Due to Covid-19, Waterford City & County Council have decided to suspend all Casual Trading within Waterford City & County until further notice.
This includes the Dungarvan (Grattan Square), Tramore (Priest’s Road) and Waterford City (John Roberts Square) markets.
N72 Ballylemon to Ballymacmague (Master McGrath)Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, will close the following public road on 24th and 25th March, 2020 to facilitate the carrying out of emergency road works.
Road to be closed:
• N72 between Ballylemon Lower and Ballymacmague South at the Master McGrath junction with the Clonmel Road R672.
Diversion Route:
• Traffic travelling to Dungarvan and the Military road from Cappoquin/Lismore to divert to the right at the N72 /R671 Rockfield junction, turn left onto the L2020 (Bog Road) and
follow the diversion signs to rejoin the N25 at the Spring roundabout, Dungarvan, normal directional road signs to be followed after that to the final destination.
• Traffic travelling to Cappoquin/Lismore from Dungarvan/Waterford should divert to the right at the N72/ R672 Master McGrath junction onto the Clonmel Road R672 and
turn left onto the R671 at the R672/R671 junction and travel to rejoin the N72 at its junction with the N72 at Rockfield.
The Let Dandelions Bee campaign wants you to give the mower a rest for just a short few weeks while the dandelions bloom this Spring.
@BioDataCentre says dandelions are our wild bees’ most favourite food! Wild bees do most of our most pollination, but their numbers have been declining. So, let’s give them a hand this Spring by letting dandelions grow in our lawns. Why not enter the schools competitions, photo competition, and more…
Primary Schools Competition – Primary Schools Competition – win a biodiversity workshop & €200 of bee-friendly plants for your school, & a €50 One4all voucher for the winning entrant. We have such a prize for 3 primary schools from anywhere on the island of Ireland. To enter, draw up a poster that shows how important dandelions are for bees in Spring. Entry details and our website coming soon … Ends Friday 3rd April (just before Easter holidays)
Secondary Schools Competition – Secondary Schools Competition – win a biodiversity workshop and €200 of bee-friendly plants for your school, & a €50 One4all voucher for the winning entrant. Prizes for 3 secondary schools from anywhere on the island of Ireland. To enter, draw up a 3-post social media campaign that shows how important dandelions are for bees in Spring. Entry details and our website coming soon … Ends Friday 3rd April.
Waterford City and County Council have agreed to defer commercial rates payments from businesses that have been most immediately impacted by the COVID 19 crisis, until the end of May.
These businesses are primarily in specific segments of the retail sector, the hospitality, leisure and childcare sectors.
Any commercial ratepayers that have had to temporarily close operations during the COVID-19 response period should, in the first instance, contact their local authority immediately in relation to any rates payments falling due in the period to end-May.
Email: contact@waterfordcouncil.ie
Phone: 0761 10 2020
If you need replacement Motor Tax documents or refunds etc., you do not now need a Garda signature and station stamp. Please fill a RF134 form as normal and present with ID.
Keep up to date with our other changes on our dedicated COVID-19 webpage.
In light of increasing concerns relating to COVID-19, and in order to protect our staff, artists and visitors, Lismore Castle Arts is postponing our Light and Language and Kaye Donachie exhibitions. We will also postpone our forthcoming events programme, and will contact bookers individually.
While the galleries are closed we will be developing our work on all digital channels, including a downloadable series of texts, making our Get Drawing learning booklet available by mail for our supporters to use on their own walks, adding to extensive install images of previous projects, interviews, films and much more. We encourage you to connect with us through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and our website.
Lismore Castle Gardens continue to remain open for the moment and we will continue to monitor government advice about access to open spaces. We are operating increased measures for hygiene and social distancing, including closing our indoor café seating area, however we are able to provide take away tea and coffee in fully compostable cups.
We wish you the very best in these challenging times.
Lismore Castle Arts
In line with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection guidelines, it is now possible for Waterford City & County Council tenants and HAP customers to apply to have their rent reassessed.
All tenants seeking such a rent reduction due to loss of earnings or employment because of the Covid-19 pandemic, should scan/post a letter from their employer, confirming loss of income or employment to:
HAP tenants can email same to hap@waterfordcouncil.ie
Postal address: Customer Service Desk, Bailey’s New Street, Waterford
This will allow us to begin re-assessments as quickly as possible. If there is a time lag in actually changing the rent payment, adjustments will be backdated. We would stress the importance of tenants continuing to pay rent until the reassessment is complete.
Waterford City & County Council will administer the 2020 Town & Village Renewal Scheme funded by the Department of Rural & Community Development. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is a key part of the Action Plan for Rural Development – Realising our Rural Potential and Project Ireland 2040.
The focus of the Town & Village Renewal Scheme is on improving the economic development of rural towns and villages and making them more attractive places to live and work and increase their tourism potential.
Waterford City & County Council now seeks expressions of interest from towns and villages, particularly those who may not have benefitted from the Scheme previously, for funding of suitable projects under this initiative.
All applications will be subject to a selection process using National Criteria. Selected expression of interest applications will be developed into detailed bids for consideration for the 2020 Town & Village Renewal Scheme.
Calculation of rent changes
Council tenants’ rents are calculated with reference to the household’s income. If a tenant’s household income falls due to household members having become unemployed in recent days due to COVID-19, they should notify our rents section and follow their instructions re submission of evidence, etc.
