Solas Centre expands support services to cancer patients in the South East

The Solas Centre, the South East’s cancer support service, is expanding its portfolio of services to cancer patients and their families in the South East. Whilst the journey for the Solas Centre began in 2008, in 2010 support was provided to 250 patients from the South Eastern Cancer Foundation’s small house in Earlscourt. With 2,000 … Continued


Local food heroes supporting local charities

Rotary Club of Waterford presents an evening with the award winning Dungarvan chef Paul Flynn of the Tannery Restaurant and local MasterChef winner Mary Carney, returning to Waterford publicly for the first time since winning the inaugural MasterChef Ireland on RTE. This exciting event will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday November 30th at the … Continued


Sienna Celebrates!

Congratulations to Sienna home Furnishings on their great success and achievement on being one of the Top30 Stores in Ireland! Retail Excellence Ireland, Ireland’s largest retail industry body, presented the awards on Saturday night, November 5th at a ceremony in Galway that was attended by over 500 retailers. The awards are the biggest event in … Continued


Raising Bank Finance – an enterprising lunchtime seminar!

Waterford City Enterprise Board recently launched a series of Networking Lunch events that address the pertinent and real issues affecting businesses in today’s tough economic climate. The first of these lunchtime seminars took place last week and the topic was “Raising Bank Finance” with Mr. Freddie Hatton of FP Consulting. Never before has the issue … Continued


South East Run for Life a regional success for the Solas Centre!

What a day! The Solas Centre couldn’t have asked for a better day for its South East Run for Life. The increased numbers that participated, the increased money raised for the South East Cancer Foundation and the all new Fun for Life event at the People’s Park in Waterford City on Sunday, October 16th all … Continued


Waterford’s enterprising initiatives in food and drink

Waterford Enterprise Board has long been an advocate of building small business enterprises in Waterford city. Through a wide range of programmes including clinics, courses, enterprise development assistance and funding Waterford City Enterprise Board has assisted 24 start ups this year alone. With the success of the recent Harvest Food Festival Waterfordians could be forgiven … Continued


HCS Business Solutions – demystifies the Cloud for Waterford businesses

HCS Business Solutions recently hosted a cloud computing seminar which highlighted the way forward for local businesses. The seminar aimed at business owners and managers was entitled “The New Way to implement IT solutions using the Cloud”. Neil Phelan, Director of HCS Business Solutions highlighted the cost saving implications of cloud services for small business, … Continued


Partyworld Tips for a “spooktacularly” safe Halloween

Ahead of Halloween, when goblins and ghouls descend on the streets of Waterford, Partyworld Tramore is encouraging parents and children to stay safe. By observing some simple yet effective guidelines it will ensure that all our little monsters will have a ghoulishly safe Halloween! 1. Set out specific neighborhood boundaries to your children when they … Continued