The credit crunch is not just affecting the big firms and banks as we read about the NAMA proposals, it also hits the ordinary...
Farming
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...
NAMA is incredible multi billion gamble
NAMA is incredible multi billion gamble
We learn last week that the gamble of bailing out the banks and property developers is going to mean that the Irish Government...
Waterfordia – Where Art Thou?
Waterfordia – Where Art Thou?
Waterford Virginia Waterford was founded about 1733 by Amos Janney, a Quaker from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Other Quakers...
Regional weather forecast needed
Regional weather forecast needed
While tourism is having a tough time at present, with the economic downturn. The weather has also been a factor. But is it that...
A blot on a very beautiful landscape
A blot on a very beautiful landscape
I often wonder if people the world over are similar when it comes to appreciating their own locality. When we travel we tend to...
You are what you eat, right?
You are what you eat, right?
Just as I was heading for the front door to go to work the other morning, a promotional leaflet from Supervalu publicising the...
A Leading Light – Henry Collins
A Leading Light – Henry Collins
This week Mr Henry Collins, the Headmaster at Newtown School for the past 21 years steps down after a distinguished career at...
Summer Musings
Summer Musings
Well it’s more like rainshine than sunshine these days. We get the odd teaser of what a summer’s day is like and...
