7pm, Thursday, 24th November, Brandon House Hotel, New Ross, Co.Wexford.
Doors open @ 6:30pm
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Food waste begins and ends with you
On Thursday 3rd of November Minister Humphreys Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional,
Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, approved additional funding for a number of projects in
Waterford under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2016 and Structures at Risk
Fund.
In total Waterford City and County received funding of €159,650 which enabled 17 applicants to carry out conservation works to protected structures. According to Rosemary Ryall, Conservation Officer Waterford County Council, such works included community project such as the repair of stained glass windows in St Bridget’s Church in Kilrossanty, repointing works at Lismore Cathedral and rerendering of the walls of Holy Cross Church, Killea.
Other projects included the repair of several thatch roofs around
the county, and repairs of windows and roofs of private dwellings.
Public Meetings
Is Waterford a good place to grow old in?
We would like to hear your views on these and other important aspects of every day life. Please join us on the following dates and please, bring a friend!
(please note that a light lunch will be served at these events for all attendees)
To register your attendance, and for more information in relation to the above, please contact :
Kevin Moynihan
Waterford Age Friendly Alliance Co-ordinator,
Waterford City and County Council
on 0761 10 2153 or email kmoynihan@waterfordcouncil.ie
Dungarvan Civic Amenity site at Ballinamuck will not be open this Bank Holiday Monday – reopening on Tuesday 1st November.
Waterford Dog Pound, Bilberry will be closed Saturday 29th October, 2016. We regret any inconvenience caused.
It will reopen Tues 1st November.
Is Waterford City and County a good place to grow old in?
Is your town/village a safe and sociable place to live in?
Do you have access to the Health and Public Services that you need?
Do you have input into decisions affecting your locality?
Are you interested in the issues that affect Older People?
We would like to hear your views on these and other important
aspects of every day life. Please join us on the following dates and please, bring a friend!
For further information and to register your interest/attendance, please contact:
Kevin Moynihan
Waterford Age Friendly Alliance Co-ordinator
Waterford City and County Council
Tel: 0761-102153
Email: kmoynihan@waterfordcouncil.ie
The Draft Register of Electors is on display at the City
and County Council’s offices, Garda Stations, Libraries, Post Offices and online at www.checktheregister.ie until 25 November 2016.
If, on 15 February 2017, you will be aged 18 or over, check that your name, address and other details are present and correct on the Draft Register.
If there is a mistake, tell your local Council before 25 November 2016.
Registration forms are available to download from our website.
Email: contact@waterfordcouncil.ie
Website: www.waterfordcouncil.ie
Waterford City & County Council are planning to make changes to the traffic lights at Summerland Square in Waterford city.
This junction has 5 roads leading into it and has 6 phases in the traffic lights.
The changes we are making will ban traffic from Upper Yellow Road from turning right to Morrisons Road, ban traffic from lower yellow road from turning right to Military Road or Ozanam St, and all traffic exiting Ozanam St will have to turn left onto Military Road.
From traffic movements which are being eliminated represent a small minority of traffic movements at the junction, and eliminating these movements allows phases to run together reducing the current number of phases from 6 to 4, which will reduce the delays at the junction to the majority of the users of the junction.
More details can be seen in the attached document :
The changes come into effect from November 1st, and advance warning signs will be going up today (26th October).
The recent Tidy Towns report for Dungarvan praises the Coolagh Roundabout, even going so far as to call it art.
We think so too ! What do you think ?
Well done to all involved !
Lismore Tidy Towns launched the ‘Waterford Repair Directory’ in Lismore on Thursday last, the 6th of October.
This directory lists various businesses around Co. Waterford that can repair a range of broken items. The aim is to encourage repair and reuse as a method of reducing waste. View the full directory on www.waterfordcouncil.ie or see below to download.
The Department of the Environment and Waterford City & County Council funded Vivienne Foot, through the Local Agenda 21 Environment Partnership Fund, to compile the Repair Directory for Co. Waterford.
Speaking at the launch of the Repair Directory in Lismore last Thursday, Ella Ryan, Environment Awareness Officer with Waterford City & County Council said “The aim of the Repair Directory is to make it easier for people to consider repair as an option to extend the life cycle of an item rather than just throwing it away. As well as being important to waste management, repair and reuse are also important elements of the local economy. We are delighted to launch this directory as part of National Reuse Month.
Waterford City & County Council has commenced a programme to redevelop the landscaping on the seven roundabouts on the N25 Dungarvan Bypass.
The roundabout on the Youghal Road entrance to Dungarvan will be re-landscaped with a seaside/maritime theme. The Council’s Environment Department in partnership with the Arts Office is now inviting artists to submit proposals to work on the old sea buoy at this location using a maritime theme.
Full details and the application form are available below or by contacting the Arts Office on 058-41416. The closing date for receipt of submissions is 12 noon on Wednesday 9th November 2016.
The Office of Public Works and Waterford City & County Council commission a new large scale painting for Waterford Flood Defence Works
The Office of Public Works and Waterford City & County Council have recently commissioned Irish artist, Blaise Smith, to create a new large-scale painting that reflects a 21st century view of Waterford city under the ‘Per Cent for Art Scheme’ for flood defence works.
