Building set to start on €1.8m youth centre

WATERFORD’S reputation as a hive of sporting activity is getting a major boost, with work about to get under way shortly on a top-class youth and community centre in the city centre.

The Government’s latest grant of €685,000 will allow work to begin on the €1.8 million centre, located on Manor Street, according to local Fianna Fáil senator, Brendan Kenneally.

Facilities will include games and meeting rooms, a café, gym, health clinic, sauna, computer room and library. Senator Kenneally said the centre will house a number of education and anti-drugs projects, as well as the Waterford Youth Information Centre.