About Us

Who We Are and What We Do

Waterford Today is a premier digital news platform covering local events, culture, and community life in Waterford, Ireland.

Dedicated to connecting Waterford residents and visitors, Waterford Today delivers timely news, event coverage, and highlights of local businesses and sports. Our commitment to quality journalism has earned us recognition as a trusted source for information, ensuring our community stays informed and engaged with the happenings around them.

At Waterford Today, we pride ourselves on delivering timely and relevant news that keeps the community informed. From local events to sports updates, our dedicated coverage helps strengthen connections among residents, businesses, and organizations, fostering a vibrant Waterford community.

Empowering the Waterford Community

Waterford Today aims to provide accurate, engaging, and up-to-date news that empowers residents and enriches community life. We strive to connect people with the information they need to engage in local affairs and celebrate the unique culture of Waterford.

Integrity, Community, Engagement

At Waterford Today, we value integrity in journalism, fostering a strong sense of community, and encouraging active engagement among residents. We believe that informed citizens can make better choices, contributing to the overall well-being and dynamism of Waterford.

Contact Waterford Today

Waterford Today
36 Mayor’s Walk
Waterford
Ireland
el: +353 (0)51 854135
Fax: +353 (0)51 854140

Please find below all our departments

General: [email protected]
Memorials: [email protected]
For Sales: [email protected]
For News: [email protected]
For Sports: [email protected]

Crime & Punishment

It seems that not a week goes by without some media stories about murder, manslaughter and assaults assailing the general public. Some stories in particular about murders, seem to take on a life of their own and turn into something more resembling a soap opera in the nature of their telling. In turn this seems to create a real climate of fear around the way in which people tend to live their lives. Whether or not this should be the way that things should be is another matter.

This seeming disparity between the reality of crime and the perception of crime is something of profound import. Obviously crime isn’t something that should be taken lightly and of course it does have a very real impact on the people that are victims of it. Crime when it happens to you, no matter how significant, is a very real thing and shouldn’t be something that is made light of. No one knows that better than someone who has been a victim of crime and has had their life rocked by it. But in general we live in a society that is relatively little affected by crime. In the western world no matter how you juggle the statistics, Ireland is one of the countries that is least affected by crime, no matter the severity of it. But to a large extent it is not the way in which we perceive crime. We tend to think that crime is far more prevalent than it actually is. It is in a way natural to think of the downside of something rather than the upside of it.

Every year when the crime statistics come out and we hear of numbers that are in their thousands for certain crimes and we can’t help but feel fear in their wake. Then there are other crimes that come with the proviso that the numbers are under-reported. It can be quite confusing at times. So too can be the punishment of crime. Here too the media has a large part to play, it tends to report on only the most extreme of stories where there has been a largely unequal punishment for a convicted crime. Then again whether it is just reporting on the news as it is is another matter. It all seems to come down to grey areas and matters of opinion. It is a newspaper’s job to sell newspapers and if the reporting of sensational crime stories does that then who is really to blame.

In the end though it does seem to be that no matter the reporting we live in a relatively crime-free society where the punishment does tend to suit the crime. Although the proof of that statement lies in how you would personally feel as a victim of crime yourself.