As we come to the conclusion of the election, it seemed like a campaign that never caught the public imagination. The EU,...
Tales of the Tellurians
Dunmore East Service for those lost at sea
Dunmore East Service for those lost at sea
The Annual Service in Dunmore East at the Memorial Wall for those lost at sea and in our rivers and lakes will be held on...
Ronan’s Showband Show
Ronan’s Showband Show
The Ronan Collins’ Showband Show played to a packed Theatre Royal on Friday night last and while he might not have sent the...
Maternity Unit at WRH under pressure
Maternity Unit at WRH under pressure
The statement from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association last week that nurses working in the maternity unit at Waterford...
A close encounter
A close encounter
A man was drinking in Heffernan’s Bar in Kilcohan one night last week when a beautiful young woman came in and sat next to him....
School appeals Equality Tribunal ruling
School appeals Equality Tribunal ruling
A Circuit Court hearing due to be heard in Clonmel in the not too distant future will be closely monitored by every secondary...
Reporting is often a risky business
Reporting is often a risky business
Journalism has always been a precarious business for various reasons but, lately, the job of reporting the news has become...
Hello to the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
Hello to the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
A recent visitor to Waterford was Charles the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, a man who sits in the British House of Lords on...
An under the table affair
An under the table affair
John and Mary were having dinner in a certain city restaurant on Saturday night last and it was noticeable to other diners from...
By special request, some ‘funny bits’ from the archive
By special request, some ‘funny bits’ from the archive
An elderly couple from Passage East One day last week, a garda on foot patrol along the Quay noticed a car double parked outside...
Partial victory for people with Down Syndrome
Partial victory for people with Down Syndrome
Such is the importance of the move, I was surprised that a Ministerial decree, announced in the budget, did not receive very...
Government still doesn’t ‘get’ poverty
Government still doesn’t ‘get’ poverty
Of course, we don’t know the specific details of the case but the report in last week’s Kilkenny People newspaper by Mary Cody...
