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Recent News
- Good news for Built Heritage in Waterford December 3, 2021
- Minister O’Brien approves 211 new housing posts for Local Authorities, 8 in Waterford December 3, 2021
- St. Augustine’s College helping local community to reduce single use plastic December 3, 2021
- Waterford Retailers can Go Green and save money due to Retail Ireland and Irish Water partnership December 2, 2021
- New Suir River walk opens to public December 2, 2021
- ACT Waterford call for creatives December 2, 2021
- Works commence on world-class visitor experience at Mount Congreve December 1, 2021
- Road Safety Alert – Weather Warning for Hail Showers November 30, 2021
- Funding Boost For Waterford’s Outdoors Amenities November 30, 2021
- Mayor remembers those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19 November 29, 2021
- Tramore to light up with Christmas Festival trail November 26, 2021
- Europe Direct Waterford announces the Regional Winners of the 2021 National Soapbox Final November 25, 2021
- Winners of LEO ‘Scholarship Desk Programme’ begin their journey at Boxworks November 25, 2021
- RSA and An Garda Síochána highlight life-changing impact of drink driving at Christmas and New Year November 25, 2021
- Enumerators required for Census 2022 November 24, 2021
Category Archives: Awards
Europe Direct Waterford announces the Regional Winners of the 2021 National Soapbox Final
Contestants battled it out in the annual Europe Direct Waterford Soapbox regional heat, each speaking for three minutes on this years’ timely topic “Lies, damned lies and statistics – establishing the truth is impossible in today’s world of misinformation, disinformation and … Continue reading
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Waterford Business Awards open for entry
Entries are now being accepted for the 2021 Waterford Business Awards. The awards are designed to recognize excellence in business across Waterford City & County and are organized by Waterford Chamber, in collaboration with Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber, … Continue reading
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Waterford Greenway performs strongly at European awards
Waterford Greenway was internationally recognised last night as it came second in the Excellence Category at the 10th European Greenways Award Ceremony, which was held in Valencia, Spain. This prestigious award ceremony, which is organised annually by the … Continue reading
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Waterford named Best Place to Live in Ireland
In June The Irish Times launched its search for the Best Place to Live in Ireland and was today revealed that Waterford has been chosen as the overall winner. Members of the public were invited to nominate their favourite place … Continue reading
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Spick and Span Awards for four Waterford estates
Four Waterford housing estates in the city and county were recently presented with plaques recognising their achievement in Waterford’s Spick and Span Tidy Estates Competition. The awards were presented by Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Joe Kelly, Deputy … Continue reading
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Poetry Ireland announces Poet Laureate for Dungarvan, Co Waterford, as part of Poetry Town initiative
Appointed poet to write poem honouring and reflecting Dungarvan and its people Poetry Ireland has today (17.08.21) announced the names of the Poet Laureates selected as part of the Poetry Town initiative, which will see more than a hundred poetry-related … Continue reading
Artlinks award for Waterford led Project
ArtLinks partners in Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce that in 2021 we are in the position to offer a discretionary award in addition to the overall Collaborative Bursary Award winner, Na Cailleacha. … Continue reading
Artlinks Collaboration Award 2021 Bursary Announcement
The ArtLinks partners are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Artlinks Collaboration Award are Na Cailleacha, an exhibition collaboration between visual artists from the South East region including Gerda Teljeur and Maria Lavigne based in Wexford, and Helen … Continue reading
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Entries now OPEN for the annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2021
Since 1998 the Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane. Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at … Continue reading
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