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Refugee Rehousing Fears
WATERFORD City & County Council must immediately find accommodation within the locality for 100 Syrian refugees. Councillors were briefed in private recently on the local authority’s obligation to find accommodation for the refugees who are currently residing in the Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre at Clonea Strand Hotel. The Munster Express understands that the issue has generated [...]
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Social Housing Boost for Carrickpherish
Dermot Keyes The allocation of €5.62 million from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for the construction of 31 social housing units at Carrickpherish has been widely welcomed. Under the terms agreed, Frisby Construction will use their own land, which already has planning permission to construct thirty-one A Rated units. Ground works are expected to [...]
Have a Heart for Isabelle
Maria’s six-year-old daughter, Isabelle Flynn, was born (at just 28 weeks) with apnoea, “a condition where she can stop breathing – she can die at any stage – and she has died on hundreds of occasions”. Ms Condon, who is a member of Waterford’s Irish Red Cross team and is fully CPR-trained herself, said the [...]
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Ophelia Washes Up Rare Ocean Visitors
Coastwatch Ireland, along with local residents, have been busy around the coast this past week, with no less than 500 volunteers out on Irish beaches in the wake of ex-hurricane Ophelia. This newspaper met Paddy Houlihan from Ballybeg, having collecting over 200 plastic items and related litter on Kilfarrassy beach. This was one of seven beaches [...]
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Kilmeaden Speed Limit Set for Review
A CONTROVERSIAL new speed limit in Kilmeaden is to be reviewed following what’s been described as an “outcry”. During a discussion on the Special Speed Limit Bye-laws 2017 at October’s Plenary Meeting of Waterford City & County Council, Cllr John O’Leary (FF) said a reduction in speed limits in many areas had been welcomed by the [...]
Locals query why met masts are still standing near Kilmac
ONCERNED locals have queried why two wind/met masts are remaining in place near Kilmacthomas despite a decision to scrap a controversial wind farm proposal. In August, BSB Community Energy Ltd. announced that it would not proceed with its “current proposal” to erect giant wind turbines in the area of Bonmahon, Ballylaneen and Stradbally. However, Waterford City & [...]
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Ophelia’s Tragic Cost
Storm Ophelia, which ground Waterford, the South East and the entire State to a halt on Monday, claimed the life of a Cancer Support Co-ordinator outside the West Waterford village of Aglish. Clare O’Neill died a day short of her 59th birthday after her car was struck by a tree on the R671 road between Aglish [...]
Personality Portraits
Alva Pearson
Lyrath Estate is delighted to announce the return of Alva Pearson as Group Sales & Marketing Director for Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny. A Wicklow native, Alva has lived in County Kilkenny now for 13 years, and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this new role. Having previously held the position of Sales & [...]