The Waterford GAA Board quite rightly received criticism from many quarters for not having last year’s County Senior Football Final played in time to allow the champions compete in the Munster championship. The number of “dual clubs” taking part in both the hurling and football senior championships...
Author: Tim Ryan
Cullen spells out business opportunities of London Olympics in 2012
Cullen spells out business opportunities of London Olympics in 2012
A dedicated website has been established to assist Irish business to avail of the opportunities arising from the London Olympics in 2012, the Minister Arts, Sport & Tourism Martin Cullen told the Dail. The tourism agencies had committed themselves to an energetic approach to the marketing of Ireland, particularly...
Oireachtas: John Deasy warns of corruption
Oireachtas: John Deasy warns of corruption
A survey by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government revealed that few local authorities had adequate resources or systems in place for audit, Fine Gael Deputy John Deasy told the Dáil. This should be of grave concern, given the economic incentives for corruption created by Ireland’s...
Tramore’s new Tidy Towns Committee
Tramore’s new Tidy Towns Committee
A new Tramore Tidy Towns Committee was loosely formed at a public meeting called for the purpose on Monday night. The meeting, in the local Civic Offices, was chaired by Mayor Raymond Hayden and attended by about forty people, including most of the Town Council. The new committee, still open-ended with new members...
Draw made for County Championships
Draw made for County Championships
The 2008 County Senior Hurling Championship will be run off in a league style format with two groups of six. At the County Board meeting last week in Dungarvan the clubs had their say and went for a format of two groups of six with four teams from each group advancing to the quarter-final stages. A clear format was...
Lismore lads bow out
Lismore lads bow out
Thurles CBS 0-15; Blackwater CS 0-7 Having been beaten in the previous two Dr Harty Cup Finals, both against De La Salle, Thurles CBS will be hoping to make it third time lucky in 2009, after they reached this year’s decider following a comprehensive 0-15 to 0-7 win over Waterford’s only remaining...
Would weekend school matches be better?
Would weekend school matches be better?
With no disrespect to the Ardmore Club Grounds or to any other club that allow College and School games to be played on their pitch, what a pity this game could not have been fixed for Fraher Field in Dungarvan where maybe more patrons could have attended the game by arranging a late lunch, or before they went to...
Cummins and Coffey takes Iarnrod Eireann to task
Cummins and Coffey takes Iarnrod Eireann to task
Iarnród Éireann had forgotten about rail freight to and from Waterford port and had no interest in it, Senator Maurice Cummins told the Upper House last week. “The company let the business fade away because it was uncompetitive, even though it had the best infrastructure possible in Waterford Port. It is...
Irish Open returns to Mount Juliet
Irish Open returns to Mount Juliet
Subject to confirmation, it seems the Irish Open is set to return next May to Mount Juliet, which staged the event to considerable acclaim from 1993 to 1995 and successfully hosted Tiger Woods and the American Express World Championship in 2002 and 2004. The international mobile phone network 3 is due to be...
Brian O’Shea demanding decision on university issue
Brian O’Shea demanding decision on university issue
Waterford’s Labour Party Spokesperson on Defence and the Irish language, Brian O’Shea, is to demand a decision from the government before the end of this month on the application to upgrade Waterford Institute of Technology to a University of the South East, as the latest figures reveal what he described...
Waterford solicitor suspended
Waterford solicitor suspended
A Waterford City solicitor has been suspended from practicing, the reasons for which are unspecified. A Law Society spokesman has confirmed that it had applied to the High Court for orders against solicitor Gabrielle Dalton, principal of Gabrielle Dalton & Associates, of Otteran Place, South Parade,...
New ‘Fair Deal’ scheme benefits the elderly
New ‘Fair Deal’ scheme benefits the elderly
The new Nursing Home Support Scheme is a is a novel way of doing things because it involves recouping in retrospect a portion of people’s assets to pay for their nursing home care when they have passed on, Fianna Fail Deputy Brendan Kenneally told the Dáil. This, he said, was a very reasonable and...