In 1735, Waterford Corporation, as it was then known, commissioned a painting of the city from Dutch painter, William Van der Hagen (d. 1745). This painting still hangs today in the Bishop’s Palace, one of Waterford Treasures’ award winning trilogy of museums, and is considered to be a painting of national importance. The new painting entitled “Waterford 2016”, 5 metres in length and comprised of 52 panels, will act as a companion painting to the Van der Hagen painting. The view is from the same vantage point – showing the city from across the river Suir as it stands today with all the changes that have taken place over the span of two hundred and eighty years.
Blaise Smith A.R.H.A. is a leading Irish figurative painter. Speaking about this commission, he said: “Like the Van der Hagen from 1736, I hope that my painting will be viewed in 280 years’ time and people will marvel at how the city looked in the past. Hopefully another lucky artist will be commissioned then, and will be facing an even bigger painting challenge than I am at this time.”
Speaking ahead of the unveiling of the painting, the Mayor of Waterford, Cllr Adam Wyse has acknowledged the significance of the painting: “This painting allows us to reflect, not only on the past, but on the future, and the great potential that Waterford has. The fact that we now have two tremendous paintings of Waterford, separated by almost two hundred and eighty years, is a testament to the pride we hold in this beautiful city, just as our predecessors did before us.”
Waterford City & County Council requested that the Percent for Art funding relating to these vital works be used to commission a new painting of the City of Waterford from across the River Suir. Waterford City & County Council considered it fitting and appropriate that the proposed art commission would stem from works undertaken on the river itself.
This new painting will form part of the State Art Collection, while residing permanently on display in Waterford City. The painting will hang in the vestibule of City Hall in Waterford City for future generations to enjoy.
For further press information, please contact Claire Feely or Emma Kelly at Elevate PR on 01 662 56 52 or email claire@elevate.ie / emma@elevate.ie
Notes to Editors
Details of Painting
Artist: Blaise Smith
Title: Waterford 2016
Date: 2016
Media : Oil on 38 x 38 cm Gesso panels (52 in an array of 4 x 13)
Overall dimensions: 494 cm x 152 cm (unframed)
Photography from this event will be available from Patrick Browne Photography, 086 2515700 or brownesphotography@me.com
Background to Flood Defence Works in Waterford
The city of Waterford has a long history of flooding from the River Suir and John’s River. The Flood Relief Scheme was carried out by Waterford City and County Council with funding provided by the Office of Public Works. Works were carried out on a phased basis with approximately 1.5km of glass and reinforced concrete walls being constructed along the river Suir Quays, Scotch Quay and Waterside which were completed in May 2011. Further works were commenced in November 2011 which comprised the construction of flood walls and embankments on the River Suir, John’s River and the Lisduggan Stream and sections of the Tramore Road were raised and upgraded. All of these works are now substantially complete with some minor works remaining to be carried out. The flood relief scheme provides protection to 334 residential and 186 commercial premises.
Blaise Smith A.R.H.A – Artist’s Biography
Blaise Smith A.R.H.A. has recently completed a portrait commission for the Abbey Theatre. He has exhibited widely in Ireland and abroad. His project SCHOOLWORK which involved 20 paintings of an Irish Secondary School won an AXA Business to Arts Award in 2012. His portraits have been shown in the BP Portrait Award in the National Portrait Gallery in London and most recently his Landscape “The Join” won the Carlow AIB Eigse Award for most outstanding work in 2015.
Waterford City & County Council has commenced a project to control Japanese Knotweed in public open space and on public roads.
Members of the public are asked to report sightings of the invasive Japanese Knotweed by emailing details of the location to japaneseknotweed@waterfordcouncil.ie
What is Japanese Knotweed ?
Japanese knotweed is a non-native invasive perennial (plant that lives more than one year) species in Ireland. Since it was introduced as an ornamental plant in the 19th Century from Japan, it has spread across the UK and Ireland, particularly along watercourses, transport routes and infested waste areas.
It is rhizomatous (produces underground stems) with distinctive branched hollow, bamboo-like canes that can grow to over 3m in height. Red/purple shoots appear early in spring but as the canes grow, the leaves unfurl and the plant turns green. The mature canes are hollow and have a characteristic pattern of purple speckles. Flowering occurs in late summer/autumn and consists of creamy white flowers.
Public Consultation Day
Are you interested in the draft Flood Risk Management Plans for your area?
A public consultation is currently underway seeking public and stakeholder comments and observations on the measures now being proposed as the preferred and feasible measures, to address known significant flood risk for a particular area.
Further details on this consultation, including the date by which comments and observations are required, are available on the OPW website: www.opw.ie/FloodPlans
You are invited to the following consultation event where members of the public can ask questions in relation to the draft Flood Risk Management Plan specific to their particular area.
The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Tuesday 27th September 2016: 2:00pm – 7:00pm
The area included in the draft Flood Risk Management Plans are: Dungarvan, Dunmore East and Tramore and Environs.
