Warm tributes have been paid to Munster Express columnist and local campaigner Bernadette Phillips who has died aged 64. She had been diagnosed with cancer in October and died in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) in the early hours of Monday morning January 9th. Bernadette was a passionate advocate for the rights...
Obituaries
Obituary: Late Anastasia (Cissie) Deady
Obituary: Late Anastasia (Cissie) Deady
Anastasia (Cissie) Deady 1927-2019 Remembered It is with great sadness and a sense of loss that we record the passing of Anastasia (Cissie) Deady, Ballinlough, Carrigeen Co. Kilkenny which occurred on Sunday morning the 25th August 2019 at her daughter Anne’s home. She was 92 years old, having celebrated her...
Tears as Jasmine (18) is laid to rest
Tears as Jasmine (18) is laid to rest
WARM tributes have been paid to Jasmine Halligan from Gracedieu Heights, Waterford whose untimely death occurred last week. Jasmine, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in September 2015, died on Wednesday last June 21st. After reposing at her residence on Thursday last, Jasmine’s Requiem Mass took place on Friday...
“Portlaw’s Oldest Friend”
“Portlaw’s Oldest Friend”
Maurice Nugent laid to rest in his 102nd year When Maurice Nugent’s remains were laid to rest in Portlaw on New Year’s Eve, a part of the County Waterford village he knew better than anyone else over the past century was buried with him. During a year in which Brown Street, where he was born, reared and spent most of...