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...
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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...
Tramore mourns for Kieran Hayes
Tramore mourns for Kieran Hayes
Tramore remains in shock following the sudden death of Kieran Hayes of Ballycarnane Woods, just over a week before Christmas. The Holy Cross Church in Tramore was packed to capacity on Friday last (December 21st) as family, friends, fellow students, basketball colleagues, neighbours and the general public paid their...
Tramore's 'Elf & Safety' Santa Clause
Tramore's 'Elf & Safety' Santa Clause
IN A bizarre case of ‘Elf and Safety’ gone mad, a local Council worker has been instructed to refrain from wearing his popular festive attire. Local authority worker Joe Fitzgerald has become a familiar sight in Tramore as he travels around the town in his road sweeper wearing his festive outfit each...
Tramore Hotel is Reduced to Ashes
Tramore Hotel is Reduced to Ashes
Gardaí are putting significant resources to identify arsonists believed to have a started a fire on the site of the vacant Tramore Hotel on Strand Street. The fire started after 5.30pm on Saturday last but it is believed that a few youths had been in the area between 4 and 5 pm. House to house enquiries are being...
Organisers hail the best "Prom Fest" yet
Organisers hail the best "Prom Fest" yet
Last weekend marked the fifth staging of the Tramore Promenade Festival and the organisers believe it was the best yet staged with great crowds attending on both days. A fly-by took place during the Emergency Services event held at the opening of the festival, which has been moved from the traditional Friday evening...
TCR FM Goes Off the Air
TCR FM Goes Off the Air
TRAMORE Community Radio (TCRfm) is to cease broadcasting. In a statement posted online on Friday last, a spokesperson for TCRfm said: “Due to serious ongoing issues, it has been decided that the station will have to close from today. On behalf of the Board and staff we would like to thank everyone who has been a part...
Tramore Coped Well With Storm Emma
Tramore Coped Well With Storm Emma
Tramore experienced its worst snows since 1963 and while there were some falls on ice reported, thankfully no serious injuries were recorded as the vast majority of residents stayed indoors and heeded Government advice. Supermarkets closed in the town on Thursday and Friday last, before re-opening on Saturday, with...
Further Fears over Tramore Secondary School Places
Further Fears over Tramore Secondary School Places
FEARS have reignited amongst concerned parents in relation to securing places at a local secondary school. Fenor National School has traditionally served as a feeder school for Ardscoil na Mara in Tramore (which replaced the CBS and Stella Maris secondary schools). However, the family of one 11-year-old living in...
Casia Flowers Tramore Open for Business!
Casia Flowers Tramore Open for Business!
Michelle Heffernan Reports “I’ve always loved flowers” says Martina O’ Brien, owner and manager of Casia Flowers, now open on Main Street Tramore. “I always said if I won the lotto, I’d open a flower shop! I didn’t win the lotto but here I am anyway!” Martina was working for the previous nine years as training...
Tramore town plan sparks great interest
Tramore town plan sparks great interest
THE new Tramore traffic plan for Main Street and adjacent areas has triggered a wave of interest from business owners and the general public. Waterford City & County Council were out in the area last Wednesday presenting the drawings and the ambition for the growing resort town. Tramore now has a population of...
