Waterford people give their views

Waterfordians give their views on the issues of the day

Despite the Ireland 2040 strategy in the National Plan, which says that all cities are equal, some cities are more equal than others

'I often wonder if, even a highly secularised world in which faith and the spiritual dimension are often ridiculed or denied, playing Halloween games are indicative of a subconscious yearning for a deeper spiritual reality'

Formed in 2018, the Déise Women’s Shed has become a beacon of community for women across county Waterford.

A Question of Faith is Fr Liam Power's fortnightly column

The SETU announcements are positive, but without capital spending on new infrastructure and permission to borrow and develop student accommodation like traditional universities, we still lag behind our peers

Waterfordians give their views on the issues of the day

Waterford Airport's vision was bigger because it had experienced the ramifications of being curtailed by its runway and the limitations of smaller turbo-prop carriers to compete in the industry in the past

The comments of Transport Minister of State James Lawless in Dáil debate with me last week regarding Waterford Airport expansion betrayed a long-running departmental antipathy to Waterford Airport and a lack of political vision on behalf of ...

Excuses about Covid, about PPP, about the price of concrete or the procurement process for state-funded investment are all excuses for Fine Gael’s failure to do what they promised to do in 2018

If successful, this action plan could be transformative, not only for the north-west suburbs of Waterford city, but as a blueprint for getting embedded in our communities and supporting them to their full potential

A Question of Faith is Fr Liam Power's fortnightly column

As I See It: Catherine Drea’s fortnightly column as published in the Waterford News & Star

Multimillion-euro private investment in Waterford Airport would require matching government funding, and it is on this hurdle that it is currently caught

We get the views of Waterfordians as Budget 2025 was revealed by Minister Paschal Donohoe 

As I See It: Catherine Drea’s fortnightly column as published in the Waterford News & Star

In the current Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Green coalition we can easily allocate investment responsibility in Waterford among the various parties

The National Planning Framework to 2040 proposes spending approximately €7,000 per head in Waterford and €19,000 per head in Dublin, the land of €350,000 bike sheds and €1.4m security huts

Locals in Waterford this week spoke on the rise in online harassment of politicians