If there is a time lag in actually changing the rent payment, any adjustments will be backdated. We would stress the importance of tenants continuing to pay rent until the recalculation is complete. The rents section can be contacted via email at rentqueries@waterfordcouncil.ie or by phone at 0761 10 2020.
Rent payment options
In light of the advice to heed the recommendations issued by the National Public Health Emergency Team during the current public health emergency, Waterford City & County Council tenants and RAS tenants who currently pay their rent using cash payments are being urged to pay their differential rent by alternative contactless means to avoid any unnecessary contact with others.
This would involve arranging to pay your rent online, via the bank or Post Office. These alternative payment options are being strongly recommended in the interests of public health & safety.
We would request that you contact our customer service desk at 0761 10 2020 or via email at contact@waterfordcouncil.ie, should you require information or assistance in setting up an alternative payment method.
ONLINE SERVICESWe are urging our customers to please conduct your business online if at all possible.
We accept traffic fines, housing rent, housing loans, fire charges, RAS and commercial rates payments online at: http://ow.ly/llcY30qpx9M
You can also free receive alerts on road works, road closures, water outages and other community alerts via our free text service, Mapalerter News &Alerts
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Following consultation with the Mayors and the Cathaoirligh , WCCC wish to advise that the Council Plenary meetings, All Municipal & Metropolitan District meetings and SPC meetings scheduled up to and including the 29th March 2020 are now cancelled.
Matters will be reviewed in the next couple of weeks to establish arrangements for meetings than can be consistent with the social distancing requirements outlined in HSE/Government advice.
Further to the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team, the following Waterford City and County Council amenities will be closed until March 29th, 2020:
All other public facing services will remain open and can only be accessed from the Customer Service Desks in Bailey’s New Street, Waterford City and the Customer Service Desk at Civic Offices, Davitt Quay, Dungarvan. Civic Amenity Sites at Kilbarry (Waterford City) and Ballinamuck (Dungarvan) remain open.
Please note that all other public counters, normally accessible during business hours, such as the Planning counter in the Menapia Building in Waterford City, will be closed until further notice. These services will transfer to the dedicated Customer Service desks mentioned above.
In the interests of public health, while our Customer Service Desks remain open, members of the public are asked in the first instance to use the range of online services available on the Council’s website, including payment of housing rent and loans, fire charges, traffic fines, commercial rates, Choice Based Letting etc.
Thereafter, where possible, please use telephone, post and email to engage with the Council.
Motor Tax services remain available online at www.motortax.ie
Your PIN for this service is the last 6 digits on the top right corner of your Vehicle Registration Cert (logbook).
The Council switchboard can be contacted on 0761 10 2020 and via email at contact@waterfordcouncil.ie
Waterford City and County Council is maintaining public service and we reiterate the advice to heed the recommendations issued by the National Public Health Emergency Team during the current public health emergency.
Waterford City and County Council will continue to update the public as the situation evolves through social media, our website and by using the local and regional media.
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Switchboard: 0761 102020
Email: contact@waterfordcouncil.ie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waterfordcouncil/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WaterfordCounci
Dedicated News site: https://waterfordcouncilnews.com
Postal Address: Customer Services, Bailey’s New Street, Waterford
The Awards seek to recognise the outstanding work of Chambers around the country while providing a platform for Chambers to share and promote how active and engaged they are across several different areas.
The shortlist features projects from 17 Chambers, exemplifying the wide-ranging work being done around the country.
The Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber is shortlisted in the Local Authority Collaboration category for the project named ‘Dungarvan Home Of The Greenway – Tourism Partnership In An Evolving Market’. This collaboration between the D&WW Chamber and Waterford Council, also involves CMT Community Employment Scheme & Garvey’s Supervalu, who are collectively responsible for the development of the Dungarvan Tourist Office and it’s initiatives in recent years.
Other contenders in the Local Authority Collaboration category include
Congratulating the Chambers shortlisted, Colm Blake, Head of Insurance Marketing at Zurich Ireland, the main sponsor of the awards, commented, “These Awards are an opportunity to reward the excellence of the Chamber network and their members; particularly for the work they do to promote the long-term development of businesses in their communities so that they are better places in which to live, work and do business. We are thrilled to reinforce our commitment to helping the Chambers celebrate these achievements in Ireland.”
Remarking on being included in the shortlist, Chamber President David Walsh said he was “delighted that Dungarvan Chamber & partners have been recognised for their proactive collaboration which has enabled the progression of tourism locally. It is a testament to each of the parties involved that this enterprising and effective partnership has made so much progress in the last five years. We appreciate that this initiative requires cross agency support and consider this to be integral to the growth of tourism in the area.”
The Chamber Awards winners will be announced at the official awards ceremony on 3rd April at the Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare. Awards will be presented for excellence in six different categories and one Chamber will be awarded the overall award of Chamber of the Year 2020.
Tree Council of Ireland and Coillte are again partnering for National Tree Week which takes place 21st – 27th March 2020 and this year’s theme is “Healthy Trees Healthy Planet”.
This is to promote tree health and the important role trees play in protecting our planet by taking on climate change and providing natural renewable resources. It also references the health benefits, both physical and mental, that trees and forests provide.
The Tree Council has provide a number of saplings such as oak, birch, alder, and rowan to Waterford City and County Council for the community. Schools and community groups can register their events with the Tree Council (https://www.treecouncil.ie/registeranevent) and then contact Waterford City & County Council to obtain saplings, subject to availability.
Contact eryan@waterfordcouncil.ie or 0761 10 2020) #treeweek2020
