Kieran Foley Organ Donor Awareness Week takes place this week until April 30th. There are currently around 600 people in Ireland waiting for a heart, lung, liver, kidney or pancreas transplant. Organ Donor Awareness Week is normally the flagship fundraising event for the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) but, as most of...
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Waterford Chamber Business Expo open to all
Waterford Chamber Business Expo open to all
With over 100 exhibitors, the Waterford Chamber Business Expo, which takes place on Thursday, May 12th in Tom Murphy Car Sales Mercedes Benz on the Cork Road, is set to bring the business community back together again after a two year absence. Barry Murphy, Tom Murphy Car Sales; John McSweeney, Waterford Chamber...
New group aims to maximise Waterford’s tourism offering
New group aims to maximise Waterford’s tourism offering
Kieran Foley A group of proactive locals have ambitious plans to maximise Waterford City’s retail and tourism offering. Members of the recently formed Waterford Inner City Retail Development Group aim to generate positivity and engender a reinvigorated pride of place amongst locals. The group has been in existence...
County fire service ‘in crisis’
County fire service ‘in crisis’
Kieran Foley County Waterford’s Fire Service is in “crisis” according to a local Councillor. Raising the issue at the April Comeragh District meeting of Waterford City & County Council last week, Cllr Declan Clune (Ind) said there is a “significant safety issue in relation to the provision of fire services in our...
Principal Michael McHale retires after 30 years
Principal Michael McHale retires after 30 years
Teachers, former pupils, parents and Board of Management paid tributes to Ballyneale National School Principal Michael McHale following his retirement after 31 years. The event took place in the community hall, the original former school, on Friday 4th March. It was a poignant gathering of generations linked to the...
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...
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge scoops top European Award for Digital Education Practices
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge scoops top European Award for Digital Education Practices
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge has become one of the first schools in Europe to achieve European Digital Schools Awards status. Launched last year, the Digital Schools Awards European programme was created to encourage and recognise innovation, collaboration and skills development in digital technology amongst schools....
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...
Hospital review finds ‘unsafe’ care
Hospital review finds ‘unsafe’ care
UHW included in review of nine hospitals Kieran Foley An independent review of nine hospitals across the country, including University Hospital Waterford (UHW), has found ‘unsafe’ and ‘unacceptable’ treatment caused by overcrowding and staff shortages. The Independent Review of Unplanned Care...
Waterford Sports Partnership welcomes Olympian David Gillick to Waterford
Waterford Sports Partnership welcomes Olympian David Gillick to Waterford
Marathon Kids Ireland ambassador and Olympian David Gillick visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls and St. Stephen’s De La Salle Boys National Schools, as both are taking part in the Marathon Kids Ireland eight-week programme. Targeted at 5th and 6th class students, the programme covers topics on healthy eating,...
A Greenway vision realised
A Greenway vision realised
It’s now five years since the Waterford Greenway was officially opened – but the path to success wasn’t smooth as members of the voluntary Déise Greenway Group know only too well . Last week marked five years since the official opening of the wonderful Waterford Greenway. Saturday March 25th 2017 was a glorious day...
