A new website, www.tramoretown.ie, has been launched with the aim of spreading the good word about Tramore. At the Town Council’s December meeting Town Clerk Mr John O’Sullivan said the project was a work-in-progress in that the site would be updated on an ongoing basis, providing information on many aspects of the...
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New Tramore school passes planning phase
New Tramore school passes planning phase
Outline planning permission has been granted for Tramore’s new €18m amalgamated secondary school, Town Manager Brian White confirmed at the Town Council’s October meeting. Cllr Ann Marie Power, who has blasted the “disgraceful” delay in delivering the project in the past, said she was arranging a meeting with MEP...
Council staffing squeeze taking effect in Tramore
Council staffing squeeze taking effect in Tramore
The extent of the squeeze on local authority staff, through the government-imposed ban on recruitment, was highlighted at the October meeting of Tramore Town Council when Town Manager Brian White revealed that numbers would be down by nearly 20 percent next year. In the County Council’s planning department alone,...
Tramore Councillors may renege on Mayoral election decision
Tramore Councillors may renege on Mayoral election decision
Just days after the local elections and in a climate rife with political cynicism among the public, two members of Tramore Town Council may be about to renege on a decision taken only in April relating to election of the town’s Mayor. The Council meets next Monday night to pick a Mayor and poll-topper Joe...
Candidate says Town Council is not doing its job
Candidate says Town Council is not doing its job
Green Party candidate for Tramore Town Council, Stan Nangle, has accused the sitting Council members of failing to do their job properly. He maintains that by their inaction on road safety issues, they are putting lives at risk. Mr Nangle, who is also standing for the County Council, pronounced this week that if...
Tramore "motoring" towards one-way traffic
Tramore "motoring" towards one-way traffic
Tramore is “motoring” towards a one-way traffic system, the local Town Council heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night. Responding to a query from Cllr Joe Conway, Area Engineer Jane O’Neill said the County Council had received a huge number of submissions on the plan and certain adjustments...
Blaise hailed for "Pauline conversion"
Blaise hailed for "Pauline conversion"
Tramore Town Councillor Blaise Hannigan’s switch from Fianna Fail to Independent status, after the party declined to nominate him to stand on its behalf in the local elections, has been hailed as a “Pauline conversion” by a fellow town councillor. Joe Conway, also Independent, said at the...
Tramore Road to be repaired next month
Tramore Road to be repaired next month
The section of botched road repairs en route from Waterford to Tramore will be smoothed out next month. Area Engineer Jane O’Neill informed last Tuesday night’s meeting of Tramore Town Council that the work, for which warm weather is required, would commence at the end of the current month. She described...
Election temperature on the rise
Election temperature on the rise
The pre-election temperature has cranked up in Tramore with suggestions that two ex-Fianna Fail candidates seeking County and Town Council seats as Independents would jump back on board the party bus if successful. Blaise Hannigan and Pat Finnerty have been forced to vehemently deny the idea, both insisting they are...
‘Turgid track' to be repaired by June
‘Turgid track' to be repaired by June
An analogy between Lanigan’s Ball and the botched, “resurfaced” section of the Waterford to Tramore road has been made by Tramore Town Councillor Joe Conway, who described the stretch in question as “a turgid track of terror”. “What we have had since September last, when the...
"Let the people of Tramore elect Mayor"
"Let the people of Tramore elect Mayor"
A pre-election proposal, which would give the people of Tramore a say in electing their Mayor, has been tabled by a local Town Councillor. The idea, put forward by Independent Council member , is that the top five vote-catchers, in order, would get the Mayoralty for the five year Council term, with the other four...
Oil slick strike would trigger emergency plan
Oil slick strike would trigger emergency plan
No local authority on its own has the capacity to cope with a major oil slick hitting its coastline. Rather is there a national emergency plan in such a situation, with multi agencies involved. That was the response of Town Manager Brian White at the March meeting of Tramore Town Council when Cllr James McCartan...