Waterford and the world mourns loss of magnetic motorsport star Craig Breen, the hugely talented and popular rally driver who tragically lost his life in an accident in Croatia last week, will be laid to rest in Ferrybank today (Tuesday). The 33-year-old from Slieverue Via Waterford was the country’s most magnetic...
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Sixty years of service at Hennessy’s Garage
Sixty years of service at Hennessy’s Garage
Hennessy’s Garage has been situated in the heart of Kilmeaden for six decades and last Friday, April 14th, it proudly celebrated 60 years in business. The family purchased the premises from the late Jerry O’Callaghan in 1963 and proprietor Pat Hennessy took over the business from his late father, Paddy, five years...
Exclusive: Damien Tiernan to take over Late Late Show
Exclusive: Damien Tiernan to take over Late Late Show
Later this week, RTE will reveal that WLRfm’s Damien Tiernan will succeed Ryan Tubridy as presenter of the Late Late Show. The replacement announcement, which was not expected until late May, will be made at the RTE Studios in Carriganore on Saturday morning. It is understood that when Miriam O’Callaghan said she was...
Waterford Community Safety plan
Waterford Community Safety plan
The Waterford Community Safety plan was launched this week in Waterford, this followed months of very intensive market research across the city and county population of 127,000. The plan was devised following large scale public consultation, conducted by means of focus groups, paper and online surveys culminating in...
Good Dogs looking for good homes
Good Dogs looking for good homes
Cyril O’Sullivan CEO of ISPCA spoke recently about the difficulties that ISPCA animal shelters are experiencing at the moment. Shelters are full to capacity due to a marked increase in the number of dogs being surrendered to the charity. This has come about as a result of people returning to work or moving house in...
Cakeface Kilkenny
Cakeface Kilkenny
Cakeface is the brainchild of the Ballymaloe trained pastry chef duo Laura and Rory Gannon. After meeting and training at the renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork, the young couple headed to Europe and honed their skills and refined their craft with some of the best pastry teams and kitchens in France and...
Six schools perform with distinction during EU Model Council Debate on the EU’s Renewable Energy Transition
Six schools perform with distinction during EU Model Council Debate on the EU’s Renewable Energy Transition
The Model Council of the European Union debate for secondary schools which took place in City Hall in Dublin. Pictured are students from Abbey Community College in Waterford, students on left Isabelle O’ Brien and Mara Matthews, with in background from left, Maria Walsh MEP, Teacher Rebecca Buggy, H.E. Mrs Charis...
From Crooke to Carnegie!
From Crooke to Carnegie!
At 7pm on St. Patrick’s Day March 17th 2023, two young members from the Scout Bagpipe Band in Waterford will be stepping out onto the stage in Carnegie Hall with 130 young musicians from all over Ireland to perform together as the renowned Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland. Johnny and Leena Farrell-Doyle began their...
Women with influence
Women with influence
First female Principal of Waterford College of Further Education Noreen Reilly is the first female Principal of Waterford College of Further Education (formerly CTI Waterford) which has been in existence since 1906 serving the educational needs of Waterford City and its environs. Noreen says she is privileged to...
Finding true self-esteem
Finding true self-esteem
It appears to me that in 2023, there’s someone attempting to become famous everywhere you look. People are looking for recognition all over social media, reality television shows, and so on – some for working hard, and others, in my opinion, for doing very little. We all use recognition as a strategy to feel...
PARADE RING FOR KELYN
PARADE RING FOR KELYN
National boxing champion Kelyn Cassidy has been announced as the Grand Marshall of the 2023 Waterford St Patrick’s Day parade. The 24-year-old representative of Saviour’s Crystal Club is also a leading member Irish Amateur Boxing Team. He is the reigning and back-to-back National Senior Elite Light Heavyweight...
THE KILMAC’ COMEBACK CONTINUES
THE KILMAC’ COMEBACK CONTINUES
Large-scale housing development planned Long considered something of a backwater, Kilmacthomas is now front and centre of the county and is poised for considerable expansion. The N25 realignment had threatened to cut the mid-Waterford village adrift some years ago. However, the opening of the Waterford Greenway has...