In his pitch for a nomination to contest the Presidential election, Senator David Norris clearly made a favourable impression when he addressed Waterford City Council on Monday night. Cllr Tom Cunningham described his speech as one of the most eloquent, passionate, lucid, engaging and forthright he had heard during...
Author: Tom Young
Garda officer ‘downgrading’ for Tramore
Garda officer ‘downgrading’ for Tramore
Tramore Town Council is demanding an explanation as to why the resort has been downgraded through the replacement of retired Garda Superintendent Jerry Lynch by a lower ranked Inspector. The ‘downgrading’ accusation was levelled at the Council’s June meeting by an indignant Cllr Lola O’Sullivan who said she found it...
Houses empty while waiting list grows
Houses empty while waiting list grows
The frustration of local authority houses lying idle while applicant families waited for homes was highlighted at the most recent meeting of Tramore Town Council.
‘Feeling’ new website will be hit with visitors
‘Feeling’ new website will be hit with visitors
Waterford County Council hopes to spearhead recovery from a 16 percent drop in tourist numbers with substantial use of the internet and with that in mind it has launched a new, all-encompassing website which replaces no less than eleven old ones. Details relating to www.waterforditsafeeling.com were outlined to...
Taxing issue for Tramore
Taxing issue for Tramore
Tramore Town Council has no notion of quitting in its quest for restoration of the town’s motor tax facility, shut down in February. At their April meeting the members decided to consult their legal advisor with a view to seeking a judicial review of the closure, if that’s plausible.
Half-a-million people expected for Tall Ships
Half-a-million people expected for Tall Ships
About half a million people are expected in Waterford over the four days of the Tall Ships Festival and up to 200,000 on the Saturday, Mayor Mary Roche told Monday night’s meeting of the City Council. Claiming that in 2005 the event was worth an estimated €30 million to the local economy, she said the city could reap...
Worries of Somerville residents
Worries of Somerville residents
A letter to Tramore Town Council airing concerns on behalf of Somerville residents was followed by attendance at the Council’s February meeting by Jim Heylin and Pascal Hally, representing the residents’ committee. The letter asked that, with the road through Somerville to Riverstown Business Park due to open soon,...
County Council Executive accused of dictatorship
County Council Executive accused of dictatorship
The fight to save Tramore’s motor tax payment facility at the local Civic Offices will be taken by the Town Council to the incoming Minister for the Environment if necessary. The Council, at the behest of Independent member Pat Finnerty, pledged at its February meeting on Tuesday night to include that option as an...
Tramore councillors won’t accept axing of local motor tax service
Tramore councillors won’t accept axing of local motor tax service
The three Independent members of Tramore Town Council have come together to fight closure of the motor tax facility in the local Civic Offices, which they see as a vital pillar of the resort’s economy. And they pledge to take the legal route if necessary. Cllrs Joe Conway, Blaise Hannigan and Pat Finnerty described...
Tricolour’s birthplace to be marked by March festival
Tricolour’s birthplace to be marked by March festival
The first raising of the Irish Tricolour, by Thomas Francis Meagher at 33 The Mall in Waterford on March 7, 1848, is to be celebrated in the city on the weekend of March 5th and 6th. Plans for the event were launched at Monday night’s City Council meeting at which organisers voiced the hope that the celebration would...
Ireland’s second IKEA store for Waterford?
Ireland’s second IKEA store for Waterford?
Waterford could well be the location for a second IKEA furniture store in Ireland, which would represent a huge boost to the city’s economy if the roaring trade enjoyed by the existing outlet in Ballymun Shopping Centre is an indicator. The exciting possibility has been spotted by one of the constituency’s candidates...
Christine is Chef Factor champion
Christine is Chef Factor champion
A young Waterford City woman with ambitions to make a career in the culinary trade has won a major national cookery competition, the prize for which will certainly help set her on her way. As winner of Chef Factor, Christine Crowley (25) is to undertake a 12 week cookery course at the renowned Ballymaloe Cookery...