Though no official announcement had been made before we went to press on Tuesday night, it is almost certain that the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen, is to resign his ministerial position due to continued ill health related to chronic back pain.
Tramore Town Council is waiting with open arms to welcome TK Maxx to the resort if, as expected, the store is forced to shut up shop at the Butlerstown Retail Park on the outskirts of Waterford city.
This week will certainly be a time to remember for the Phelan family of Cove Lodge, Stradbally, as they travel to Los Angeles and Hollywood to support Nicky Phelan who directed ‘Granny O Grimm’ one of two animated Irish made films nominated for this year’s Oscars.
A young Waterford businessman was celebrating this week after learning that he had won €2.8m as a half share in last Saturday night’s Lotto jackpot of €5.6m.
The residents of six unfinished housing estates in Ferrybank, Waterford, were left in limbo and were unable to have them taken-in-charge by Kilkenny County Council, a meeting of the Council's Piltown Electoral Area Committee was told in Newrath last week.
A Waterford mother has spoken of her relief after her daughter fled to safety from the tsunami catalysed by last Saturday’s massive earthquake in Chile.
Colm Curran shot eight points for Dungarvan CBS in their Munster Senior ‘B’ Hurling final win over St Paul’s Community School at Fraher Field on Saturday last.
The Waterford hurlers will have to plan without inspirational centre-back Michael ‘Brick’ Walsh for the rest of the National League.
Waterford IT qualified for the Fitzgibbon Cup Semi-Finals after a two-point win over a plucky Dublin IT side.
Six swimmers from Carrick-on-Suir, Dungarvan and Hugginstown, County Kilkenny are in strict training to complete a relay swim of the English Channel in August.
A number of athletes competed in the British Under-17 and U20 indoor championships and their stand-out performer was Ciara Giles Doran.
The southeast derby against Wexford Youths ia at the RSC on Friday.
What a performance away from home to seal the best weekend of the season!
Waterford’s Kevin Knox was crowned Munster senior squash champion recently, beating Donal Carroll of Limerick in the final played at Highfield in Cork.
Bausch and Lomb Wildcats play their final game of Basketball Ireland’s Superleague this coming Sunday with a 3pm tip-off away to Dublin City University.
The line-up at Electric Avenue this Friday (5th March) promises to be an early contender for “GIG of the Year”, with the brilliant Fionn Regan kicking off his Irish Tour with support from the 7 piece Danny & The Champions Of The World.
Audiences of ‘Sweeney Todd’ have been enthralled, mesmerised, shattered almost.
The Showband Show to top them all comes to Forum Waterford on Saturday March 13th.
Rockscapes & Surfaces is an exhibition of new works by Waterford based Milia Tsaoussis-Maddock and Bernard Queally.
Waterford has been crying out for a good HIP HOP night to represent what is probably the most successful music genre of this century so far.
“Sound To Light” the debut album by Dublin based 4 piece Channel One was voted the best album of 2009 by the Irish Independent.
Without doubt the finest tribute act to Pearl Jam you are ever likely to see, the Australian Pearl Jam have been spreading the good word of Eddie Vedder & Co. since 2005.
Waterford Airport is financially secure and in a strong position to ride out what management at the Killowen facility referred to last week as the ‘current economic storm’.
Waterford is among the areas set for a Foreign and Direct Investment (FDI) boost as outlined in a new IDA Ireland jobs strategy published this week.
‘HealthStat’ programme measures Irish acute hospitals patient care delivery.
I am now of an age that my older brothers and sisters are becoming grandparents and a whole new set of financial responsibilities are being assumed by the young parents – their children.
Waterford-based company Datastore has just announced 10 new jobs, with five coming in stream now and five more in a year’s time.
In operation since 2007, the Ireland Wales Programme is now open for its fourth call for proposals and a total of €27.8m is available.
The first 80 of over 300 students from Saudi Arabia are due to arrive in the south east next September to begin four years of study at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT).
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