The stories of abuse contained in the ‘Child Abuse’ report would make a stone weep but while we pour condemnation on the...
Farming
How many people walked on by?
How many people walked on by?
Two years ago I was in a shopping centre in Thurles when I overheard a middle aged woman verbally abusing a young boy of about...
Rush for the poles
Rush for the poles
Jaysus, isn’t the battle for lamppost supremacy truly raging throughout the country? I drove to Cork last week and nearly...
Politicians have earned their goodbye money
Politicians have earned their goodbye money
With only a little over a week to go to polling day, election fever continues to mount and, this time out, there is more...
Atonement priest calls for new Church State
Atonement priest calls for new Church State
Fr Michael Mernagh, the Augustinian priest who did a walk of atonement from Cobh to the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin over the...
Walking the City Walk
Walking the City Walk
This week we conclude our short series of Discover Waterford where we become tourists in our own city, exploring its storied...
Tanaiste knocks Waterford and south east university ambition
Tanaiste knocks Waterford and south east university ambition
We were surprised and taken aback at the definitive attitude shown by the Tanaiste against a university in the south east....
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...
