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...
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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...
Councillors ‘disappointed’ with Minister’s response on St. Brigid’s Hospital
Councillors ‘disappointed’ with Minister’s response on St. Brigid’s Hospital
Kieran Foley Councillors in County Waterford have expressed disappointment at a response from the Minister of Health in relation to their concerns over St Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir. There have been ongoing calls for the HSE to revisit its decision to discontinue the hospital’s role as a short-stay inpatient...
Waterford has third highest number of COVID-19 fines
Waterford has third highest number of COVID-19 fines
Jordan Norris Only Cork and Limerick have seen more fines for COVID related breaches than County Waterford. 358 fines have been issued in the county according to the latest Garda statistics. A quarter of all fines issued in Ireland can be attributed to Cork, Limerick and Waterford. Nationally, half of those hit with...
Under The Munster Microscope: Aisling Moloney
Under The Munster Microscope: Aisling Moloney
Jordan Norris Aisling Moloney is a journalist from Dungarvan, Waterford who is best known for her role as the host of News2Day – a children’s news programme which runs on weekdays on RTÉ2. A graduate of the University of Limerick, a career in the field of TV and radio always called to Aisling, who described...
‘Waterford needs a boxing stadium’
‘Waterford needs a boxing stadium’
Jordan Norris Waterford is in need of a stadium, says a local kickboxing trainer. Renowned trainer Billy O’Sullivan has sent his champions all over the world for many years, and the likes of Dylan Moran and many more are among the names he has trained to stardom. With the great crop of fighters in the area, be it...