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4 Waterford stores in ‘Retail Excellence’ Ireland’s Top 30 Stores

Retail Excellence, the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland, has today announced the Top 30 stores in Ireland.

The list comprises retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry.

The Store of the Year competition is the central part of the Retail Excellence Annual Awards, which were established in 1997 to promote best practice and encourage the highest standards in the Irish Retail Industry. They are now the largest and most prestigious of their kind in Ireland.

The Top 30 stores will now be rigorously tested with a financial audit and an onsite visit from Retail Excellence and Echochamber, our UK Retail Excellence Consultant partners. The sectoral category winners, Top 5 Stores and the National Store of the Year will be announced at a black-tie Awards banquet on Saturday, November 11th in the Malton Hotel, Killarney, County Kerry.

The 4 Waterford stores in the Top 30 are:

  • Applegreen –Waterford Road, Crobally Lower, Tramore
  • House of Waterford Crystal
  • Mulligans Pharmacy, Cedar House, Dunmore Road
  • TRM, Michael Street

By Waterford City & County Council

October is national “Reuse Month”

October is national “Reuse Month” and a number of events are currently being organised to promote reuse.

Check out these 2 Textile Up-cycling workshops below …

Event : Textile Up-cycling Workshop
Date : 17th October
Location : Tramore Library

Event : Textile Up-cycling Workshop
Date : 24th October
Location : Ardkeen Library

By Waterford City & County Council

Music Generation announces 9 new areas of Ireland selected for participation in its next phase

Dublin, Wednesday 20 September 2017: Music Generation today announced the 9 new areas of Ireland that will receive philanthropic funding from U2 and The Ireland Funds to create increased access to non-mainstream music tuition for children and young people in their local area.

Following an open national call for applications earlier this year, the 9 new areas selected for participation are: Cavan/Monaghan; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; Galway City; Galway County; Kilkenny; Leitrim; Roscommon; Waterford and Wexford.

The programmes will be managed and delivered by local Music Education Partnerships in each area. Operating on a 50/50 matched funding basis, these new Music Education Partnerships will receive an investment of €5m raised by U2 and The Ireland Funds, and will also generate a further combined €5m in local investment over the next five years.

Full article: See here

By Waterford City & County Council

Control of Skips Bye-Laws 2015 will be implemented from 2nd October, 2017

Waterford City and County Council adopted the Control of Skips Bye-Laws 2015 on 10th February, 2016 in respect of the regulation and control of skips on public roads within the administrative area of Waterford City and County Council. The provisions of these bye-laws will be implemented from 2nd October, 2017.

The bye-laws introduce new measures for both Skip Operators and Skip Hirers in relation to the placing of skips on public roads/footpaths.

Skip Operators
From 2nd October 2017 any Skip Operator who provides skips for hire and/or for use on any public road within the City and County of Waterford must be registered with Waterford City and County Council and have a valid Skip Operator’s Licence which must be applied for annually. Application forms and full details of fees and conditions can be downloaded on www.waterfordcouncil.ie or by contacting the Customer Services Desk at Baileys New Street, Waterford or Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

Skip Hirers
From 2nd October 2017 any Hirer of a skip may not cause a skip to be placed on any public road within the City and County of Waterford without a skip permit. An application form to place a skip on a public road or footpath must be completed and submitted to the Council for assessment prior to the delivery of a skip.

Where it is intended to place a skip on a public road where pay parking is in operation, a fee equal to the sum of the parking charges current at the date of issue of the Skip Permit, plus an administration charge, is payable. An administration charge is payable to place a skip on a public road other than a road where pay parking is in operation. Application forms and full details of fees and conditions can be downloaded on www.waterfordcouncil.ie or by contacting the Customer Services Desk at Baileys New Street, Waterford or Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

By Waterford City & County Council

Free Electrical Recycling Day at Tramore this Saturday 16th

Free Electrical Recycling Day

Tramore – Saturday 16th September 10am-4pm at Tesco Park.

Any household waste electrical items, batteries or energy saving
light bulbs accepted, large or small!

From Fridges to Phones, Laptops, to Lawnmowers, Toys to Power Tools, and everything in-between, WEEE recycle anything with a plug or battery!

By Waterford City & County Council

Dungarvan Triathlon 2017

The annual Dungarvan Triathlon will take place this Saturday morning, 9th September.

The route takes in a small section of the Waterford Greenway.

A Garda presence will be at crossing points and right of way will be given to competitors in order to keep traffic flowing.

For a full race brief, see : http://bit.ly/2wKMxlD

By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford shortlisted for Retail Excellence “Friendliest Place Awards”

Ennis, Swords, Limerick City, Trim and Waterford City all made the final five
Five towns throughout Ireland are vying with one another to win recognition as the Retail Excellence Friendliest Place in Ireland.

Ennis, Swords, Limerick City, Trim and Waterford City have been shortlisted for the Award which will be announced on the 9th of November in Killarney.

Retail Excellence, the largest retail representative body in Ireland, run these prestigious awards on an annual basis. The Awards are designed to drive standards in retail operations and town centres throughout the country. Last year Navan won the prestigious title at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards. The sell-out event was attended by more than 700 Irish retail industry executives. The awards are the biggest and best supported event in the Irish retail industry calendar.

