SOMETIMES while watching the RTÉ news I find myself asking “why was that worthy of my attention?” The latest example was on last Sunday night when Declan Ganley of Libertas hosted a press event for Ulick McEvaddy. Surely, I thought, these gentlemen represent a body of opinion such as a trade union, chamber of commerce or political party, but apparently not.

THE issue of whether Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) should become a university has been getting quite an airing.

THE Government deserves praise for a superb performance in the EU presidency.

ON BEHALF of Waterford Ógra Fianna Fáil I wish to say that the proposal to drop ‘The Republican Party’ from Fianna Fáil’s full title is a disgrace and a denial of all that the great forefathers of Fianna Fáil stood for.

US fire and police union officials have expressed concerns that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s appearance at a screening of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new film might suggest it has links with a September 11 charity.