First of all, let me offer congratulations to the Kilkenny teams on winning the All Ireland minor and senior titles and, without...
Tales of the Tellurians
Waterford to win the day
Waterford to win the day
Bigger than big yet, at the end of the day, it’s only a game! That just about sizes up the euphoria that has gripped...
Up the Deise
Up the Deise
The thrill of qualifying for our first All-Ireland appearance since 1963 has lifted the entire county but, I think, to people of...
The thoughts of Nelson Mandela
The thoughts of Nelson Mandela
Last month, Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th. birthday and, to mark the occasion, the managing editor of ‘Time’...
By special request, some Holiday Funny Bits recalled
By special request, some Holiday Funny Bits recalled
Mammies are often right! A man from a certain County Waterford village woke up at Waterford Regional Hospital after being in a...
Exploring the pools of creation
Exploring the pools of creation
‘Science Spin’ is a monthly magazine concentrating on Ireland’s science, nature and discovery matters and I cannot...
Sunday Mass on Wednesday
Sunday Mass on Wednesday
People knew it was coming because repeated warnings have been sounded in recent years but the declaration last week by the...
Married men of a certain age – beware!
Married men of a certain age – beware!
Married men of a certain age, beware. If you see Herself smiling sweetly at you or if you hear your children saying that your...
Obscene waste of nutritious food
Obscene waste of nutritious food
Even as somebody who has visited the EU headquarters in Brussels on many occasions and has some knowledge of the complex...
One answer to parking shortage
One answer to parking shortage
In what could well be an example to us in Waterford, and to the rest of the country, the authorities in Westport, County Mayo,...
Ray of hope in the battle against cancer
Ray of hope in the battle against cancer
A bright ray of hope for cancer sufferers shone through the world news last week when it was announced that a patient with a...
By popular request – some funny bits from down the years
By popular request – some funny bits from down the years
Jumping to wrong conclusions? Two chaps from Dungarvan were working in Dublin laying pipes for gas central heating. One day they...
