A recent CSO report showed how Tramore town is doing well nationally in terms of income, and leads the south-east. The Waterford seaside town stands at 19 in Ireland for income for towns larger than 10,000 population, excluding main cities, such as Waterford. It also comes up as number one in south east Ireland...
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Are you the next Barony of Gaultier Rose?
Are you the next Barony of Gaultier Rose?
It’s past midsummer’s day now and it’s hard not to notice the beautiful floral displays that adorn almost every garden at the moment. But now it’s time to plan ahead to the summer’s end and to the early autumn when our favourite florets appear, The Gaultier Roses. The Carbally Community Development Project will hold...
Standoff over CBS sport hall
Standoff over CBS sport hall
Eoghan Dalton Reports A SPORTS club in Tramore has sprung into action over fears that the hall will be demolished and the site sold to a property developer. Tramore Basketball Club was recently told by the old CBS hall’s owners, the Edmund Rice Schools’ Trust (ERST) that it must sign a rolling one-month...
Tramore’s Prom Fest cancelled
Tramore’s Prom Fest cancelled
Caitlin Reddie Reports The cancellation of the Tramore Promenade Festival (Prom Fest) has been met with considerable local disappointment. The festival, first held in 2014, had become a welcome to Tramore’s summer entertainment schedule. Events Team Chairperson Helen Young has claimed the Festival is unlikely to be...
Suir Blueway creates new tourist potential for South Tipperary
Suir Blueway creates new tourist potential for South Tipperary
Daniel Keating Reports A wealth of history, heritage and culture running largely parallel to much of the N24 between Carrick-on-Suir and Cahir is now open to cyclists and hikers alike. Nestled along the north bank of the River Suir lies the €5.6 million Blueway, a 53-kilometre trail stretching from Carrick to Cahir,...
Tramore set for bus boost
Tramore set for bus boost
Eoghan Dalton Reports The Bus Éireann service for Riverstown in Tramore is to improve thanks to the return of evening services. It will be part of the summer timetable which will also see a move to a permanent operation of double-decker buses by the end of June, according to Cllr Joe Conway (Ind). There will be buses...
Keeping an eco-friendly eye on Tramore
Keeping an eco-friendly eye on Tramore
The Tramore Eco Group is striving to heighten awareness about the beauty and diversity of Tramore’s ecological environment MEMBERS of Tramore Eco Group have made a significant contribution to promoting and preserving their local environment since the group was established. Its aim is to heighten awareness about...
Uncertainty over future of Kilmeaden Village Centre
Uncertainty over future of Kilmeaden Village Centre
A LEVEL of uncertainty continues to surround the future of a prominent site in Kilmeaden village. The future of the Kilmeaden Village Centre has been an ongoing cause of concern for many in the locality in recent years due to its increasingly unsightly appearance and a lack of commercial activity.The centre was once...
‘The Last Post’ in Passage
‘The Last Post’ in Passage
ANOTHER chapter in the history of Passage East ended on Friday last with the closure of the village’s post office. Ann Carey, postmistress for almost 30 years, was joined by family and friends as she retired shortly after 5pm on March 1st. Despite inclement weather conditions, a large contingent of well-wishers from...
Canaries chirping out Ballyduff way!
Canaries chirping out Ballyduff way!
The Dawn Players drama group, which has literally kept the show on the road in Ballyduff Lower and Kilmeaden for many a long winter’s night, is currently entering the home stretch of rehearsals for their latest production. And one suspects their 2019 play will have audiences rolling in the aisles once more!...
Community campaigner enters local election race
Community campaigner enters local election race
A PROMINENT Mid County Waterford community activist is set to run as an Independent candidate in the upcoming local elections.Ann Troy from Ballyogarty, Kilmacthomas was to the fore during the high profile 2017 campaign to halt plans to construct giant wind turbines in the areas of Bonmahon, Stradbally and...
Hope for housing in Kilmacthomas
Hope for housing in Kilmacthomas
Eoghan Dalton Reports Waterford Council’s Director of Housing has said there may be hope for a housing development in Kilmacthomas,with the local authority investigating a site in the fast-growing town.Ivan Grimes told Councillors at 2018’s final Comeragh District meeting that there is asite, but it is...
