James Nagle won the Josie Crean Cup at Whitechurch on Sunday, beating Denis Murphy in the last shot, having led at all but one tip.

Two distinct riverside properties — Swallow Lodge and Jack’s Cottage — serve up a real slice of rural heaven, writes Trish Dromey.

The Irish show jumping team will be vying with nine other nations for an Olympic place when they head to the European Championships in Rotterdam next month.

Some years ago the accompanying headline was the title of an essay that appeared on the Leaving Certificate English paper.

Super sub JJ Hutchinson was the game-changer for Ballygunner in the final quarter as the champions blitzed Dungarvan with the last nine points of yesterday’s Round 2 contest at a wet, wet, wet Walsh Park (1-18 to 0-14).

Waterford’s Blackwater Distillery will have its gins sold in Australia after they signed a new contract with retailer Aldi.

Incredible!

Waterford vice-captain Niamh Rockett has hailed the impact of manager Donal O’Rourke in bringing the Déise side to the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship for the first time.

A decision to cancel one of the major annual horse sports events in Waterford has been reversed after problems relating funding the event were overcome.

The first Irish international event of the year gets underway this weekend at Ballindenisk in Co Cork. Organiser Peter Fell told the Irish Examiner yesterday he was confident the recent adverse weather would not affect the staging of the event.

In Cappoquin, Co Waterford, Coldwell Banker Commercial is currently offering a light industrial investment property, situated in the town’s IDA Industrial Estate.

Imagine celebrating Ireland’s national apostle, not in March, but in high summer.

Charming hideaway in Cappoquin belonged to Cistercian monks of Mount Mellaeray writes Trish Dromey

Trish Dromey says a cottage in Cappoquin on the market for €190,000 is cute and colourful and has unparalleled valley views.

When Molly Keane came to selecting the best person to write her biography, she didn’t have to look very far, writes Marjorie Brennan

I’ve been fishing in the River Barrow recently and catching quite a lot of dace, writes Dick Warner. 

River House in Cappoquin may be derelict, but it has history and great views of the River Blackwater.

Reigning champions St Brendan’s, Killarney and Coláíste Chríost Rí both recorded their third victories of the campaign to finish at the head of their respective groups.

Proposals have been put in place to designate the River Blackwater as a ‘blueway’, turning it into a potentially major tourist attraction.

I AM researching a project about Irish freshwater fish species. The other day I set off in search of dace. The dace has an interesting story in this country which is quoted in all the scientific papers and popular articles about them.

The seventh annual Lismore Opera Festival will take place at Lismore Castle, Co Waterford, on June 3 and 4.

Tomorrow in Semple Stadium the programme will have Waterford club names you know well: Mount Sion. Ballygunner. Lismore.

Ray Ryan looks forward to the West Waterford Festival of Food, which promises to see a wealth of talent food producers gather in Dungarvan

Two large 19th century ice-houses that once served both the Blackwater salmon trade and a royal household are to be preserved thanks to a collaboration between a local authority and a tidy towns group in the south east.

Nobody knows Irish food better than Joe McNamee. From chutney to cheese, craft beer to chocolate, he’s put together The Menu’s Annual Christmas Hamper – full of the local products that really stood out this year. Plus, he’s got the top gifts for foodies.

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ANY person who walks the length of the Munster Blackwater deserves an accolade, writes Donal Hickey

Mary Leland delves into the rich history which visitors can enjoy at next week’s Dromana 800 celebrations.

There are 20 lots due under the auction hammer Thursday next, May 7, in the latest IAMSOLD/Munster Property Auction.

I am writing this week’s column outside in the garden such is the weather at the moment. It is not just the Irish that are obsessed with the weather, however — talk to any grape grower or winemaker.

About a week ago, you wrote decrying the demise of our architectural heritage in the form of the continual deterioration of our Georgian country houses and buildings. 

O’Donovan Rossa (Antrim) 2-12Cappoquin (Waterford) 1-8: AIB All-Ireland Club IHC semi-final:

There’s been a price drop on a handy house and small West Waterford farm holding with stables and 15 acres after a deal agreed fell through in recent weeks. 

IF the Scots vote yes on Thursday, rest assured that will not be the end of the story.

Unique footage has emerged of a historic march undertaken by the Irish Army in Co Cork almost 60 years ago.

A coroner has issued a stark warning about the dangers of taking ecstasy or similar type drugs, which he described as “deadly poisons”.