Church View, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council, in collaboration with Michael Murphy Building Services and with support of the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, is delighted to launch Affordable Homes at Church View, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny. Thirteen 3-bedroom Affordable Homes are...
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Church Renovation Fundraising at St. Nicholas, Ballyduff Lower
Church Renovation Fundraising at St. Nicholas, Ballyduff Lower
Community and belonging Our country and our world has many iconic buildings full of history and memories. In the village of Ballyduff Lower, the stunning St. Nicholas’ Church has stood proud watching over its parishioners for over 203 years. This church has been a beacon of light for many generations and a place of...
Dovida Caregiver Appreciation Week
Dovida Caregiver Appreciation Week
Ireland’s leading home care provider, Dovida, is to celebrate the dedication and commitment of its near 4,000 strong workforce during Caregiver Appreciation Week. The week-long event will take place all over the country from the 16th to the 20th of June to highlight the invaluable contribution Dovida caregivers...
Youthreach Subla Centre, Waterford fundraiser
Youthreach Subla Centre, Waterford fundraiser
The Waterford Branch of the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Youthreach Subla Centre in Waterford for hosting us recently. We were incredibly grateful to accept a generous cheque from the LCA students who partnered with us as part of their Enterprise module this year....
Kieran’s mental health media nomination
Kieran’s mental health media nomination
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...
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...
The Ferocious O’Flahertys
The Ferocious O’Flahertys
Last year Killian O’Flaherty was nominated for craftsperson of the year in the under 30s category in the SPAB Heritage Awards (Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings). Last November, he was invited to London to attend the Awards ceremony in Soho, London. Killian was the first ever Irish Nominee to be put forward...
Back in the fold
Back in the fold
Thirty years after starting out in journalism, and following a few career detours along the way, Jamie O’Keeffe is returning to the Munster Express as Editor. Taking up the role of Editor this Wednesday (11 January), Jamie O’Keeffe worked as a journalist with the Munster Express from 2000 to 2011. From a farming...
New recycling database to answer all your waste questions
New recycling database to answer all your waste questions
Kollect, Ireland’s best known brand for online waste collection and junk removal has created a comprehensive and free directory of Waste Centres in Waterford and around Ireland with the sole aim of helping people to dispose of waste ethically and more responsibly. The site, Recycling Centres Ireland allows people to...
An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar visits Waterford
An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar visits Waterford
Waterford Fine Gael Senator John Cummins welcomed his party leader, An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD to Waterford on Friday last 21st October for a day-long visit across the county. The packed schedule included meetings with the Waterford City and Dungarvan/West Waterford...
Sanction for formal negotiations to proceed on acquisition of Crystal site
Sanction for formal negotiations to proceed on acquisition of Crystal site
Justine Dwyer The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris, has described approval for SETU to enter negotiations regarding the former Waterford Crystal site as “substantial progress.” Speaking in Waterford on Monday (yesterday) to officially open SETU, the Minister also said he was very conscious of...
New Fianna Fáil councillors ratified
New Fianna Fáil councillors ratified
Justine Dwyer Two new female councillors took their seats at the table of Waterford City and County Council to be ratified at the October plenary meeting in City Hall last week. Cllr. Mairead Tobin (FF) steps into her father’s shoes, the late James Tobin, who passed away recently, whilst Stephanie Keating (FF) takes...
