Kieran Foley 2020 brought many traditional rituals to a shuddering halt. Numerous events and activities which had been annual fixtures were either postponed or cancelled. One such practice derailed by the pandemic was the twice-yearly visits by a Waterford based charity to help citizens in Belarus. Since 1997,...
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New Pil River Park playground opens its gates
New Pil River Park playground opens its gates
There was huge excitement in Piltown on Saturday August 21st when finally nearly three years after a group of volunteers came together to plan creating a park and playground for the community they saw their vision completed. The Pil River Park and playground opened its gates at 12 noon to the countdown of some of the...
Japanese descendant of Lafcadio Hearn finds love in Tramore
Japanese descendant of Lafcadio Hearn finds love in Tramore
Kieran Walsh A great story of romance blossomed after a Japanese visitor came to the Lafcadio Hearn Gardens a few years ago. The couple are now married and we met them recently in Tramore and they told us their romantic story. Keith Guinan was born in County Waterford in 1986. After school he went to Wales to study...
AIB’s John McSweeney takes over as President of Waterford Chamber
AIB’s John McSweeney takes over as President of Waterford Chamber
AIB Bank’s John McSweeney was elected President of Waterford Chamber at the 234th AGM, which took place online on Tuesday, June 8th. Originally from Cork, John moved to Waterford in 1996 with AIB Bank having worked previously in Kerry, and has held a number of different management roles in Waterford and the South...
No Covid cases at UHW for first time in 2021
No Covid cases at UHW for first time in 2021
Jordan Norris At the time of writing, there were no cases of COVID-19 on site at University Hospital Waterford. The incidence rate in Waterford is currently 70.6 per 100,000 of population – with the national average at 129.7. Just seven counties in Ireland have a lower incidence rate at present, including Kilkenny...
LEO Waterford Scholars take up Boxworks desks
LEO Waterford Scholars take up Boxworks desks
Four aspiring entrepreneurs recently took up their desks at Boxworks Co Work Space, as part of a Local Enterprise Office Waterford scholarship programme. The Desk programme, helmed by LEO Waterford, was designed to facilitate those with a business idea or in start-up phase. By providing a creative coworking and...
‘The Hard Way Home’ for Réamonn Byrne
‘The Hard Way Home’ for Réamonn Byrne
Kieran Foley Réamonn Byrne from Kilmac, now living in Brooklyn, New York, spoke to Kathryn Thomas on ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’ on RTÉ Radio One last Wednesday. Réamonn, who is known to many locally through Keating’s Bar, is the driving force behind ‘The Hard Way Home’ expedition, a journey to row a small boat unsupported...
Under The Munster Microscope: Seamus Ryan
Under The Munster Microscope: Seamus Ryan
Jordan Norris Seamus Ryan is a Labour Party Councillor for Waterford City South. He first served as a Councillor in 1999, serving as Mayor of Waterford in 2004 as well as being Deputy Mayor on three occasions. A librarian at Waterford Institute of Technology, Seamus is happily married to his wife Deirdre with three...
Renewed plea for information on Imelda Keenan’s 50th birthday
Renewed plea for information on Imelda Keenan’s 50th birthday
Jordan Norris A local man has issued a renewed appeal for information on his sister’s 50th birthday, which occurs today March 23rd. Imelda Keenan disappeared when she was just 22 years old on January 3rd 1994, having been last seen when she left her home on William Street. On the eve of her 50th birthday, her brother...
Mayor of Waterford appears on Sky News
Mayor of Waterford appears on Sky News
Jordan Norris As part of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, Mayor of Waterford, Fine Gael Councillor Damien Geoghegan made an appearance on Sky News in which he outlined how St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated virtually this year – and the role of Waterford in establishing what are now commonplace traditions with regard to...
Echoes of the past at Durrow
Echoes of the past at Durrow
Kieran Foley The centenary of a major historical event at Durrow has highlighted the potential for further developing this popular location on the Waterford Greenway Last Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of the Durrow Engagement which was an escalation of the War of Independence and one of the first engagements...
TUSE application set to be lodged next month
TUSE application set to be lodged next month
Jordan Norris An application for the Technological University of the South East (TUSE) is set to be formally lodged on April 28th. The proposed merger of Waterford Institute of Technology and IT Carlow is set to have a significant campus in Wexford, according to Senator Malcolm Byrne. The project has been interrupted...