Local tourism in Tramore got a great shot in the arm last week with the annual racing festival. It may not have cured all the...
Farming
A cut too deep
A cut too deep
I was contacted by a lady this week who had been utterly dismayed to hear media reports that St Brigid’s Family and...
Staycations
Staycations
I suffer from a dreadful affliction in that the strangest things bother me. It’s usually the little things and one common...
At your service – Ardkeen Library
At your service – Ardkeen Library
We are fortunate indeed that we have a library service here locally strategically located in the Ardkeen Stores Complex but...
Disturbing images of protestors being arrested
Disturbing images of protestors being arrested
It’s old news now but was it only me or was anybody else uneasy at the sight of the Thomas Cook women protesters in Dublin...
The Good Old Days weren’t so good!
The Good Old Days weren’t so good!
A general myth abounds that things were ‘better’ in the old days. Life was less complicated and certainly less busy....
Bitter pill to swallow
Bitter pill to swallow
I must have been having a brief lapse in consciousness last week when I went into Boots to buy a bottle of shampoo. That is, the...
Money advice services need more resources
Money advice services need more resources
The credit crunch is not just affecting the big firms and banks as we read about the NAMA proposals, it also hits the ordinary...
Blowing In the Wind
Blowing In the Wind
Maybe it’s just a straw in the wind and in the end of the day it doesn’t matter much but then again it all depends...
Palmer Music’s international service
Palmer Music’s international service
One of the reasons why John Palmer’s Music Shop in George’s Street, Waterford, is so successful is because of the...
Not to be sneezed at
Not to be sneezed at
I considered staying away from the Spraoi Festival this year. One of my very favourite weekends of the whole year and I...
Has Brian Cowen fallen down a rabbit hole and found himself in Wonderland?
Has Brian Cowen fallen down a rabbit hole and found himself in Wonderland?
As a child I was never a huge fan of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ or, as it became...
