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Big hole in roads fund
Big hole in roads fund
Waterford Co Council’s road funding is expected to be down by approximately €1.5million in the current year. Monday’s meeting of...
Municipal Art Gallery set for Granary move
Municipal Art Gallery set for Granary move
Waterford City’s Municipal Art Gallery looks set to make a direct swap with the Waterford Tourism Information Office by...
County’s property rates under review
County’s property rates under review
The rateable valuation of business and domestic property in Waterford is under review by the Valuation Office in Dublin, and the...
County’s Fire Brigades deal with over 50 calls in January
County’s Fire Brigades deal with over 50 calls in January
The nine fire brigade units in Co Waterford responded to a total of 54 call-outs in January alone. Chief Fire Officer Capt...
Pay cuts mooted at Whitfield Clinic
Pay cuts mooted at Whitfield Clinic
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said this week it had become aware that it was the intention of management at...
FG’s negative equity pledge is meaningless
FG’s negative equity pledge is meaningless
Fine Gael’s promise to rescue mortgage holders in negative equity by extending more mortgage interest relief to them should make...
Waterford beef farmers facing base price battle
Waterford beef farmers facing base price battle
Approximately 75 per cent of Waterford’s beef cattle farmers are selling their steers ‘at or just around’ the absolute base...
The big money questions for reluctant canvassers
The big money questions for reluctant canvassers
I’m very lucky that I live on a busy street on Inner City Dublin. And I’m blessed with good and friendly neighbours, a lot of...
Self-employed truly doing the State some service
Self-employed truly doing the State some service
Amidst all the political and economic uncertainty that currently prevails, it came as a relief to attend a seminar at the Tower...
Politicians should prepare for Universal Social Charge anger
Politicians should prepare for Universal Social Charge anger
Here’s something to ask the next politician who comes seeking your vote in the upcoming general election: what are they going to...
Glanbia predicts strong full year performance
Glanbia predicts strong full year performance
The first half of 2010 yielded ‘excellent results’ for Glanbia, with the plc confident that the full year performance will...
