There is no doubt that life has its own peculiar sense of humour. The joke has been on me over the past few months. I have been...
Farming
Speaking out for fishermen
Speaking out for fishermen
Speaking in the Dail last week, Deputy John Deasy outlined a few home truths that have needed to be said for a long time, namely...
Saint John’s – The Strip
Saint John’s – The Strip
This week we look back at the history of one Waterford’s oldest streets – John’s Street. This item always proves popular with...
Icelandic Woes
Icelandic Woes
Until recent times Iceland was an island nation slumbering in the northern latitudes of the Atlantic to which we in these parts...
Wipe out portion of mortgages of those caught in negative equity
Wipe out portion of mortgages of those caught in negative equity
There is no doubt that our country is in deep financial trouble but the government doesn’t seem seriously interested in helping...
Narrow defeat for Glanbia de-merger
Narrow defeat for Glanbia de-merger
The Glanbia de-merger vote on separating the co–op from the plc resulted in a defeat for the proposals this week. A 75 per cent...
Bealtaine and all things bright
Bealtaine and all things bright
May is upon us again agus ta cead mile failte roimhe. The Summer is beginning to show itself with a good brightness in the...
Are you ready to shed your mortal coil?
Are you ready to shed your mortal coil?
Death doesn’t frighten me as I am sure and content about where I’m going and that there is some place to go. Some of my family...
Discriminating against priests
Discriminating against priests
It hasn’t been common knowledge up to now but it appears that many local authorities have taken a rather unusual view when it...
Red Kettle 25 years old
Red Kettle 25 years old
The Red Kettle Theatre company has brought great credit to Waterford and entertained Waterford and national audiences for 25...
A salute to the great John Roberts
A salute to the great John Roberts
Last weekend, the Waterford Festival of Architecture (previously known as the John Roberts Festival) celebrated its 10th...
Written love
Written love
At a function over the weekend I was sitting beside a woman who mentioned that she had recently discovered a bundle of love...
