MEMBERS of a community in South Kilkenny are endeavouring to provide local children with a top class playground facility. Residents in the Bigwood area have come together to form a committee to help build a play park for the children of the locality. As with so many similar community projects, lots of hard work and...
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Almost 400 on child services waiting lists
Almost 400 on child services waiting lists
An inspection by the independent watchdog Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) into HSE Child Protection and Welfare Service in Waterford has found 397 children on a waiting list for initial assessment and 31 children awaiting further assessments. The inspection, which took place in April and May of this...
Excellent results achieved in Tidy Towns Competition
Excellent results achieved in Tidy Towns Competition
Waterford and its surrounding areas again notched up impressive marks in this year’s Tidy Towns competition. While Moynalty, County Meath emerged as the overall winner in this year’s competition with 316 points, many local areas gained top results. The 2013 competition featured entries from 832 towns and villages...
Beast of Listrolin is back
Beast of Listrolin is back
A mysterious black cat, similar in looks and size to a panther, has been spotted, once again, in the South Kilkenny countryside. The animal, which has been seen at various times in recent years in the Mullinavat and Glenmore areas, is described as being ‘as big as a large Rottweiler but very definite of the cat...
Sharp shooter Conor wins European Silver
Sharp shooter Conor wins European Silver
Conor Brennan from Dunmore East outlined his potential as a shooter of some promise when he won a silver medal at the recent European DTL (Down The Line) Championships which were held at Bishop’s Mountain Shooting Centre earlier this month. Conor only began shooting last September but despite his lack of competitive...
Tramore Holden Plant Rentals Announced as New Sponsor of Tramore’s Richest Race
Tramore Holden Plant Rentals Announced as New Sponsor of Tramore’s Richest Race
Holden Plant Rentals have been announced as the new sponsor of Tramore’s richest race, the Listed Steeplechase on Saturday Jan 1st 2011.The Listed Steeplechase will now be called the Holden Plant Rentals Steeplechase of €32,000. Holden Plant Rentals Ltd, based in Mullinavat is the largest specialist equipment rental...
Residents are prisoners in their own homes
Residents are prisoners in their own homes
Residents in the Mullinavat area of South Kilkenny complained last week that they had been made prisoners in their own homes by truck drivers who had turned a local road into a shortcut rat-run to New Ross. The residents on the scenic Ballynooney to Listerlin road have experienced a huge increase in passing traffic...
Flooding investigation under way
Flooding investigation under way
A team of consultant engineers have started an investigation into flooding in South Kilkenny last winter after the opening of the new Waterford to Dublin motorway. A pub and several houses in the Kilmacow area close to the new motorway were flooded for the first time in living memory and following protests by local...
NRA to review road signage on new Dublin Road
NRA to review road signage on new Dublin Road
The National Roads Authority is carrying out a full review of signs on the new road network in South Kilkenny following the opening of the Waterford City Bypass and the new Waterford to Dublin motorway, a meeting of the Piltown Electoral Area Committee of Kilkenny County Council was told in Newrath last week. Area...
Dead horses in Ballybeg illustrate cruelty problems
Dead horses in Ballybeg illustrate cruelty problems
The discoveries of a dead Shetland pony and dead yearling foal at two separate sites in Ballybeg in recent days have illustrated the escalating incidences of reported animal cruelty in Waterford. Speaking to The Munster Express, The Waterford Branch of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
St Dominic’s set to pay dividends
St Dominic’s set to pay dividends
St Dominic’s Credit Union has confirmed that it will be paying an annual dividend to its members this Christmas. There was widespread consternation in the city earlier this week when it emerged that the 31,000 members of Waterford Credit Union (one of the 15 largest Credit Unions in the country) would not be...
New Kilkenny road will open for Christmas
New Kilkenny road will open for Christmas
After many years of waiting, weary motorists, who regularly travel the road from Waterford to Kilkenny/Dublin, will get an early Christmas present when a new 31 kilometre stretch of carriageway, built at a cost of €1.5 billion, opens in December. The new route will run from Dunkitt on the outskirts of Waterford city...