Department Launches Public Consultation on Forestry The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has launched a...
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University Hospital Waterford becomes the first JAM Card friendly HSE hospital
University Hospital Waterford becomes the first JAM Card friendly HSE hospital
University Hospital Waterford (UHW) has announced it is the first Health Service Executive (HSE) hospital in Ireland to become...
What does Being Irish Mean?
What does Being Irish Mean?
Identity is something many people have struggled with at some stage. Within our culture however, there is an ever-present sense...
Transforming South Kilkenny
Transforming South Kilkenny
PICTURESQUE Piltown is certainly punching above its weight in terms of community spirit, pride of place and entrepreneurial...
Late Judge Peter Smithwick
Late Judge Peter Smithwick
Eddie Synnott The death took place on Tuesday last, March 8th, of Judge Peter Alexander Smithwick, at the age of 85. The late...
Butler welcomes €150 million for Rural Communities
Butler welcomes €150 million for Rural Communities
Justine Dwyer Rural communities in Waterford are to benefit from a €150 million package of supports to rejuvenate country towns...
Greenway links to Glenmore and Slieverue villages
Greenway links to Glenmore and Slieverue villages
Eddie Synnott Roadplan Consulting Ltd have been commissioned by Kilkenny County Council, in association with Kilkenny Leader...
BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards
BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and the Royal Irish Academy of Music have announced a transformative new music prize to support...
Kilmeaden’s Story of Rail
Kilmeaden’s Story of Rail
One of the major success stories of tourism in County Waterford is the Waterford Suir Valley Railway (WSVR) in Kilmeaden. WSVR...
Cheese plant gets go-ahead
Cheese plant gets go-ahead
Kieran Foley There has been a broad welcome locally to the news that a €140m cheese factory proposed for South Kilkenny can go...
Call for regional approach to find a solution to N24 and N25 funding
Call for regional approach to find a solution to N24 and N25 funding
Eddie Synnott The decision by Transport Infrastructure Ireland not to allocate funding, in 2022, to the N24 and N25 road...
Major fundraiser for suicide awareness set to commence
Major fundraiser for suicide awareness set to commence
Justine Dwyer You would think with seven children ranging in age from 16 to 13 months old, Helena Wall from Cherrymount would...
