Person: Brendan Mansfield

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Let the people decide if they want to risk future

IN our capacity as councillors we and our colleagues are faced daily with the appalling consequences for people arising from the economic and banking mismanagement of the past decade.

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Housing estates ‘are hell after darkness falls’

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Traders warn against ‘risky’ plan for square

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Controversial NY visit costs cash-strapped council €20,000

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Fury as council's US trip branded 'a waste of money'

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Councillors defend St Patrick’s Day ‘junket’ to US

US parade invitation for city chiefs

WATERFORD’S mayor and his deputy could be US-bound for St Patrick’s Day after all, despite earlier claims from city hall that nobody was venturing abroad this year.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2006

Anti-refuse charge protesters picket council HQ

PROTESTERS from across Waterford travelled to Dungarvan yesterday to protest the introduction of an annual flat charge of €150 for refuse collection service.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2006

Council’s New York trip branded ‘insensitive’

A WATERFORD County Council delegation is planning a five-day trip to New York for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations that will be paid for out of the coffers of the seriously cash-strapped local authority.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2006

Party split fails to emerge at heated council meeting

THE threat by a member of Fianna Fáil to split ranks with his six party colleagues on Waterford County Council petered out at the conclusion of an extraordinary reconvened annual estimates meeting last night.

Thu, 05 Jan, 2006

Householders hit with €150 refuse collection charge

WATERFORD householders have been hit with a €150 flat charge for domestic refuse collection for 2006.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2005

Sale of site to developer means wait for housing could be five years

AN AGONISING wait for a new home will continue beyond 2006 for a number of Co Waterford families promised local authority housing.

Fri, 25 Nov, 2005

Councillors angry at ‘extraordinary’ sale proposal

A PROPOSAL by council officials to sell off a site in the Abbeyside area of Dungarvan to a private developer which had been earmarked for up to 130 local authority houses, has sparked a furious reaction from councillors.

Wed, 19 Oct, 2005

Council cuts bin collection to save on costs

WATERFORD County Council is changing its bin collection cycle from the start of next month in a crisis bid to save money.

Fri, 19 Aug, 2005

Free them and stop hiding behind the law

WE Sinn Féin councillors call on the Government to intervene as a matter of urgency to secure the release of the five Co Mayo protesters known as the Rossport Five.

Wed, 13 Jul, 2005

Council backs down on 40 flat charge for refuse services

Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent

Tue, 12 Jul, 2005

Councillor breaks ranks over rubbish crisis

WATERFORD county councillor Brendan Mansfield has broken ranks with his council colleagues by making public details of private discussions on solutions to an impending waste crisis in the area.

Wed, 15 Jun, 2005

Council waste crisis spills into public

WATERFORD County Council last night controversially held a meeting about the possible contracting out of part of its waste service in private last night.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2005

Councillors fear refuse service may be privatised

WATERFORD County Council has proposed a private meeting next week to discuss waste disposal, sparking fears that part of the service is to be privatised.

Fri, 10 Jun, 2005

Waterford management criticised over job losses

AS union leaders prepare to meet senior management at the troubled Waterford Crystal plant this morning, local councillors have been voicing their dissatisfaction with the way the 480 job cuts were announced last week.

Tue, 10 May, 2005

Councillors stunned by refuse fee plans

STUNNED county councillors in Waterford say they can not support proposals to double refuse charges in the region, as is proposed by the local authority to meet its spiralling debts.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2005

If Fianna Fáil loses seats, Martin will be blamed

IF, as predicted, Fianna Fáil loses two seats in Waterford, the finger of blame will be pointed at Health Minister Micheál Martin.

Wed, 09 Jun, 2004