A Waterford golfer will feature on Sky Sports TV next Monday and Tuesday night (8pm). John Lynch, a 5 handicapper playing out of...
Author: Tom Young
Students urged to take up engineering
Students urged to take up engineering
Average salaries for Chartered Engineers in the healthcare, civil and structural, and mechanical and manufacturing sectors have...
‘Thousands of jobs' for Ferrybank
‘Thousands of jobs' for Ferrybank
Major proposals for a mixed-use development of 58 acres of land at Christendom in Ferrybank have been submitted to Kilkenny...
Angry former Mayor hits out over "slap in the face" for elderly
Angry former Mayor hits out over "slap in the face" for elderly
A former Mayor of Waterford has hit out at the government for delivering “a slap in the face” to older people by...
ESB workers consider options as Endesa buys power stations
ESB workers consider options as Endesa buys power stations
Following the purchase by Spanish utility giant Endesa of the ESB power plants at Great Island in Wexford and Tarbert in Kerry,...
New intercity train arrives in Waterford
New intercity train arrives in Waterford
The first new Intercity Railcar arrived in Waterford from Dublin for the first time on Thursday last. The first passengers to...
Pleas for action to minimise job losses at Honeywell plant
Pleas for action to minimise job losses at Honeywell plant
Up to a hundred workers at Honeywell’s turbo component factory on Waterford’s Industrial Park are to lose their jobs...
Employers' fears over mental health
Employers' fears over mental health
A survey of businesses in the south east has found that employers feel employment equality legislation serves as a barrier to...
‘Incomprehensible' cut in funding for the deaf
‘Incomprehensible' cut in funding for the deaf
The HSE has come under fire this week for cutting funding for the deaf. Its annual budget for Audiology Services in the South...
Complaints to Ombudsman on the rise
Complaints to Ombudsman on the rise
Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly reveals in her annual report for 2007 that she received 2,578 valid complaints, compared to 2,245...
Uncertainty over Gateway projects and decentralisation
Uncertainty over Gateway projects and decentralisation
Concerns over Gateway funding and decentralisation were aired at Monday night’s City Council meeting in light of the...
Carrickphierish schools are set to open in 2010
Carrickphierish schools are set to open in 2010
Details of a €28m investment in social infrastructure at Carrickphierish, including a two-school educational campus in what will...
