Almost two weeks ago I caught a head cold. It’s so long since I had one that even the Lemsip sachets in the cupboard had gone...
Farming
Our Townland Centre – Ardkeen
Our Townland Centre – Ardkeen
This week as we welcome you again to our townland whose heart pulsates at Ardkeen and as such acts as a focus for the area which...
University rebuff
University rebuff
The new Minister for Education, Dubliner Ruairi Quinn, did not have long to settle in his office before he was challenged about...
What really happened to ‘The Missing Postman’?
What really happened to ‘The Missing Postman’?
The mystery of ‘The Missing Postman’ is one of the great urban stories in County Waterford. It was also one of the ‘touchiest’...
Picking virtual pockets
Picking virtual pockets
I think we sometimes have an overactive imagination that leads us to believe danger lurks around every corner. While I am all...
The National Anthem
The National Anthem
This week we will gather in our thousands throughout the country and many a foreign field to celebrate our favourite Welshman...
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,...
