County Senior Football Championship An Rinn 2-11 Portlaw 0-6 An Rinn became the fifth team to reach the quarter final stages of this year’s County Senior Football Championship on Saturday afternoon last where they proved too strong for Portlaw at Fraher Field. The win for the Gaeltacht Club side means that the four...
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Tramore scores well nationally on household income
Tramore scores well nationally on household income
A recent CSO report showed how Tramore town is doing well nationally in terms of income, and leads the south-east. The Waterford seaside town stands at 19 in Ireland for income for towns larger than 10,000 population, excluding main cities, such as Waterford. It also comes up as number one in south east Ireland...
Heroin overdose at a "once idyllic park"
Heroin overdose at a "once idyllic park"
CONCERNS have been expressed over the transformation of a “once idyllic family friendly park” into an area “littered with drug paraphernalia”. Cllr Eddie Mulligan (FF) has highlighted a worrying incident at New Street Gardens where he says a young life was almost “snuffed out” due to another heroin overdose. Cllr...
New mortuary to open in two years
New mortuary to open in two years
Eoghan Dalton —————- The new mortuary at University Hospital Waterford will more than double the current building’s permanent storage capacity and include viewing rooms for relatives of the deceased. €5.67m in funding for a new building at the hospital, which provides mortuary and...
The Coach House, Douglas
The Coach House, Douglas
Having recently moved back to Cork from London where she lived for 13 years, Emily O’Donoghue and her husband, Chris, bought a house that had a Coach House on the grounds. They converted it into a two bedroomed cottage and since August 2017 have been welcoming guests from all over the world. “Airbnb is an incredible...
JOB VACANCIES ACROSS REGION
JOB VACANCIES ACROSS REGION
Waterford and the wider South East region is currently experiencing a range of labour vacancies, with as many as 600 positions available in ICT, Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharma and Medical Devices. This underlines that industries are now identifying areas outside of the overheating Dublin economy in which to site...
Connolly relishing Semple showdown
Connolly relishing Semple showdown
Ballygunner selector Padraig Connolly admits that playing the All-Ireland Club Semi-Final a fortnight after his team’s sensational Munster Final display would have been preferable. “I’d have to agree with that,” he said when that scenario was presented to him. “But you can be sire that the...
Butcher’s beef with vegans
Butcher’s beef with vegans
Eoghan Dalton Reports A city centre butcher’s found themselves the target of a vegan protest last weekend. O’Flynn’s Butchers, on George’s Street, were the subject of a demonstration by a local branch of an animal rights group that seeks to highlight the treatment of animals in Ireland’s food system. A small...
Halligan: Cath Lab will not be delayed
Halligan: Cath Lab will not be delayed
Minister of State John Halligan (IA) has re-iterated the Government’s commitment to deliver the second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford, opening Damien Tiernan’s ‘Deise Today’ debut on Monday to make his case. In a statement issued on to The Munster Express on Friday last, Minister...
Ruke Ogude of Sunday league TV
Ruke Ogude of Sunday league TV
Waterford resident Ruke Ogude has brought a new dimension to the local football and last week he was filming at the St Joseph’s v Piltown Munster Cup match in John Grant Park. I caught up with this enthusiastic and talents gentleman.“Sundayleague.tv record, edit and promote amateur football (WJL) matches for the...
Memories Are Made of This..And That…
Memories Are Made of This..And That…
Often in discussions you will hear people talking about their earliest memories almost always relating to family situations. Well, according to a recent survey involving almost 7,000 participants, about 40 per cent of people had a first memory that was fictional.Current medical research suggests that people’s...
Martin Hayes Enthralls at St. Canice's
Martin Hayes Enthralls at St. Canice's
Acclaimed traditional musician Martin Hayes returned to perform at Kilkenny Arts Week for the fifth successive year at St Canice’s, a gig we booked our tickets several weeks beforehand – and we were not disappointed. The Clareman, who is now based at Madrid with his wife Lina, performed a brilliant gig at...