New co-ordinator starts job with controversial plan

SCARCELY a wet week in his newly created senior post with Waterford County Council, Brian Rafferty has run slap bang into controversy with some of the elected councillors.

Mr Rafferty, president of Tipperary Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed the council’s business co-ordinator, a new post that is part funded by Enterprise Ireland, FÁS, and Waterford Crystal.

Addressing a recent meeting of business interests in Dungarvan, Mr Rafferty said that the development of four marinas in Dungarvan harbour would create thousands of jobs, and he disclosed that exploratory investigations are being carried out on two sites to examine their potential for marina developments.