Archive for the ‘Community News’ Category
“IF THEY BUILD IT, OUR KIDS WILL GO”
ONCERNED parents have vowed to remove their children from a mid-County Waterford school if plans to erect giant wind turbines in the area proceed.
A large crowd attended a meeting held outside Seafield National School, located between Ballylaneen and Bonmahon on Thursday last, June 29th.
The meeting was organised by the Chair of the Seafield NS Parents [...]
BIN BATTLE BECKONS
LOCAL Councillors have warned that Waterford is at risk of an illegal dumping epidemic if proposed new plans for bin charges proceed.
Opposition is continuing to mount to proposed changes to waste collection which are due to come into effect in September.
Waste collectors will be allowed to offer a range of pricing plans – such as [...]
High Hopes raise Large Room roof!
By Courtney Oliver
The High Hopes Choir were afforded a Civic Reception from Waterford City & County Council on Thursday last, and were, unsurprisingly, in great voice at the event!
The formalities were followed by refreshments and a beautiful performance by the choir to celebrate the group’s achievements.
City & County Mayor Adam Wyse (FF) opened the reception [...]
Man charged following fatal assault
By Justine Dwyer
A 20-year-old man has been charged with assault causing harm following the death of Edmund Rice (54) in Tramore at the weekend.
Mr Rice, who originally hailed from Coleraine in Derry had been living in Ferrybank for a number of years.
He was discovered unconscious on the street at around 2.15am on Saturday after an [...]
Summer security message from Waterford Gardaí
Brendan Roche (Crime Prevention Sergeant)
The arrival of the fine weather has put everyone in a good mood and our thoughts turn to holidays and days at the beach.
Unfortunately it’s also an active time for the criminal. We find that the summer period is associated with a crime spike in a few key areas, namely,
• Burglary
• Theft from [...]
GSK’s new €8m Biomass Energy Plant in Dungarvan
By Justine Dwyer
One of the world’s leading healthcare companies, GSK, officially opened its new €8 million facility in Dungarvan last Friday, which is only the second of its kind in Ireland.
This latest development from GSK, brings its total investment in Dungarvan to €23.2 million over the past 24 months.
The investment has been utilised to develop [...]
Waterford chef Tony Barry scoops 2017 Teaching Excellence Award
ecturer in Culinary Arts, Tony Barry scooped the 2017 Teaching Excellence Award at Waterford Institute of Technology.
Having worked as a chef since the age of 14, he rose to the position of head chef before beginning his teaching career with Fáilte Ireland, joining WIT in 1993.
Grange Heights resident, Barry was reared in St Johns Park [...]
AND ON THEY RAN…
he skies were largely overcast as the 3,000-plus runners, joggers and walkers hit the streets and surrounds of Waterford City on Saturday morning last for the sixth annual Waterford Viking Marathon.
And while the sun didn’t break through in a meaningful way until shortly before 1pm, as many marathon runners began to cross the line at [...]
BROKEN HEARTED
By Justine Dwyer
“Unforgiveable”: that’s how Catherine Power described the circumstances in which brother Tom died – in the back of an ambulance en route to Cork for cardiac treatment on Father’s Day that could have saved his life.
Tom, who was just 40, passed away in Dungarvan en route to Cork where he was to have [...]
Minister told of “agony” caused by Bypass deaths
In this community, death has visited us on many occasions from the bypass,” Piltown and Templeorum Parish Priest Paschal Moore told Transport Minister Shane Ross, who visited Piltown on June 6th.
Fr Moore, who chairs the Piltown Fiddown Bypass Action Group, stated that the losses of life and serious injuries recorded on the troublesome stretch of [...]