In the Arts Trail of this year’s Imagine Festival, there seems to be a theme of nudity, with a major show in Greyfrias called...
General Stories
Review: Eric Sweeney
Review: Eric Sweeney
A Coffee Concert with Eric Sweeney is such a treat and his recent Liszt Tribute organ concert at Christ Church Cathedral was a...
Review: Billy Bragg
Review: Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg came to the The Forum as part of the Imagine Arts Festival and co-sponsored by the Waterford Council of Trade Unions...
Review: Bash-Latterday Plays
Review: Bash-Latterday Plays
Devious Theatre Company, Kilkenny took another positive step towards recognition as a professional theatre company with a...
Review: The Country Girls
Review: The Country Girls
A world premiere, a Garter Lane opening, an Edna O’Brien script from a book banned in 1960, the author in the audience, a nude...
Cheekpoint Pier to be saved thanks to €100,000 funding
Cheekpoint Pier to be saved thanks to €100,000 funding
Waterford County Council expects to receive over €100,000 in funding for emergency repair work of the Cheekpoint Pier, currently...
County Waterford’s 40 ghost estates
County Waterford’s 40 ghost estates
County Waterford has been saddled with 40 ‘ghost housing estates’ since the downturn of the construction industry, Waterford...
The scourge of Emigration
The scourge of Emigration
When historians study our local newspapers in years to come, they will be presented with a perfect illustration of the scourge...
Existing SMEs require more Government help
Existing SMEs require more Government help
The Government has a multitude of agencies and organisations geared with the task of helping out business start-ups. But eight...
A Garda who truly was ‘Super’
A Garda who truly was ‘Super’
An Garda Síochána, like so many other components of the public service, only tend to receive media coverage in the wake of a...
Genzyme’s quality earns praise from Minister Bruton and IDA
Genzyme’s quality earns praise from Minister Bruton and IDA
Genzyme’s excellence in the pharmaceutical field won praise from Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, who attended last week’s official...
Government hatches mortgage arrears plan – just about
Government hatches mortgage arrears plan – just about
A mortgage-to-rent pilot scheme is expected to get underway very shortly, but anyone thinking that this might be the solution to...
