Waterford spreads ‘open for business’ message in US

THE mayor of Waterford city has returned from a 10-day trade mission to the US with the aim of forcefully making the point the city was “open for business”.

Cllr Mary Roche, an Independent member of Waterford City Council, led a 10-day whistle-stop tour of five cities headquartered with companies employing 2,400 people in Waterford.

The companies concerned provide for “a positive economic injection into the local economy of more than €120 million a year,” said a council spokesman.