Frustrated parents of Gael Scoil pupils in Tramore have vented their anger at the local Town Council over its failure to deliver a pedestrian crossing outside the school to help ensure their children’s safety. A delegation of parents addressed the Council’s November meeting on Tuesday night and let it be known in no...
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Tramore’s ‘excellent’ bathing water
Tramore’s ‘excellent’ bathing water
In an ongoing drive towards maintaining or improving bathing water standards, an invitation has gone out to members of the public to identify places where groups of people bathe. The information, along with any comments about water quality or related matters, may be sent to the Water Quality Section of the Department...
New Town Park for Tramore
New Town Park for Tramore
Waterford County Council, in association with the Tramore Tidy Towns Group, plans the development of a new Town Park in the seaside resort on land between the Promenade and Lower Branch Road, the traditional entrance to the town. The new park will be set in land surrounding the privately owned boating lake and will...
Tramore’s twin with France approved
Tramore’s twin with France approved
The twinning link between Tramore, and the town of Cadoujac near Bordeaux in France, was approved by Waterford Co. Council, at a meeting in Dungarvan, this week, when the French Mayor and a deputation from there were welcomed to Co Waterford. Speaking in French, the County Manager, Ray O’Dwyer, said the Council would...
Tramore Town Council states case for survival
Tramore Town Council states case for survival
Tramore Town Council has vowed, unsurprisingly, to resist any attempt to abolish local authorities such as themselves. At their June meeting, Councillors spoke as one, stressing that local public representatives had the greatest knowledge of people’s needs in their respective areas and were therefore best placed to...
No land dezoning in Tramore
No land dezoning in Tramore
The Tramore Town Manager, Brian White, said this week that no dezoning of land in the resort or surrounding areas would occur in the near future. Responding to a query from Councillor Maxine Keoghan, Mr White revealed that the status quo would be maintained at least until the town’s Area Plan was up for review in two...
Shame of Tramore's filthy beach
Shame of Tramore's filthy beach
The dirty state of Tramore’s beach left a local public representative red faced in front of visiting delegates to a conference in the resort. Town Councillor Pat Finnerty said that, to avoid further embarrassment, he cut short a walk on the beach last week after meeting a couple of groups who voiced dismay at...
Changes to new one-way system in Tramore
Changes to new one-way system in Tramore
Waterford County Council is considering changes to the new one-way traffic system in Tramore, following representations made on behalf of local business people. That was announced at Tramore Town Council’s April meeting by Town Manager Brian White. He said it was proposed to return both Strand Street Upper and Church...
Tramore is ‘best beach in Ireland’
Tramore is ‘best beach in Ireland’
Tramore Town Manager Brian White has issued an assurance that untreated sewage is not seeping into the local bay. He told the April meeting of the Town Council that sewage was treated in a modern, state of the art treatment plant and although, in times of heavy rain, diluted foul water exited into the bay via storm...
Gridlock likely as Tramore Road to close for 102 days
Gridlock likely as Tramore Road to close for 102 days
After weeks of driving at a crawl due to some of the worst wintry weather in decades, commuters are being advised to plan for further delays as the main road between Waterford City and Tramore is shut for prolonged flood prevention works. A ‘managed closure’ of the route for most of the next four months is to come...
City is ‘moderately littered’; Tramore, Dungarvan ‘clean’
City is ‘moderately littered’; Tramore, Dungarvan ‘clean’
The latest Irish Business Against Litter Survey has listed Waterford City as ‘moderately littered’, with the county’s two other settlements, Tramore and Dungarvan, both making the ‘clean’ category. Bray was named the cleanest of the 60 towns and cities inspected and graded by An Taisce during 2009. A total of 39 were...
Restoration of Tramore landfill almost completed
Restoration of Tramore landfill almost completed
The restoration of the Tramore landfill at the Back Strand has now been substantially completed under the terms of the EPA licence to remediate the closed landfill site, the budget meeting of Waterford County Council was told in Dungarvan. Work relating to the leachate collection system on the Dungarvan landfill site...