“One of the things I love about this job is that it’s not just professional artists that we’re working with, but entire communities.”

Egotism is a terrible thing. What follows is the chilling and cautionary tale of a boy who flew too close to the TV cameras and — well, you’ll see next spring what became of him.

Pet O’Connell meets Corkman Seán Ó Muimhneacháin who is set to take up the role of president of Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

IMAGINE my surprise when I saw a sign for the Gaeltacht from a roundabout somewhere deep in Dublin 18. 

My first memory of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta is from 1984, when An Rinn was full of talk about Willie Joe Padden.

It started out over a decade ago as a plan to expose youngsters in West Waterford to an elite standard of colleges hurling.

PRAYERS were offered yesterday morning in An Rinn in Co Waterford for skipper Michael Hayes — who lived in the picturesque seaside village — and the rest of the crew.

A FESTIVAL celebrating the rich cultural and musical heritage of an historic part of Co Waterford takes place next month in the village of Ballyduff Upper.

IT’S a steep drop from €550,000 to €399,000, but that’s the way to get buyers going in the present market.

HANKERING after that architect-designed look, and high-end specification and all-dancing all-singing in the shower sanitary ware normally comes at a price... a steep one.

FEW students have felt the highs and lows of the Leaving Certificate and CAO systems more than Peadar de Blúit over the past six days.

IRISH language television station TG4’s independence from RTÉ from April will create opportunities for television producers, especially working through Irish, a Waterford-based company and education bosses say.

CHILDREN nationwide are being given a unique opportunity to prove they are a “glass act”.