Author: Jill Kerby

When it comes to investment performance, only a few people seem to have informed, realistic expectations. Many have none at all and certainly even the better informed don’t usually have a clue of the total costs of buying individual shares, either by signing up with a stockbroker, making single buy or sell orders or...

Some couples choose not to marry. They may have had previous unhappy marriages or long term relationships. Their parents may have had an unhappy marriage that broke up (or should have.) They may still be married but do not wish to divorce their previous partner. They may not believe in lifetime, monogamous...

The NAS Training Centre, based in the Cleaboy Business Park, will host a Business after Hours, in association with Waterford Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday, May 1st. The state of the art training facility has gained a reputation as one of the region’s leading conference and training venues and May’s open event will...

Oskars Bar & Restaurant on the Dunmore Road has been nominated in eight categories in the 2014 Irish Restaurant Awards: Best Restaurant, Best Chef, Best Restaurant Manager, Best Casual Dining, Best Gastro Pub, Best Customer Service, Best Wine Experience, and Best Kids Size Meals. Commenting on the nominations,...

Every significant commercial stakeholder in Waterford city centre, along with An Garda Síochána and the Port of Waterford, has committed to examining the ‘Purple Flag’ programme and its potential implementation. So what journey are the stakeholders, which pit their combined nous under the City Centre Management Group...

The Kilkenny People and The Clonmel Nationalist are two of the 14 regional newspapers sold last week by the British company, Johnston Press, which owns 30 newspapers in the Republic and Northern Ireland. The sale of the 14 titles in the Republic had been on the cards for some time but the deal was only completed last...

Set on a 310 acre island haven, Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Resort truly is a special venue. Employing 67 full and part time staff, the Castle offers 19 beautifully decorated bedrooms, and 48 self-catering lodges “We are unique,” said Head of Sales & Marketing at Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Resort...

Waterford Chamber met with Sean Kelly MEP and a delegation of policy makers from the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development last week. The main purpose of the delegation’s visit to Waterford was to gather first-hand information on the implementation of the EU’s Structural Funds in Waterford and...

There will be no local financial institution left to serve the 7,000 or so people living in the Ferrybank area by the end of this month, when St Dominic’s Credit Union closes its Fountain Street branch. It’s understood there will be no job losses in the short term, as Ferrybank staff members will be absorbed into the...

MiThere will be no local financial institution left to serve the 7,000 or so people living in the Ferrybank area by the end of this month, when St Dominic’s Credit Union closes its Fountain Street branch. It’s understood there will be no job losses in the short term, as Ferrybank staff members will be absorbed into...

Hailo, the free smartphone app that puts customers’ just two taps away from a licensed vehicle, has now arrived in Waterford. Having experienced great success in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick, Hailo will now become available in 20 towns and cities across 15 counties. Commuters in Waterford can now also enjoy the...

You could be forgiven for thinking that the consumer energy market, with its collection of different gas and electricity suppliers, is beginning to resemble the private health insurance market with all its existing and stand-alone offers and the dizzying number of not very transparent individual usage and standing...