Speculators who offered development sites with dilapidated houses for sale with “full planning permission” were making a mockery...
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No ‘ghost estates’ in county, but a dozen unfinished ones
No ‘ghost estates’ in county, but a dozen unfinished ones
There are no “ghost” housing estates in Co Waterford, Director of Services Brian White insisted at this month’s meeting of...
Review: Natasha Edmondson
Review: Natasha Edmondson
I like the accessibility of the Index Gallery at Central Library, Lady Lane, and I like the austere bare walls approach, with...
Review: Rendell and Millar
Review: Rendell and Millar
Once again, Christ Church Cathedral’s Coffee Concerts provided another rare international treat with the return of the Vancouver...
Review: Shirley Valentine
Review: Shirley Valentine
Shirley Bradshaw walks on stage and looks at the audience and there is immediate contact. Actress and audience know it is going...
Review: Alan Garvey
Review: Alan Garvey
One of Ireland’s up and coming poets is Alan Garvey who spent much productive time here in Waterford before love and the...
Dublin to present stern opening test
Dublin to present stern opening test
After the by now tradition of pre-season tournaments and challenge games, the hurling season really gets underway this Sunday...
‘Paddy first’ as Southend win
‘Paddy first’ as Southend win
Southend United 2; Bohemians 1 Southend went into this game with just one point to their name and after falling behind just...
Johnville move up Ferrybank down
Johnville move up Ferrybank down
Johnville 2; Ferrybank 0 Sunday last may have been St Valentine’s Day but love wasn’t in the air for the players and management...
Flipside of fame
Flipside of fame
Mickey Harte’s complaint that retrospectively punishing players caught on camera is unfair on teams whose matches are televised...
Worst foot forward
Worst foot forward
Indicative of the immense pressure Ireland were under, Jerry Flannery’s so-bad-twas-funny hack at Alexis Palisson was only as...
Fart or fiction?
Fart or fiction?
Devon Loch’s literal collapse when coasting to victory in the 1956 Grand National is one of those matters of sporting fact so...
