This week as I perused the ‘Paper’ my attention was vaguely arrested by an item in a report drawn from a Waterford County...
Farming
When a sinking feeling is good news
When a sinking feeling is good news
News of a potential tourism project was announced last week that could, if successful, create an estimated fifty jobs and...
More is more
More is more
The national newspaper headlines on Monday morning stating that two young Waterford men were lying in a drug induced coma in...
Our next international soccer manager
Our next international soccer manager
Is it just me or is anybody else uneasy about the direction the search for a new international soccer manager has gone? There...
Plays and Books
Plays and Books
Sincere commiserations this week go to all at Red Kettle over the unfortunate cancellation of the last night of Riddley Walker...
By Jove and Other Gods
By Jove and Other Gods
This week something completely different, we are wandering away from talk of bread and circuses, of town and traffic, of...
Red Hot Kettle
Red Hot Kettle
The big event for me last weekend was attending an impressively powerful performance of Russell Hoban’s play Riddley...
Up the Deise!
Up the Deise!
I’ve been labouring under a misconception for years. What is the actual origin of the Blaa? Now it’s not something...
A call for nuclear power
A call for nuclear power
Even though I am not a scientist, my gut reaction for quite a few years now is that we should be seriously considering nuclear...
Review: Royal Variety Performance
Review: Royal Variety Performance
At the opening night, of a three-day run at the Theatre Royal of Michael Grant’s Royal variety Performance, there was...
Million dollar reward
Million dollar reward
Readers might be interested to know that the FBI is offering a reward of one-million dollars for information leading to the...
All you ever needed to know about men’s underwear
All you ever needed to know about men’s underwear
There are some very serious issues going on in our world today. Wars, murder, crises in the health service, greedy politicians...
