This week we will gather in our thousands throughout the country and many a foreign field to celebrate our favourite Welshman...
Farming
Hope springs eternal
Hope springs eternal
Our problems are indeed small and insignificant when viewed through the filter of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami. I...
Real, live ghosts in Kilkenny!
Real, live ghosts in Kilkenny!
Over the years we have run some tongue-in-cheek stories about ghosts haunting the Quay of Waterford but, in Kilkenny, they take...
New cabinet may help establish South East University
New cabinet may help establish South East University
Two new cabinet faces emerged last week with Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan of Fine Gael and Brendan Howlin of Labour. As our exclusive...
Seeds of something good
Seeds of something good
There was something quite emotional about the raising of the Tricolour on the Mall in Waterford City on Sunday afternoon last to...
The ‘Freewheeling’ Suze Rotolo
The ‘Freewheeling’ Suze Rotolo
Like many people who grew up with the music of the 1960s, and especially that of Bob Dylan, I felt a deep pang of sadness at the...
New Government
New Government
As we go to press on Tuesday, a new Government has been formed, after a week of talks. It did seem to be slowing down on Friday,...
Let the fun begin!
Let the fun begin!
I’m still trying to decide if the country turned out last Friday to vote a new government in or to vote the old government out!...
A blunderbuss attack on FF and Greens
A blunderbuss attack on FF and Greens
There is comprehensive coverage of the general election in our news pages but what a watershed event it turned out to be. The...
Definitive election Result brings many new faces into Dail
Definitive election Result brings many new faces into Dail
It has been a long time since there has been so much change in Irish politics. Not since the 1920s has the situation been so...
Waving the Tricolour
Waving the Tricolour
Next weekend sees the inaugural Irish Tricolour Festival being celebrated in Waterford to mark Waterford rightful place in the...
Reform needed as election comes to conclusion
Reform needed as election comes to conclusion
As we come to the conclusion of the election, it seemed like a campaign that never caught the public imagination. The EU,...
