Kieran Foley The new home of The Helping Hand voluntary service was officially opened in Waterford on Friday last, May 13th. The service began operating from a stall near the brewery on The Quay in 2015 before the use of St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre was secured. The service continued to operate from here for a number...
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Waterford Volunteer Centre officially opens its doors
Waterford Volunteer Centre officially opens its doors
Monday May 9th marked a milestone event for Waterford Volunteer Centre as Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development with Special Responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien, officially opened the centre in Waterford city. Minister O’Brien was instrumental in...
Minister praises work of Waterford Local Community Safety Partnership pilot
Minister praises work of Waterford Local Community Safety Partnership pilot
Justine Dwyer Community safety is not just the responsibility of the gardai claimed Minister for Justice Helen McEntee whilst visiting Waterford City on Friday to officially launch the Waterford Local Community Safety Partnership pilot. The pilot Local Community Safety Partnership in Waterford is one of...
‘Plás Charles Bačik / Charles Bačik Plaza’ dedicated at Menapia Building
‘Plás Charles Bačik / Charles Bačik Plaza’ dedicated at Menapia Building
Waterford Crystal co-founder and Czech glass entrepreneur Charles Bačik was honoured in Waterford last Friday, as the space in front of the Waterford Crystal Menapia building was named in his memory. Bačik, a glass works owner in the Czech Republic before and after the Second World War, was also involved with the...
Another bumper Lotto win at Mooncoin’s Centra
Another bumper Lotto win at Mooncoin’s Centra
Eddie Synnott Celebrations were underway, again, ‘on the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin’, with the news that Blanchfield’s Centra store, Main Street, Mooncoin, was the seller of the €8.5m lottery ticket on Saturday 7th May. The winning ticket, a Quick Pick, was sold on the same day. The news was...
Chamber Expo shows Waterford is back in business
Chamber Expo shows Waterford is back in business
From product launches to birthday celebrations and incredible giveaways, it was an afternoon packed with great business stories at the Waterford Chamber Business Expo in Tom Murphy Car Sales on Thursday last (May 12th). Sponsored by Waterford Local Enterprise Office, the event saw over 100 businesses network and...
A RETURN TO LIGHT OPERA DAYS- My Fair Lady wows at Theatre Royal
A RETURN TO LIGHT OPERA DAYS- My Fair Lady wows at Theatre Royal
Liam Murphy Waterford Musical Society has assumed a vital connection with the golden age of Waterford Musical societies and the excitement of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. It has not been easy with a two-year shutdown due to Covid. Taking on a big musical like Lerner & Loewe’s classic...
Home sweet home
Home sweet home
Polina Gribanova from Belarus has been visiting Waterford since she was aged nine, thanks to Chernobyl Aid Ireland and the Dunphy family in Dunhill. Now, she has made the Déise her permanent home Kieran Foley In January 2017, I reported on the story of Polina Gribanova from Belarus who has been visiting Waterford...
Waterford Mayors’ Annual Gala Ball 2022
Waterford Mayors’ Annual Gala Ball 2022
Kieran Walsh One of the most popular highlights of the local social calendar – The Mayor’s Ball – returned last Saturday night after a two year sabbatical and was deemed a huge success with nearly 300 guests in attendance at the Tower Hotel. Over €20,000 was raised during the night’s auction, a hugely popular...
Delays at Carroll’s Cross ‘unfortunate’ but ‘necessary’
Delays at Carroll’s Cross ‘unfortunate’ but ‘necessary’
Kieran Foley Extensive delays at Carroll’s Cross on the N25 are “unfortunate” but “necessary”, a meeting of the Comeragh District of Waterford Council has heard. There have been ongoing delays on the route as work on the new traffic calming scheme continues. Carroll’s Cross before work commenced. Raising the issue at...
SETU President ready to embrace challenge
SETU President ready to embrace challenge
Justine Dwyer The first president of SETU Professor Veronica Campbell said this week that she was both delighted and honoured to take up the position and looked forward to the challenge that lay ahead. The new Technical University for the South East officially came into being on May 1st – a merger of WIT and...
Hopes for airport take-off
Hopes for airport take-off
Eoghan Dalton A make-or-break meeting at Waterford Airport this week will reveal whether it has achieved up to €8 million private investment to secure the company’s future. Its board of directors is meeting Wednesday and will hear from a key shareholder on whether negotiations to secure a backer have been...
