GIY Waterford and Supervalu to help school children experience the wonder of growing food

A new partnership between GIY Waterford and SuperValu will provide 50,000 Irish primary school children with the tools for growing food and food literacy education. The ‘Let’s Grow’ project aims to put homegrown food center stage in classrooms across Ireland. Read more

Chamber and LEO team up for ‘Getting to Know You’ Podcast

Waterford Chamber, in partnership with Waterford Local Enterprise Office, has launched a new podcast, Getting to Know You, which will feature interviews with local business people and debates around topical issues pertaining to business. Read more

SSE to develop solar and battery co-location project at Wexford wind farm

Energy operator SSE Renewables has announced its first solar energy and battery co-location project in Ireland, choosing its existing South East wind farm for the development. Read more

Nolan Transport officially open new €12m ‘Global Logistics Park’ in Wexford creating 30 jobs

Nolan Transport has opened a major new €12m warehousing facility in Wexford that will support 30 jobs in response to an unprecedented demand for warehousing facilities caused by changes in customer needs and disruption in the supply chain stemming from Brexit and Covid.  Read more

100s of available jobs promoted at Careers Kilkenny Christmas Event

The Christmas holiday period saw the return of the Careers Kilkenny event at the Medieval Mile Museum where hundreds of available roles were promoted by leading companies across Kilkenny city and county. Read more

Careers Kilkenny Christmas event will showcase 100s of jobs in leading companies

Kilkenny County Council is staging a unique careers event showcasing the range of executive and professional roles on offer in the world class employers located across the city and county in Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum on Friday the 30th of December. Read more

Germany energy multinational RWE has bought East Celtic wind farm off the Wexford coast

Germany energy multinational RWE has bought East Celtic wind farm off the Wexford coast from Irish company Western Power Offshore Holdings. Read more

Rosslare Europort welcomes new Stena Vision cruise ferry and service expansion on the Rosslare to Cherbourg route

Rosslare Europort management have warmly welcomed the announcement by Stena Line that it is to double sailing frequency and treble capacity for tourists on the Rosslare to Cherbourg route for summer 2023, with the introduction of the Stena Vision cruise ferry on the route from June 2023. Read more

BAM awarded contract for the construction of the North Quays Infrastructure project

The contract for the construction of the North Quays Infrastructure project has been awarded to BAM. Waterford City and County Council and BAM entered into contract for the construction of the new integrated transport hub and sustainable transport bridge as well as enhanced multi-modal access infrastructure. Read more

Three finalists set for ‘The Big Pitch’ live event on Tuesday 29th November

The South East BIC’s BIG PITCH 2022 live final takes place on Tuesday November 29th at 9.30am in Waterford Treasures Medieval Museum in the heart of Waterford City. Read more