David Fitzsimons CEO of Retail Excellence said “Ireland is renowned the world over for its warm welcome and hospitality to all. This is always particularly evident in retail operations throughout every village, town and city in the country and this is why it is important to mark the significant contribution being made by retailers and city and county councils in driving standards. We are delighted with the quality of entries we received this year for Ireland’s Friendliest Place Award and the standard set was second to none. It is always difficult to choose the finalists but the five towns selected are standard bearers in driving customer excellence, hospitality and pride in their town.

Ennis, Swords, Limerick City, Trim and Waterford City can be proud of this achievement and we all look forward to the announcement of the overall winner in November” David Fitzsimons concluded.

By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford Hurling Team homecoming arrangements

The following arrangements have been made for a homecoming ceremony for the Waterford Senior hurling team.  If the match is drawn, the event will not go ahead.

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Waterford City and County Council is proud to announce arrangements for the homecoming ceremony for the Waterford Senior Hurling Team who are 2017 finalists. The Mayor of the City and County of Waterford, Cllr. Pat Nugent has invited the players, family and friends of the team and senior team selectors and management to attend a Civic Ceremony on Monday 4th September 2017.

The Civic Ceremony to mark the Homecoming of the 2017 Waterford Senior Hurling Team will go ahead on Monday 4th September unless there is a drawn result.

The Homecoming Ceremony will be held on The Quays in Waterford City and access to the viewing area will be open to the public from 4.30pm onwards.  The Quay and all quay car parks will be closed to traffic from 2pm onwards and diversion routes will be clearly marked.

Access for People with Disabilities will be available to a viewing area close to the stage and Disabled Parking will be available at Bolton Street and Waterside car parks.

Waterford City and County Council is working with An Garda Síochána to ensure the event is safe and enjoyable for all. Parking will be restricted within the city centre. Parking and viewing arrangements will be clearly signposted within the city centre and we are encouraging the public to park safely and legally and preferably outside the city centre areas.

Waterford City and County Council owned car parks will be open at Millar’s Marsh, Bolton Street, Waterside and RSC. Free parking arrangements will apply at these car parks from 4pm onwards.

Members of An Garda Siochána and stewards will be on duty across the City and at the Homecoming Ceremony site and we respectfully ask members of the public to comply with directions issued.

By Waterford City & County Council

Termination of Lifeguard Service 2017

Unfortunately, due to unavailability of personnel, the decision has been taken to close Bonmahon and Ardmore beaches  prior to their due end date of the 3rd September to enable us to fulfil the blue flag criteria and maintain cover on the Blue Flag beaches.   It is unprecedented that such a number of lifeguards are unavailable on or after the 31st August. 

Lifeguard service will cease on the following beaches on dates specified.

ARDMORE:       7 p.m. on Friday 1st September, 2017.

BONMAHON:   7 p.m. on Thursday, 31st August, 2017.

Service will continue on Blue Flag Beaches e.g. (Clonea, Dunmore East, Tramore)  on a full time basis until 7 p.m. on Sunday 3rd September, 2017  with weekend cover being provided on  the 9th and 10th of September, 2017.

By Waterford City & County Council

“Transforming Waterford” – an integrated transport proposal for Waterford

A Unique Opportunity for Waterford

Illustration of Potential Scale of Proposed North Quays Development
Illustration of Potential Scale of Proposed North Quays Development

Waterford City has been constrained in its growth by an absence of key infrastructure, particularly in respect of its river crossings and City Centre access. As a consequence its development has been compromised, leading to a less sustainable City Centre that is not delivering on its economic potential.

The City is, however, transforming from a historical manufacturing and port city to one where advanced manufacturing and knowledge based industries can marry with a significantly enhanced service sector, particularly in tourism and retail, to deliver an urban centre that can be a real driver for regional development and a centre of consequence in the National picture.

There is now a unique opportunity for City transformation on foot of the delivery of the City By-pass, the designation of the North Quays as a Strategic Development Zone and urban regeneration completed or underway. A finite public investment of €61.5 million in tandem with redevelopment of the North Quays will unlock Waterford’s potential and will deliver

  • A redevelopment of the North Quays, the iconic Ard Rí and Michael Street sites
  • A unique pedestrian friendly City Centre
  • A City with the only truly integrated transport hub
  • A dedicated walking and cycling route traversing through the whole City

The immediate benefit will see 1,000 construction jobs and 2,300 permanent jobs in retail, tourism and knowledge based enterprise but this will pale in comparison to the future potential delivery by way of

  • the opening up of development in the Northside and
  • the rebranding of the City through the elimination of the blight of dereliction on one whole face of the City Centre.

These combined developments will be a catalyst for the transformation of Waterford and
will see the delivery of the largest single regeneration project in this country, representing
a combined investment of €562 Million.  Public sector investment of €61.5 Million spread over three years is not small, even in National terms, but the yield is significant. The Economic Appraisal prepared by Indecon, and appended to the full document, outlines the positive rate of return, based primarily on immediate economic yields from the redeveloped the North Quays, Michael Street and Ard Rí sites where there are developer commitments in place. The benefit to cost ratio in present day terms relative to a do
nothing scenario is determined as delivering a cost/benefit ratio of 2.1.

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