A group largely drawn from Waterford has travelled to Newfoundland for the Festival of the Sea held in St John’s, part of the...
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Merck’s €100m thumbs-up for Carrick and South East
Merck’s €100m thumbs-up for Carrick and South East
The Carrick-on-Suir area got a badly needed injection of confidence on Thursday last when pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp and...
Prompt action required to protect your wealth
Prompt action required to protect your wealth
I recently received a long letter from a reader who had inherited a portfolio of shares from her husband who died a couple of...
Crystal site ideal for ‘carbon hub’
Crystal site ideal for ‘carbon hub’
Despite cold water being poured by local agencies on our story linking WIT and the Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge) to the...
Warm tributes paid to retiring County Manager
Warm tributes paid to retiring County Manager
Tributes were paid to Waterford County Manager Ray O’Dwyer at the conclusion of his final meeting as principal office holder at...
County Council’s ‘missing millions’ row rumbles on
County Council’s ‘missing millions’ row rumbles on
The acid-test in Waterford County Council’s ‘missing millions’ row will come when the collection of development charges...
Gallagher places economy at heart of Presidential bid
Gallagher places economy at heart of Presidential bid
Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher wishes to replicate Mary McAleese’s success in the peace process for small businesses and...
John Nolan's eye for ambition at WIT
John Nolan's eye for ambition at WIT
Doctor John Nolan has never been a man to do things by halves. Only last weekend, the Carrick-on-Suir man, who grew up just a...
Matt Keane Meets: Diarmuid Coughlan
Matt Keane Meets: Diarmuid Coughlan
In 1783, brothers George and William Penrose founded the Penrose Glass House in the Waterford city. They soon established a...
28 let go at Bausch and Lomb
28 let go at Bausch and Lomb
Waterford’s largest private sector employer Bausch & Lomb has confirmed that 28 temporary employees at its local contact...
A ‘positive outturn’ for Waterford Airport in ‘10
A ‘positive outturn’ for Waterford Airport in ‘10
Despite a ‘very difficult economic environment’, passenger numbers at Waterford Airport declined by just seven per cent during...
Why to act promptly once redundancy shock passes
Why to act promptly once redundancy shock passes
Most of the 575 workers at the TalkTalk call centre in Waterford who were notified that their jobs will disappear in a brutally...
