#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters When we in the local fourth estate tend to talk about goats in Waterford, we’re generally...

#MyOccasionalColumn #BeingBetter #JohnWooden “If you sincerely try to do your best to make each day a masterpiece, angels can do no...

#HugoKeenan #SixNations #CarrickRFC #Leinster #Ireland #ChampionsCup Sunday, January 22, 2o23: The Carrick-on-Suir RFC grounds at...

#MartinOg #KingsForOneDay #Deise #GAA #HeroBooks #BookII The memories of winning and losing All-Ireland Finals never fades. In this...

#PleaseSirOrMadamWillYouReadMyBook ‘SENT.’ Oh, the satisfaction I felt on Saturday last when that four letter word flashed up on the...

EVERY morning, I get out of bed, brush my teeth, pull on my ‘outdoor’ clothes - tracksuit bottoms and a fleece – get my breakfast and...

#PaperbackWriter #EamonDunphy It’s almost 1am. Stupid O’Clock from a writing perspective. Stupid O’Clock from most perspectives, let’s...

#ShineALightNight #FocusIreland #Waterford #SrStan ‘DECLAN’ – not his real name – offered me a warm handshake when we met at Focus...

My job requires me to regularly write of loss. Be it from outside a church, from an open graveside or in the Coroner’s Court, journalism...

#NoTimeToDie #JamesBond #DanielCraig #DannyBoyle The closing sequence of ‘The Good, The Bad & The Ugly’ is undoubtedly one of the...

Tuesday, October 5th, 2021: 11:57am: I’M back at my home office – in reality, an upstairs bedroom, two rooms away from our two cats and a...

This is a slightly amended piece from what ran in the Waterford GAA match programme over the past weekend... THE elation that accompanies...

“M. reached across for the papers, adjusted his spectacles, and began reading. Soft rain scratched at the windows. A big log fell in the...

Thursday morning, September 30, 8:45am: Autumn has finally arrived. I scoop the ash leaves which had fallen into the grooves of my car...

“Come on now, lard arse, move it,” my inner voice bellowed on a clammy Thursday evening. I was back in my running gear having lapped up...

Throughout the Level 5 restrictions, I have been categorised among those deemed as essential workers. It's not been a status I've...

“Ons Dien Met Trots – We Serve With Pride” are the words which greet visitors upon arrival at Robben Island, just a 20-minute boat trip...

We all have creases in our lives, some of which cannot be ironed out. You simply have to learn to negotiate those permanent speed bumps...

Writing is a huge part of my life but not all of my writing is penned in pursuit of column inches or coinage. It occupies another, harder...

#Deise #Cats #GAA #Hurling #2020 #CrokePark 1:53am, Sunday, November 29th, 2020: In the door home, the dogs are walked and fed and my...