Waterford City Enterprise Board and a group of local businesses recently launched “Experience Waterford”, a series of early evening tours throughout Waterford City and County. The initiative saw ten local businesses team up to offer “bundled” tourism packages to visitors and locals. Experience Waterford gives the public the opportunity to enjoy five exciting and diverse … Continued
A local company which is the driving force behind the provision of AED and CPR training in the city has teamed up with the Solas Centre, the South East’s cancer support service centre, to provide training in the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillators). Throughout May NAS Training Centre will deliver a series of free … Continued
Fight for Sight, the national charity for the prevention of sight loss, based in Waterford, recently presented a Dual Band Laser Ophthalmoscope valued at € 8,500 to Temple Street Hospital. This equipment is vital for babies born with eye disorders which cause blindness. It was presented to Professor Michael O’Keeffe who stated that it was “invaluable … Continued
The Guinness International Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunmore East, Co. Waterford for its 19th year. The festival will take place in the picturesque fishing village from August 22nd to August 25th. As with previous years the local hostelries; the Strand Inn, The Haven Hotel, The Spinnaker, Powers Bar and Azzurro, will play host to dozens … Continued
Last week The Coffee Warehouse became Waterford City’s first member of the Love Irish Food Initiative. In September 2012, as part of the Harvest Festival Waterford City Enterprise Board organised a lunch to celebrate the vast array of local food producers. With the assistance of the Love Irish Food Initiative diners enjoyed the best food … Continued
Irish Times Training has joined forces with the Irish Internet Association to offer a Diploma in Digital Marketing. The course, one of the first held outside of Dublin, will commence on April 17th and run over 13 weeks (6pm to 9pm) at the NAS Training Centre in the Cleaboy Business Park, Waterford. The course is … Continued
Home Instead Senior Care recently launched a series of senior home care packages which are subject to up to 41% tax relief. The home care packages, which range from morning “Rise and Shine”, to evening “Tucked In” through to “Active Night Service” packages, were formulated to provide optimum home care to seniors when they need … Continued
Crystal bowl designed by ex-Waterford Crystal master engraver presented to U.S. President Obama by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD It was a proud moment in Waterford’s esteemed history of glass manufacturing as, this year, the traditional bowl of shamrock presented to the US President on St. Patrick’s Day originated in the Crystal County. Sean Egan … Continued
Grete Odetaard (Norwegian deputy Ambassador), Derville Brennan (Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly), Ciaran Cullen (CEO Waterford City Enterprise Board), Jim Power (Economist/Friend’s First), Bertie Rogers (Chairman of Waterford City Enterprise Board), Tomas Hjelm (Swedish teacher) and Kjersti Schjelvaag Lian (Norwegian teacher). 30 Norwegian and Swedish students and 8 teachers visited Waterford City on the invitation … Continued
*“The amount of credit outstanding to Irish private sector enterprises on the balance sheet of resident credit institutions was €222.4 billion at the end of December 2011.” This is the depressing position of the Irish SME sector currently. For a variety of reasons the sector is in a state of depression with the challenges of … Continued
