Kieran Walsh The Waterford Rose of Tralee finals took place last Friday at the Tower Hotel, Waterford. It was the Ballyduff Upper woman Helen Geary that took the crown and will wear the Rose of Tralee sash for Waterford. Roses and Escorts with outgoing Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher and Rose of Tralee CEO...
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Official opening of Tramore’s public realm works
Official opening of Tramore’s public realm works
Justine Dwyer Pat and Mary O’Reilly, Noel, John and Sinead O’Neill, Suzanne and Stan Furlong, Olive and Stephen Quilty. Photos: Noel Browne. There was music, sunshine and lots of smiling faces in Tramore last Sunday for the official opening of Tramore’s Upper Main Street which underwent a major face lift in recent...
Discover/Recover Theatre Project at Theatre Royal – A FACE IN THE CROWD
Discover/Recover Theatre Project at Theatre Royal – A FACE IN THE CROWD
The Discover/Recover Theatre Project – A Face in the Crowd, promoted by Wexford Mental Health Association, Mental Health Ireland, Regional Office for Suicide Prevention and educational – and partnering with WWETB and Waterford Healing Arts Trust – was successfully hosted in the Theatre Royal in Waterford...
John C Reilly visits Guinness Storehouse’s famous Gravity Bar
John C Reilly visits Guinness Storehouse’s famous Gravity Bar
Acting legend John C Reilly was given the title of International Guest of Honour at the National St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022. While at Guinness Storehouse’s Gravity Bar he talked about a range of things from working with other stars such as Will Ferrell to his own family heritage. John grew up in an...
Tramore student takes the honours at Student Enterprise Awards
Tramore student takes the honours at Student Enterprise Awards
Handy Hurleys from Ard Scoil na Mara in Tramore has won the Senior category of the Waterford Student Enterprise Programme and qualified for the National Student Enterprise Competition. Charlotte Balfe is the founder of Handy Hurleys, a convenient and cost-effective way to store hurleys in the home or club. The...
Glenmore TY student receives enterprise award
Glenmore TY student receives enterprise award
Congratulations to Saramay Walsh, Ballybrahee, Glenmore, a Transition Year student at Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, Rosbercon, who received an award for over-all Senior Runner-up at the Wexford Student Enterprise Programme Awards. Saramay’s prize was for her mini company ‘200 Year Handcrafted Slates...
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival hits new high notes for 2022
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival hits new high notes for 2022
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF), Ireland’s unmissable summer opera, is returning on a high note for seven magical days from 31st of May to the 6th of June 2022. The festival, which attracts more than 3,000 people to Waterford and the Blackwater Valley region each year, has embarked on an even bigger...
WLR’s Big Breakfast Little Stories creator nominated for New York Festivals Radio Award
WLR’s Big Breakfast Little Stories creator nominated for New York Festivals Radio Award
Waterford-born broadcaster and journalist Karen Tomkins has been shortlisted at the international 2022 New York Festivals Radio Awards. Karen is a finalist in the ‘Best Children/ Young Adult Program’ category for her series of children’s audio stories – Big Breakfast Little Stories on WLRfm. The Radio Awards received...
Prince enjoys visit to local family farm
Prince enjoys visit to local family farm
Kieran Foley Thursday March 24th is a day which locals in the picturesque townland of Kilmagemogue will speak about for decades to come. Underneath gorgeous sun and a clear blue sky, the surreal sight of a convoy featuring the Prince of Wales made its way to the 92-hectare farm of progressive local farmer Shane...
Praise for Waterford in address to City Hall
Praise for Waterford in address to City Hall
Justine Dwyer Waterford is a city of promise and hope for the future declared the Prince of Wales speaking at a mayoral reception in his honour in City Hall last week. Prince Charles continued that Ireland was a country that means more to the royal couple than he could possibly say. Addressing those present in the...
Waterford showcased to Royals
Waterford showcased to Royals
Justine Dwyer Blue skies and unseasonably warm temperatures heralded the arrival of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to Waterford last Thursday when they were welcomed by locals who lined the streets. As the city basked in glorious sunshine, the Royal couple took full advantage of the good...
Music Generation Songwriting Programme at Newtown School.
Music Generation Songwriting Programme at Newtown School.
The results of the Music Generation Waterford songwriting workshop at Newtown School will soon be revealed as the finishing touches are currently being applied to the songs which were written and recorded at the school last month. Newtown transition year students working on their songwriting with Music...
