The Waterford In Your Pocket Podcast

The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2023.

Simon O’Connor talks to Bobby and the Blunts who are an energetic, humorous and downright funky four piece from Mullingar that brings the noise and puts a smile on the faces of every audience member with their uptempo and gripping jams. From driving rhythm guitar to the eponymous frontman’s stomping basslines to silky Stratocaster solos, Bobby and the Blunts raise the roof of every venue they grace, including Dublin’s Sin é and Whelan’s, as well as two Electric Picnics as well as Waterford’s own Electric Avenue and Theatre Royal. They are set to return to Waterford on Saturday 28thJanuary, performing at Uisce Beatha. Their all-original material is certified modern funk classics with a progressive element as its often impossible to predict the turns tracks’ tempos will take, or the dramatic double stops the impeccably-rehearsed group pepper in. Songs and performances zoom by all too soon as they fire through their catalogue of catchy tunes with practiced professionalism while casually and comfortable commanding the crowd.Bobby and the Blunts are on the rise among Ireland’s hottest venues and leading festivals. They are set to return to Waterford on Saturday 28thJanuary, performing at UisceBeatha. After the soundcheck for the Galway launch ofThe Dream Rotation Tour, the band spared some time to speak with Simon O’Connor.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Molly Keane Writers Award 2022 in conjunction with the Arts Office of Waterford Council. Since 1998 the Waterford Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane. Molly, lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. She married into the Keane family of West Waterford but sadly her husband died at the age of 36. Molly ceased writing until 1981 when Good Behaviour was published under her real name. It became a publishing sensation and was well received as a masterpiece of black comedy for which she was short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize in 1981

Poetry Day Waterford the 28th of April 2022 "Mothers and Daughters" brought to you by Waterford City and County Council.

So here's another podcast this time around with Mayor of Waterford City and County John Pratt who tells us about being mayor during the lockdown. We also caught up with local man Billy Costine who is after bringing out a new book titled "My Chinese Experience" which is a great read and is available on Amazon.

We catch up with Darren Skelton of the Waterford News & Star about the role of journalists in the community and of course a bit of banter.

We spoke to Michael Garland of the Waterford City Business Group of the problems facing businesses in the current climate and solutions are being brought forward to help them.

In this podcast I talk to Jim Griffin of the Covid 19 Waterford Community Action Group and the work they are doing. I also talk about a "Special Live Stream" concert that we are having on Sunday night the 5th of April.

In this episode - we speak to William about the ups and downs of working at home and Ciara O'Connell from Central Arts about how the arts and entertainment will survive this pandemic.

On our first ever podcast we talk with Roddie Cleere. It's a strange time for everyone but we are all in this together. We hope you like our first ever podcast!