The boy scouts motto – Be Prepared – should be drilled into every man, woman and child in this country, for the very good reason...
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Frisby confident of bucking trend
Frisby confident of bucking trend
The property market meltdown may have cost the building industry – and the taxpayer – countless millions but Waterford developer...
Co-op’s Chairman pride despite deal’s rejection
Co-op’s Chairman pride despite deal’s rejection
Liam Herlihy strode into a lecture room temporarily housing the waiting media at Kildalton College on Monday last with a...
Deputy Deasy Waterford’s least Dail voter
Deputy Deasy Waterford’s least Dail voter
The Dail voting record of Waterford TDs was outlined in the Independent recently. Brendan Kenneally was the top voter at 95 per...
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Greece and the markets are causing much worry
Just as I started writing this column, the main US stockmarket, the Dow Jones, had fallen by 1000 points, only to recover about...
Bus Éireann proud of its ‘When’s My Bus’ service
Bus Éireann proud of its ‘When’s My Bus’ service
A new website developed by Bus Éireann – www.whensmybus.ie – now provides real-time information to passengers wanting to know...
City car sales up by 128 per cent
City car sales up by 128 per cent
April proved a productive month for car dealerships in Waterford city, with traders reporting a 128 per cent rise in sales when...
Momentous Monday for Glanbia farmers
Momentous Monday for Glanbia farmers
With less than a week to go to the crucial ballot by 8,000 Glanbia Co-operative Society shareholders on the purchase of the...
Mortgage problems? don’t delay – act now
Mortgage problems? don’t delay – act now
Redundancies at Quinn Insurance suggest that the headache of mortgage arrears and foreclosures could well escalate as 800...
Gormley delivers blow to Woodstown dig bid
Gormley delivers blow to Woodstown dig bid
Hopes that the Government might fund a full excavation of the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford appear diminished. Local Labour...
Glanbia deal far from secure
Glanbia deal far from secure
The Special General Meetings (SGMs) that will decide the fate of Glanbia Co-op’s proposed takeover of Glanbia plc’s Irish...
International intelligence conference
International intelligence conference
The Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies, a leading provider of graduates to crime-cracking agencies such as...
