WLR News Editor and former Munster Express journalist Kieran Foley has been nominated for a national Mental Health Media Award. Established over a decade ago and relaunched in 2019, Headline’s Mental Health Media Awards recognise excellence in media coverage of mental health issues. The ceremony takes place in...
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New MD at The Munster Express
New MD at The Munster Express
Kieran Walsh, the managing director of the 163-year-old family-run newspaper, The Munster Express, is set to retire and a new MD from in-house is to take up the role, along with becoming the main shareholder. The region’s oldest newspaper is now in the steady hands of Doreen Connolly, who has worked within The...
Peak in demand for up to 150 workspaces across Kilkenny’s remote hot desk network
Peak in demand for up to 150 workspaces across Kilkenny’s remote hot desk network
Glenmore and Piltown among rural locations offering work/life balance benefits New data shows that demand for Kilkenny’s six rural Connected Hubs and its five established Business Centres has increased as a growing number of professionals are now hot desking while remote working two to three days a week – and...
Recruitment: 24th November 2023
Recruitment: 24th November 2023
The Munster Express has the latest job opportunities from across Waterford and the South-East online and in our print editions. Cleaner required for Strangsmills NS Kilmacow 20 hours per week or two positions of 10 hours each also considered. Previous experience working as a cleaner in a school, hospital or factory...
Rockwell College
Rockwell College
Pioneering Co-Educational Boarding in Ireland in 2023 Bringing Excellence, Tradition, and Innovation Together In a groundbreaking stride, Rockwell College stands as the first and only co-educational Catholic boarding school in Ireland, marking an exciting milestone in its history. Nestled on a sprawling 100-acre...
Armagh city – a Georgian gem
Armagh city – a Georgian gem
Armagh city proved to be a great surprise as a place to visit. We have been a number of times across the border, but not Armagh, which was recommended for its important history. It might have an image of Cathedrals and prayer, given that it’s known as the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, as well as having...
The Blame . . and How to Avoid it
The Blame . . and How to Avoid it
Waterford Youth Arts in association with Garter Lane Arts Centre presents The Blame . . and How to Avoid it Written by Waterford Youth Arts and Liam Meagher Directed by Liam Meagher Following from the success last summer of I’m just a Girl, wtf would I know, director and playwright Liam Meagher returns to...
Traffic island “mess” at ‘top of the town’ must be removed urgently, says Cllr Kelly
Traffic island “mess” at ‘top of the town’ must be removed urgently, says Cllr Kelly
Independent representative Joe Kelly has called on Waterford City & County Council to remove the traffic ‘island’ at the junction of Newgate Street and Stephen Street/Browns Lane. Cllr Kelly explained how “the traffic island and traffic lights were put in as part of a rerouting of traffic as part of the planned...
All Together Now announce brand new app plus early entry passes, camping & travel info
All Together Now announce brand new app plus early entry passes, camping & travel info
ALL TOGETHER NOW Bank Holiday Weekend Aug 4th – Aug 6th, 2023 Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford, Ireland ** EARLY ENTRY PASSES ** ** BRAND NEW APP ** ** SEANCHOÍCHE ** ** AVA IN THE WOODS ** ** THE LAST CITY ** ** BOUTIQUE & PRE-PITCHED CAMPING ** ** BUS ÉIREANN ** All Together Now brings you 18 stages...
Beat is 20 years in broadcasting
Beat is 20 years in broadcasting
Every year at exactly 1:02pm on July 1st, Beat plays the iconic noughties track ‘Beautiful Day’ by U2, as a nostalgic nod to the moment the regional radio station went live in 2003 from state-of-the-art studios in Ardkeen, Waterford city. Fast forward two decades to the present where the multi-platform radio station...
Move to rid The Glen of eyesores
Move to rid The Glen of eyesores
The news that Waterford City and County Council is to finally move to tackle eyesore properties in The Glen has been widely welcomed by those who’ve watched one of the old town’s most iconic districts fall into decay. Local Fianna Fáil councillor Eamon Quinlan has received confirmation from the local authority’s...
Second cath lab to open in September
Second cath lab to open in September
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed that the second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be opened in September. He made the “commitment” as he attended the official opening of the South East Palliative Care Centre at Ardkeen last Friday. “As many of you will know, the second cath lab will be up...