WATERFORD’S youngest ever Mayor began his tenure last June just two weeks after he had finished his final exams at WIT and...
Farming
Kilmeaden’s ten years of tractor fun
Kilmeaden’s ten years of tractor fun
KILMEADEN Vintage Tractor Club’s annual Tractor Run celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sunday July 16th. What started as a one...
A Leap of Faith
A Leap of Faith
SLIEVERUE in South Kilkenny is preparing for a very special occasion this weekend. Rev Liam O’Donovan S.A.C from Nicholastown...
A farewell to Dick Warner
A farewell to Dick Warner
President Michal D Higgins led the tributes to Dick Warner (70), the golden voiced documentary maker with a poet’s turn of...
Did Judge miss a golden opportunity?
Did Judge miss a golden opportunity?
A distinguished, Kilkenny-based artist was escorted out of Athy District Court recently for sketching Judge Desmond Zaidan....
Joe Dolan still drawing the crowds
Joe Dolan still drawing the crowds
It seems the late Joe Dolan is still as popular as ever and while the authorities in his native Mullingar are very proud of...
Food, Brexit & marketing our wares in Asia
Food, Brexit & marketing our wares in Asia
Ireland’s South East can boast of a strong and vibrant food sector, with market leading companies including Glanbia, Dawn...
BRANDING THE SUNNY SOUTH EAST
BRANDING THE SUNNY SOUTH EAST
Fáilte Ireland’s pushing of the ‘Ireland’s Ancient East’ brand, while not making any formal hay with the...
FUNDING THIRD LEVEL IRELAND
FUNDING THIRD LEVEL IRELAND
The cost of sending schools leavers to third level education is becoming an increasingly onerous burden on parents, and is all...
The Prince of Gaffes
The Prince of Gaffes
Even though he is probably a right contrary old sod, we will miss Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is...
The Last Dance at the Olympia revisited
The Last Dance at the Olympia revisited
A prior commitment, coupled with a morbid fear of Sieges of Ennis, meant that I missed out on Saturday night’s hooley in...
