Wind farm guidelines are particularly pertinent to Waterford Council as it sets about formatting a new county development plan.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld an appeal against the Tower Hotel in Waterford City to extend its property into a Georgian quarter.

Barranafaddock Sustainable Electricity Limited (BSEL) has been operating 12 turbines at Ballyduff Upper near Lismore since 2016.

Waterford councillors have given the go-ahead for Dungarvan’s first made-for–purpose campervan facility following a public consultation process.

Christy Parker Waterford Council officials are seeking a meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Environment Minister Eoghan Murphy and Finance Minister Pascal Donoghue after commercial rates alterations measures introduced by the government left the local authority with an estimated €3.3m revenue shortfall.

Waterford Council has approved planning for one of the country’s largest solar farms in a scenic region of mid-Waterford.

A Catholic religious group has undergone pre-planning consultation with Waterford Council in advance of an “imminent” application to open a female-only addiction rehabilitation centre in the west of the county.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning for a 10-storey apartment and leisure complex on a derelict site near Dungarvan town centre.

An ambulance rushing to attend a 65 year old-woman who collapsed with a heart condition was delayed for over 20 minutes by haphazardly parked cars.

A Dublin-based renewable energy company is seeking a foreshore licence to assess the suitability of two offshore wind farm sites in Irish waters.

Waterford Council has granted planning permission for a combined 30mw solar farm in the Comeragh region of the county.

A proposed wind farm development will have “catastrophic” consequences for a Co Cork town’s public water supply, according to a health and safety expert.

Claims that a lifeboat cannot be launched at low tide were made as part of a request for Office of Public Works funding for dredging at three west Waterford harbours.

Public and private investment can unlock the potential of Waterford city and county, writes Christy Parker

A notorious accident blackspot in west Waterford is set to be redesigned following almost 20 years of lobbying.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has emphasised that Walsh Park in Waterford city is the only venue that will be upgraded as per the wishes of officials in Croke Park.

There have been calls for the publication of an internal Waterford City and County Council probe into how €1.5m was spent on 63 new vans for no specific reason.

There have been calls for the publication of an internal Waterford City and County Council probe into how €1.5m was spent on 63 new vans for no specific reason.

Uilleann piper David Power is organising Dungarvan’s first music festival, writes Marjorie Brennan

A renewable energy firm refused planning for a solar farm close to Waterford Airport has appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála.

Despite a number of local authorities in Munster deferring solar-farm applications until the sector is more regularised, an unopposed application has been given the go-ahead in Co Waterford.

A Waterford county councillor says “more colour” should be added to a town square renovation programme in the interests of public safety.

As a new greenway opens in the southeast Dan MacCarthy hops on his bike and takes in the splendours of the Déise country

A Waterford county councillor has publicly called for “special planning treatment” for the Ring Gaeltacht after claiming the future of the region was under threat from “too many blow-ins”.

Waterford City and County Council was discussing a proposal to live-stream its meetings over the internet when it emerged that the actual discussion was being live-streamed.

A councillor is pleading with the public to “act responsibly” and not litter, after a local authority spent €18,000 clearing an 18km stretch of road.

Two large 19th century ice-houses that once served both the Blackwater salmon trade and a royal household are to be preserved thanks to a collaboration between a local authority and a tidy towns group in the south east.

Two years ago Waterford City and County Council and Kerry County Council were both awarded State funding for developing Greenways along old railways.

Residents opposed to a contested windfarm development in West Waterford are to hold a public information evening this week.

More than 2,000 offers of social housing were turned down last year, including in some cases due to barking dogs, the applicant being on holiday in Italy, and because no Mass had been said in the house offered.

Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a 100-unit caravan park at a beach near Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

A west Waterford soccer club, preparing for 50th anniversary celebrations next year, faces an uncertain future after one of the playing pitches it has occupied for more than 25 years was purchased from a receiver.

A labour of love which has helped transform drab walls in Waterford into works of art has proved a resounding success.

Gloomy gable ends and scruffy shopfronts are among 24 sites in Waterford’s city centre scheduled for a spectacular makeover in the next few days.

Waterford Council has refused planning permission for a windfarm near the Comeragh Mountains for the second time in four years.

A rural community in west Waterford has claimed there are “compelling public issues” which demand a public oral hearing into a wind turbine being erected.

The HSE has been labelled ‘greedy’ for allegedly demanding €10,000 from a voluntary tidy towns’ committee for a small unkempt site.

Hoteliers and businesses are being urged to let tourists and locals avail of toilet facilities in the “only town in the country” without a public loo.

Anti-litter legislation effective from July will enable local authorities to demand proof from householders of responsible waste management.

Waterford Council is to commence a ‘softly-softly’ approach in conjunction with enforcement measures in a bid to eradicate dog fouling across the city and county.