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The legendary Waterford Blaa – be its floury or crusty – has been successfully registered for prestigious Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) status! This significant development has seen the city’s most famed culinary creation earn the same status as internationally renowned products such as Italy’s Parma Ham, France’s Camembert de Normandie Cheese and Greece’s Kalamata Olive Oil. This [...]

EirGrid ‘must be honest’ with the people of Ireland in relation to the GridLink Project: that was the assertion made by the Minister of Agriculture when visiting Waterford last week. Speaking to The Munster Express on Thursday last, Simon Coveney stated: “Well I don’t think anyone should be spoken down to by anybody” when it was [...]

The Waterford Hospice Movement recently appointed Danette Connolly as the new Chairperson of the Board. Ms. Connolly, who is Director of Care with Home Instead Senior Care Waterford and Director of Training at the NAS Centre, has been a board member since June 2013.  Speaking of the appointment, Danette said “I am delighted to have received [...]

Eamon McGrath is a Fianna Fail candidate in the 2014 local elections in the Waterford City East electoral area. A dairy farmer in Ballygarron near Waterford Airport, Eamon McGrath studied at De La Salle College in the city and Kildalton College. He has been involved with Fianna Fail for a number of years and has also been [...]

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in Dooley’s Hotel on Saturday last to help GIY launch its fundraising campaign for GROW HQ, the GIY national food education centre which will be based in the city. Founder Michael Kelly announced that GIY has made significant strides towards its €750,000 fundraising target, having already secured €100,000 in funding from Bord [...]

Mayor of Waterford John Cummins has welcomed the establishment of a new direct air link between Dublin and Newfoundland, home to thousands of Waterfordian descendants. Speaking to The Munster Express, Mayor Cummins described WestJet’s decision to initially operate a service between June 15th and October 5th of next year as “a tremendous development” for both Waterford [...]

Vandals thrashed three wheelchair-accessible vehicles at a Brothers of Charity-run facility last weekend, including one containing a portable suction machine that is now contaminated with glass and completely unusable. Gardaí are appealing for the public’s assistance following the break-in at the Brothers of Charity’s Killean Resource Centre on the Lackenwood Business Park, which is thought to [...]

EirGrid has extended its public consultation period regarding the GridLink Project to January 7th, having initially stated that the feedback phase would conclude yesterday (Tuesday). News that the deadline has been extended has been widely welcomed by local politicians. However the Comeraghs Against Pylons (CAP) group remained somewhat underwhelmed by the development. “This is little more than [...]

Business owners in Waterford City are exhaling in relief after a deal was brokered with City Hall in relation to the payment of Commercial Rates for 2014. The news, coming six weeks after businesses received blunt instruction from a Waterford City Council-appointed Revenue Collector regarding the payment of outstanding rates, has offered some respite for hard-hit [...]