road to Heaven
Big Tom Takes the Dusty Country Road to Heaven
One of the biggest showband icons from the 1960s to the present day left us last week. Big Tom McBride passed away aged 81 years...
Crowd Behaviour and Media Coverage among the RSC Talking Points
Crowd Behaviour and Media Coverage among the RSC Talking Points
Football is football and often it’s not for the fainthearted and those with delicate ears. Everybody loves a bit of drama and...
North Korean Money for Waterford Airport
North Korean Money for Waterford Airport
North Korea’s Supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has agreed to invest in excess of €20m in Waterford Regional Airport in a deal put...
Jumping Through Hoops
Jumping Through Hoops
Waterford maintain superb form to defeat oldest rivals John O’Connor at the RSC On a cold, wet evening it was great to see over...
Did the Irish invent rugby?
Did the Irish invent rugby?
It is amazing the arguments people get into in pubs about things that don’t really matter. It seems that following Ireland’s...
Chancers & Divas in Airport Queues
Chancers & Divas in Airport Queues
Of late, I have done a lot of lengthy queuing at airports and there is no doubt in my mind that some of the chancers and divas...
What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
From numerous religious paintings and icons our subconscious has formed an image of Jesus mostly as a handsome, thin figure with...
Take a Walk, Have a Drink and Shout at the TV!
Take a Walk, Have a Drink and Shout at the TV!
A recent scientific investigation into ageing came up with some interesting findings. Globally, the average life span is 72...
Exhumed Remains Still with Undertaker Five Months Later
Exhumed Remains Still with Undertaker Five Months Later
Disputes over graves and who should be buried in them are nothing new in this country but last week came news of an unusual case...
