This week we take a seasonal look at the poem/song, The Yellow Bittern for a number of reasons. Firstly because a number of...
Farming
Cold weather causes chaos
Cold weather causes chaos
As the country emerges from the weather and big freeze crisis, what can be learned? Were the local authorities adequately...
Suffer the children and their mothers
Suffer the children and their mothers
In the harsh light of the post Christmas freeze some chilling figures have emerged which show that, in the weeks just gone, more...
Lighten up
Lighten up
If there is one thing we can learn from the recent ‘cold snap’, as it has been very inappropriately called, it’s that we really...
Goodbye to loved ones returning abroad
Goodbye to loved ones returning abroad
I think I have what is commonly described in literature as a ‘heavy heart’ today. I feel that it is an altogether wrong...
Confusing pillow talk
Confusing pillow talk
A Tramore couple were lying in bed together on the morning of their tenth wedding anniversary when the wife said: “Darling, as...
New Year offers opportunities for Waterford
New Year offers opportunities for Waterford
The year 2010 will be a testing time for Waterford. Many industries have gone, unemployment is high while crime and drug use are...
The New Year Gala Quiz
The New Year Gala Quiz
This year the emphasis is on puzzles and conundrums of all sorts designed to test, tease and tantalise you and yours over the...
By request, some funny bits from last year
By request, some funny bits from last year
Gorilla up a tree in Avondale A man living in Avondale, whom we shall call Raymond, woke up one morning last week and, when he...
Big freeze highlighted need for better insulation
Big freeze highlighted need for better insulation
At a time when the building industry in this country needs a boost, the recent cold weather, both here and abroad, highlighted...
Christmas Traditions
Christmas Traditions
This week as we are on the Eve of the Christmas Festival we devote the column to some more traditions associated with Christmas...
