Hibernians 4 Tramore AFC 2 Matt Keane A second-half brace each from David Cooley and Mark O’Keeffe saw Hibernians come from behind to get the better of Tramore in their Azzurri Premier League at Mitchell Kennedy Park on Sunday morning last with all six goals in the contest coming in the second period. The...
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Tramore man wins Isle of Arran Tailteann-Highland Games
Tramore man wins Isle of Arran Tailteann-Highland Games
A Tramore man, Kilian Walsh, won a combined Tailteann-Highland games event on the Isle of Arran off the coast of Scotland. Contestants arrived from the USA, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and the Netherlands to take part. The games organised by another local, Ger McNulty, brother of Waterford hurler...
Official opening of Tramore’s public realm works
Official opening of Tramore’s public realm works
Justine Dwyer Pat and Mary O’Reilly, Noel, John and Sinead O’Neill, Suzanne and Stan Furlong, Olive and Stephen Quilty. Photos: Noel Browne. There was music, sunshine and lots of smiling faces in Tramore last Sunday for the official opening of Tramore’s Upper Main Street which underwent a major face lift in recent...
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...
Parish says thanks to Fr. Richard O’Halloran
Parish says thanks to Fr. Richard O’Halloran
Linda Spillane On a lovely, bright Sunday morning Fr. Richard O Halloran celebrated his final mass in St. Nicholas’s Church, Ballyduff. Following over seven years of dedicated service to the parish of Ballyduff/Portlaw Fr. Richard will now minister as Parish Priest of Tramore including Carbally, Dunhill and Fenor....
De La Salle College wins local Litter Challenge for Secondary Schools
De La Salle College wins local Litter Challenge for Secondary Schools
Secondary schools throughout Waterford and Tramore recently took part in a litter challenge to help make Waterford a cleaner city. Nine secondary schools took part in the challenge and De La Salle College was the overall winner of the prize of €1,500, sponsored by Tom Murphy Car Sales Volkswagen. As part of the Tom...
Ardscoil na Mara is top of the class in local feeder school list
Ardscoil na Mara is top of the class in local feeder school list
Justine Dwyer Ard Scoil na Mara in Tramore has recorded a 100% rate of Leaving Cert students who went onto higher education according to the 2021 Irish Times Feeder Schools report published at the weekend. Ardscoil na Mara, Tramore The table is based on pupils who received Leaving Cert results, whether through exams,...
Al Boum Photo to begin at Tramore on New Year’s Day
Al Boum Photo to begin at Tramore on New Year’s Day
Al Boum Photo is likely to begin his season at Tramore on New Year’s Day for the fourth successive year after missing last weekend’s engagements. The dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was entered in the Unibet Many Clouds Chase at Aintree and in the John Durkan Chase, won by stablemate Allaho, at Punchestown but was...
Japanese descendant of Lafcadio Hearn finds love in Tramore
Japanese descendant of Lafcadio Hearn finds love in Tramore
Kieran Walsh A great story of romance blossomed after a Japanese visitor came to the Lafcadio Hearn Gardens a few years ago. The couple are now married and we met them recently in Tramore and they told us their romantic story. Keith Guinan was born in County Waterford in 1986. After school he went to Wales to study...
Under The Munster Microscope: Janet Carey
Under The Munster Microscope: Janet Carey
Jordan Norris Janet Carey is a Waterford City native, best known for her role as Marketing and Business Development Manager at Tramore’s Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens. She has been involved in the project from the beginning, having spent 35 years in graphic and web design and marketing, with vast experience in the...
COVID incidence rate in Waterford falls
COVID incidence rate in Waterford falls
Jordan Norris The incidence of COVID-19 in Waterford has fallen in the last week, with less than five cases recorded in the county on two occasions in the last seven days. The incidence rate in Waterford has fallen from 145.5 to 127.4 at the time of writing, with the current national average lying at 164.5. 13 cases...
Planning permission for Tramore terrace refused
Planning permission for Tramore terrace refused
Jordan Norris A terrace at the rear of One the Waterfront in Tramore has been refused planning permission. The bar and restaurant area which encompasses views of the adjoining beach, was constructed in 2019 without the relevant permissions. An application was submitted in October 2020 for retention permission for the...