Protracted negotiations to determine the fate of Waterford Crystal were taking place in Dublin at time of going to press, with a...
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‘Leave Waterford building to Waterford people'
‘Leave Waterford building to Waterford people'
The City Council has been urged to employ local builders in the construction of its new fire service headquarters at Ballybeg....
Bishop supports Crystal workers
Bishop supports Crystal workers
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Most Rev William Lee has called on the diocese to pull together and support the workers of...
E-voting machines ‘national scandal’
E-voting machines ‘national scandal’
Waterford Labour Party councillor Seamus Ryan has described the ongoing waste of public money currently being spent on the...
Opera Ireland chief salutes Dungarvan SGC's success
Opera Ireland chief salutes Dungarvan SGC's success
The highly successful screening of live opera broadcasts from New York at Dungarvan’s SGC cinema has been saluted by the...
A fifth of surveyed city bins found to be contaminated
A fifth of surveyed city bins found to be contaminated
A fifth of all bins studied through Waterford City Council’s latest round of random bin inspection surveys have been found...
‘Buy local' the message as clocking back of UK cars is revealed by study
‘Buy local' the message as clocking back of UK cars is revealed by study
A lot has been written of late about visiting Northern Ireland to snap up a bargain, with cars featuring heavily on that ‘across...
Short-time working at Bausch & Lomb
Short-time working at Bausch & Lomb
The announcement last week of short-time work at Bausch & Lomb has come as another shock to the jobs market in Waterford,...
Wedgwood family bids for pottery firm
Wedgwood family bids for pottery firm
Last week we reported on developments in Germany at the Rosenthal sister plants of Waterford Wedgwood where the Bavarian...
‘Glanbia meetings softening up farmers for severe price cuts’?
‘Glanbia meetings softening up farmers for severe price cuts’?
IFA national dairy committee Chairman Richard Kennedy claims the current series of Glanbia meetings around the country are being...
Property expert: Waterford homeowners must ‘get tough'
Property expert: Waterford homeowners must ‘get tough'
Homeowners in Waterford city and county must ‘get tough’ given the current trend of monthly price falls in an increasingly...
Crystal parallels in Rosenthal case
Crystal parallels in Rosenthal case
German porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal, which filed for insolvency after parent company Waterford Wedgwood went into...
