Tipperary culinary student James announced as Chef Takeover participant
A showcase of years of hard work, creativity and finesse is on the menu when the final-year BA (Hons) in Culinary Arts students from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) take over the kitchen of Bellissimo restaurant in Waterford for four unmissable nights from 24-27 March 2020.A showcase of years of hard work, creativity and finesse […]
Betting Tax Hike Will Cause 352 Job Losses In The South East
The Government’s proposal to hike Betting Tax by 100pc will cost 352 jobs in the South West, according to an analysis by the Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA). Based on its engagement with members since Budget 2019 was announced last Tuesday, the IBA estimates that six bookmakers shops will close permanently in Carlow, seven will close […]
€85 Million Extension At Bausch + Lomb Waterford Officially Open
Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, today announced that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, officially opened a €85 million extension at the company’s Waterford, Ireland facility to help meet the consumer demand of its contact lens portfolio, specifically Biotrue® ONEday daily disposable […]
Irish Ferries Set For Spraoi 2017
As Waterford gears up for the annual Spraoi Festival, which takes place in the city over the August Bank Holiday Weekend from August 4-6th next, Irish Ferries has announced it will once again be lending its support to the event. Now in its twenty-fifth year, Ireland’s oldest city will host hundreds of performers, an array of […]
Lismore Castle Farm Silage Exhibition 2017
The Silage Exhibition 2017 will be taking place at Lismore Castle Farm, Lismore, Co. Waterford on Sunday 23rd July. The Exhibition will feature Vintage Silage Cutting, a Vintage Show, The Ford 100 Year Celebration, An Artisan Food Village and family entertainment. There will also be the Tractor Pulling Championship with entertainment by Seamus Moore ‘the JCB […]
Award Winning Irish Travel Films To Feature At Immrama Festival
An exploration of travel and tales of travel will be told at the fifteenth annual Lismore Immrama Festival of Travel Writing this June 14th to 18th in county Waterford. Opening the festival will be the screening of two award winning travel documentary films produced by Paddy Hayes. Mongolian Rhapsody and Jamaican Rhapsody are a […]
Secondary Schools Invited To Take Part In Competition To Find Ireland’s Next Young Food Entrepreneur
Cully of the Cully & Sully food business returned to his old secondary school in Waterford accompanied by GIY (Grow It Yourself) this week. During the visit Cully shared with the students the success story behind one of Ireland’s biggest food businesses and launched an inaugural competition titled ‘Give Peas a Chance’. This initiative aims […]
Tipperary Water Baby Honoured At Water Babies Little Heroes Awards
Water Babies, Ireland’s leading baby and toddler swim school, is delighted to announce the winners of their Little Heroes Awards, following a nationwide search to find Ireland’s most inspiring young swimmers. Water Babies is thrilled to honour fourteen ‘Little Heroes’ who have battled illness and adversity including premature birth and Down Syndrome or have […]
200 Jobs For Kilenny And Waterford
Kilkenny, Ireland-Based Studio to Create 140 Jobs and develop Animated Children’s and Family Television Entertainment, for Multiplatform Global Distribution Significantly bolstering animation production in Ireland, Mercury Filmworks, one of Canada’s most prolific independent animation studios, has joined forces with acclaimed Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon to create an all-new 2D-focused animation studio in Ireland, Lighthouse […]
Free Water Babies Taster Classes In Tipperary
Water Babies, Ireland’s leading baby and toddler swim school, is going through a major growth spurt in the South East at the moment. Elaine and George Dunne who brought the award-winning baby swimming classes to Wexford, Waterford, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Carlow over five years ago, are delighted that the business is going swimmingly. The couple […]