We were surprised and taken aback at the definitive attitude shown by the Tanaiste against a university in the south east....
Farming
Marks and Sparks in Clonmel
Marks and Sparks in Clonmel
Marks & Spencer is set to open the doors of its new store in the Showgrounds Shopping Centre in Clonmel on Thursday, 25...
Control anger and spread civility
Control anger and spread civility
There’s no doubt that the world has got angrier and this recession isn’t helping at all. Instead of tips on how to...
Can Government come up with initiatives?
Can Government come up with initiatives?
The economic malaise affecting the country does not seem to be lifting. This week we spoke to a local trader in cars. A new car...
Order of the Garter
Order of the Garter
Our recent pieces on John Roberts and son Thomas proved very popular and timely and so did the piece on Blackfriars and its...
I like to think I’m a ‘live and let live’ kind of person. I appreciate the fact that we live in a free country with...
Aging hippies aside, cannabis is no joke
Aging hippies aside, cannabis is no joke
Whenever I write anything about drugs I am always a little nervous in case I somehow trivialise the use of the so-called soft...
Big Voter is Watching You
Big Voter is Watching You
I slipped up this year. Usually I have my ‘No Canvassers Please’ sign instated in my front room window well before the...
Daft, mad, horrendous legislation
Daft, mad, horrendous legislation
If the country wasn’t in such a bad state at the present time and if people weren’t so worried about money and jobs,...
Broke but chic
Broke but chic
We’re all tightening our belts (in a literal sense, we can still dream about the physical kind) these days. Staying in is...
Spicing it up a bit
Spicing it up a bit
Reading Johnny O’Connor’s column in the Munster Express last week I found myself nodding in agreement at the...
Protest at St Patrick's Hospital
Protest at St Patrick's Hospital
It seems that the Health Safety Executive is determined to apply the new guidelines for the care of the aged in July. We wonder...
