The defeat of the Waterford hurlers brought sports fans back to earth last Sunday when we could have been looking forward to a...
Farming
Cleaning Up Our Act
Cleaning Up Our Act
Over the previous two weeks we brought you on a historic tourist trail of the city to celebrate the launch of a fabulous new map...
Government losing out on revenue
Government losing out on revenue
It is difficult to understand how the government cannot see the merit in the suggestion by the Society of the Irish Motor...
Contemptuous Kilkenny vandals and the ugly hotel from hell
Contemptuous Kilkenny vandals and the ugly hotel from hell
I know it’s good to accentuate the positive and ignore the negative. I know that it’s in all our interests to ‘talk up’ the city...
From Good Friday Agreement to council tenant rows
From Good Friday Agreement to council tenant rows
Many people were surprised to learn last week that a number of councils around the country are engaging the costly services of...
Excitement over Light rail plan
Excitement over Light rail plan
Last week we had great interest in our story of a light rail system linking up with the threatened Rosslare Waterford line. The...
Mapping Waterford’s Story (2)
Mapping Waterford’s Story (2)
Last week we embarked on a trail of discovery around Waterford’s story, Ireland’s oldest city – there is always something new to...
Stupid Thoughts
Stupid Thoughts
I’m sure I’m not alone in loving Bank Holiday weekends with the luxury of the extra day off. The August Bank holiday is always...
More boundary wars
More boundary wars
Prior to last week, if I had been asked to list the top five Irish cities in terms of population, I would have said Dublin, Cork...
Putting Waterford on the Map
Putting Waterford on the Map
Well done to Discover Ireland/Failte Ireland and Waterford Civic Trust who have combined to produce an excellent new tourist map...
Some thoughts on Education
Some thoughts on Education
The recent release of the 2010 Leaving Certificate results had the papers, the TV and the radio milking the education debate...
More superstitions
More superstitions
Last week’s lot of superstitions proved popular with many readers by way of light summer fare, so here’s a second batch to have...
