The story we tell today is of a man from the world of sport, the world of the GAA in particular yet his reputation transcends...
Farming
Don’t starve the servants!
Don’t starve the servants!
When I was a child the old expression, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear” was a common observance by adults....
Merger of Tipperary and Limerick ITs
Merger of Tipperary and Limerick ITs
Our friends in WIT will be watching with interest the situation not too far up the road where the Tipperary Institute has...
Water cut-offs
Water cut-offs
Another consequence of the bad weather was the water cut-offs, especially in the county areas. A creaking water supply...
County Roads in bad state and could get worse
County Roads in bad state and could get worse
The harsh weather before and after Christmas has had a most damaging effect on the county’s road infrastructure. Pot holes that...
The Yellow Bittern/An Bonnan Bui
The Yellow Bittern/An Bonnan Bui
This week we take a seasonal look at the poem/song, The Yellow Bittern for a number of reasons. Firstly because a number of...
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...
