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Beat is 20 years in broadcasting

Beat is 20 years in broadcasting

Beat is 20 years in broadcasting

Every year at exactly 1:02pm on July 1st, Beat plays the iconic noughties track ‘Beautiful Day’ by U2, as a nostalgic nod to the moment the regional radio station went live in 2003 from state-of-the-art studios in Ardkeen, Waterford city. Fast forward two decades to the present where the multi-platform radio station...
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Finding true self-esteem

Finding true self-esteem

Finding true self-esteem

It appears to me that in 2023, there’s someone attempting to become famous everywhere you look. People are looking for recognition all over social media, reality television shows, and so on – some for working hard, and others, in my opinion, for doing very little. We all use recognition as a strategy to feel...
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Hopes for summer tourism surge

Hopes for summer tourism surge

Hopes for summer tourism surge

Cruise ships return but Déise still seeking surge The much-anticipated summer tourism bonanza has yet to materialise according to local stakeholders in the industry who said this week that the record revenue figures of last year will not be achieved again. Founding member of Waterford Business Group, Michael Garland,...
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Local Enterprise Office Waterford awards over one million in grant aid to local business in 2021

Local Enterprise Office Waterford awards over  one million in grant aid to local business in 2021

Local Enterprise Office Waterford awards over one million in grant aid to local business in 2021

The Local Enterprise Office in Waterford released its 2021 grant aid figures last week. €886,189 in financial grants were approved in 2021 to 32 applicants, with a further 95 businesses being approved Trading Online Vouchers to value of €192,609.  This was added to the 2381 businesses who received training and...
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An enterprising village

An enterprising village

An enterprising village

IT’S OFTEN said that a rising tide lifts all boats and there is perhaps no better example of this than the transformation which is taking place in the picturesque village of Kilmacthomas. Since the official opening of the Waterford Greenway in March 2017, the village has welcomed visitors from throughout Ireland,...
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Living with diabetes

Living with diabetes

Living with diabetes

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and Sunday November 14th marked World Diabetes Awareness Day. Across the globe, in recognition of this date, buildings turned blue including here in Waterford. Buildings along The Mall, including City Hall and The Theatre Royal, as well as Waterford Institute of Technology...
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