A couple whose baby is in need of a liver transplant and who were dependent on a highly unreliable landline to receive a potentially life-saving call have been given a new connection by their phone company.

In many homes, the lowly telephone is the poor relation of the mobile phone, but not in the Byrne household, where a functioning landline could help save a baby’s life.

Carol O’Callaghan pays a visit to Ballynatray House and discovers tales of serendipity, love-at-first-sight and hidden treasures.

Kya deLongchamps encourages us to take a walk through a historical monument to man’s inhumanity to man — an architectural folly in West Waterford built in Famine times. 

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

Mikel Murfi brings his one-man play to Co Cork as part of a new fit-up festival, writes Alan O’Riordan

Needless to say, a championship meeting with Waterford means something more to Seamus Harnedy than most of his Cork colleagues.

Pier 26 Seafood Restaurant, Ballycotton, Co Cork, 

As 156 golfers and 100,000 fans prepare to descend on Fota Island Resort, Dave Kenny says staff are ready for the challenge

The sweltering weather has resulted in a bumper crop of ice cream on several farms around the country.

IT really is all about the bride for Marcella Ware — she’s just about to relocate from the West Waterford home she built on the banks of the River Bride, moving with her husband Fergal to be closer to the sea and to her Bijou Bridal business in Tramore.

Telecommunications masts dominating the skyline of north Kerry will remain in place.

BEING taken to watch Waterford play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling final of 1963 was a dream come true for a seven-year-old boy from Cappoquin.

A STUNNING location with views over the Blackwater and its confluence with the Bride makes this 30-acre farm at Dromore, Aglish in West Waterford a very attractive proposition.

GARDAÍ confirmed last night that they are “not looking for anyone else” in relation to the shooting of a well-known GAA referee in west Waterford on Sunday.

IT’S BEEN a bit of a journey to the corner for Eoin Murphy. The way he puts it, when he started hurling for Waterford he didn’t know what he was: a forward, a midfielder or a half-back.

A once-off past pupils’ reunion of Kilwatermoy national school in Co Waterford is scheduled for September 10 next.

A SENIOR GAA official has warned that Waterford cannot deliver on the huge expectation in the county unless they achieve a united camp.

DELEGATES at Thursday night’s annual convention of the West Waterford GAA Board in Knockanore will be told of a significant financial loss for the year.