top of page
Search


Making News: this week’s Waterford Newspapers…
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters #MakingNews The first port of call this week is the Dungarvan Leader, where Jo Bell writes about...

Dermot Keyes
Jun 28, 20234 min read


Making News: this week's Waterford newspapers
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters Kicking off this week, we return to the Dungarvan Leader and an update on a remarkable physical...

Dermot Keyes
Jun 21, 20234 min read


Making news: this week's Waterford newspapers...
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters Turning first to this week’s Munster Express, where Robert Forrest reports about a newly...

Dermot Keyes
Jun 14, 20235 min read


Making News: this week’s Waterford Newspapers…
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters This week’s round-up kicks off with a story which is reported in the Waterford News & Star,The...

Dermot Keyes
Jun 7, 20235 min read


Carrick-on-Suir honours the Clancy Brothers
Kicking off last night and running over the Bank Holiday weekend, Carrick-on-Suir will honour the rich and enduirng legacy of the Clancy...

Dermot Keyes
Jun 1, 20231 min read


Making News: this week’s Waterford newspapers…
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters An item in Johnny O’Connor’s long-running Munster Express column caught my eye about the quirky...

Dermot Keyes
May 31, 20236 min read


Magnificent Munster find their way again
#MunsterRugby #SUAF #URC “True success is attained through the satisfaction of knowing you did everything within the limits of your...

Dermot Keyes
May 28, 20235 min read


Making News: this week's Waterford newspapers...
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters A story by Paul Mooney on Page 2 of this week’s Dungarvan Observer about the late Danny McGrath,...

Dermot Keyes
May 24, 20235 min read


Making News: this week's Waterford newspapers...
#Waterford #Dungarvan #JournalismMatters When we in the local fourth estate tend to talk about goats in Waterford, we’re generally...

Dermot Keyes
May 17, 20234 min read


March 4, 2023: Thoughts on being better
#MyOccasionalColumn #BeingBetter #JohnWooden “If you sincerely try to do your best to make each day a masterpiece, angels can do no...

Dermot Keyes
Mar 4, 20234 min read


Hugo Keenan on his unconquered summits
#HugoKeenan #SixNations #CarrickRFC #Leinster #Ireland #ChampionsCup Sunday, January 22, 2o23: The Carrick-on-Suir RFC grounds at...

Dermot Keyes
Jan 31, 20236 min read


Martin Óg Morrissey on his All-Ireland Final 'what ifs'...
#MartinOg #KingsForOneDay #Deise #GAA #HeroBooks #BookII The memories of winning and losing All-Ireland Finals never fades. In this...

Dermot Keyes
Dec 13, 20229 min read


Book Number Two: a happy adventure
#PleaseSirOrMadamWillYouReadMyBook ‘SENT.’ Oh, the satisfaction I felt on Saturday last when that four letter word flashed up on the...

Dermot Keyes
Aug 30, 20224 min read


The present I unwrap every day…
EVERY morning, I get out of bed, brush my teeth, pull on my ‘outdoor’ clothes - tracksuit bottoms and a fleece – get my breakfast and...

Dermot Keyes
Feb 23, 20224 min read


Writing: A Strange Kind Of Living
#PaperbackWriter #EamonDunphy It’s almost 1am. Stupid O’Clock from a writing perspective. Stupid O’Clock from most perspectives, let’s...

Dermot Keyes
Jan 28, 20225 min read


Shining A Light on Homelessness
#ShineALightNight #FocusIreland #Waterford #SrStan ‘DECLAN’ – not his real name – offered me a warm handshake when we met at Focus...

Dermot Keyes
Oct 15, 20213 min read


Lessons learned by an obituary writer
My job requires me to regularly write of loss. Be it from outside a church, from an open graveside or in the Coroner’s Court, journalism...

Dermot Keyes
Oct 12, 20214 min read


No Time To Die: The Spoiler Review
#NoTimeToDie #JamesBond #DanielCraig #DannyBoyle The closing sequence of ‘The Good, The Bad & The Ugly’ is undoubtedly one of the...

Dermot Keyes
Oct 8, 20215 min read


The Ordinary Extraordinary
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021: 11:57am: I’M back at my home office – in reality, an upstairs bedroom, two rooms away from our two cats and a...

Dermot Keyes
Oct 5, 20213 min read


Club Hurling's top grades and the 'yo-yo' factor
This is a slightly amended piece from what ran in the Waterford GAA match programme over the past weekend... THE elation that accompanies...

Dermot Keyes
Oct 4, 20213 min read
bottom of page