Most of the time, rude gestures like mooning are done for no good reason other than the realisation by the owner that he is in possession of a bottom and can show it to create shock and awe in passersby. Mostly shock. Not many bottoms create awe.

NEWSPAPERS like ours get dozens of press releases from political parties every day, many of them reacting to the major stories or issues of the day.

THE GOVERNMENT is playing politics with the people of Waterford and the South East on the issue of university status for Waterford Institute of Technology, according to the Labour Party.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology (WIT) is examining its options in relation to setting up a new medical school in the South-East.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said he was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Eamon Leahy SC.