Waterford man could be about to drop down pecking order or leave Premiership club

Just days after being an unused sub in Queen’s Park Rangers 1-0 win over Derby County in the Championship Play-off Final at Wembley, Waterford man Brian Murphy could be set to leave the Loftus Road Club or drop down the pecking order for a place between the posts at the club.

The Waterford man provided back up to former England International Goalkeeper Rob Green this season, after manager Harry Redknapp decided to leave Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar leave the club on loan joining MLS side Toronto FC in February and is not believed to be looking for an experienced back up player to Green ahead of the clubs return to the Premier League.

The Irish Sun are reporting today that Redknapp is going to have Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper David Forde scouted this evening in the game between the Republic of Ireland and Italy.

However, with Crystal Palace also believed to be scouting the Irish man this evening, should the 34 year old whose contract with Millwall expires this summer decide not to take up the offer of a new contact with the club, he could have a number of offers on the table to decide on.

With Forde looking to keep his place as Martin O’Neill’s number one in the Euro 2016 campaign in the autumn, a move to the Selhurst Park Club could prove to be a better move.

Forde could be forced to be back up to Greene at Loftus Road but with Julian Speroni’s contact at Palace set to run out this summer, should be decide on a fresh challenge, Forde could find himself wearing the number one shirt at Selhurst Park next season should he join Tony Pulis charges, with Wayne Hennessey proving back up.

 

Appeal made against permission for new 500 pupil school

Planning permission granted by Carrick-on-Suir Town Council before its abolition in Phil Hogan’s reform of local government for a new campus for Comeragh College in the town has been appealed to An Bord Pleanala.

The new campus which would cater for about 500 students received planning permission in April and would have seen a two story building on a green field site on the outskirts of the town at Tinvane built.

A appeal against the permission for the school that would have pupils enrolled from counties Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford was lodged on May 1.

The College is currently split between two separate sites in the town, at Greenside and the former Saint Josephs College.

An Bord Pleanala hopes to have a decision to the appeal made by the first week of September which falls inside the eighteen week target for decisions following an appeal to the granting of permission for any construction.

Management at the school had hoped that construction work would begin in early September and that the new school would be complete within eighteen months.

Tipperary Education and Training Board (formally Tipperary VEC) hopes the new school would be welcoming its first students through the doors in September 2016.

No ambulance available to transfer 4 year old to hospital 55Km from home

 

 

The H.S.E. has come in for criticism for not having an ambulance available to cover in the East Cork and West Waterford area to deal with a recent emergency.

 

On May 18, a mother in the town of Youghal whose husband served as the first and last Mayor of Youghal Town Council had to drive her four year old asthmatic stricken son to Cork University Hospital despite calling for an ambulance to her home after her son went into a chronic attack just before 11pm.

 

Kate Revins has told how she rang South-Doc (Care-Doc in the South-East Region) when she noticed her son was having breathing difficulties and was becoming distraught.

After getting through she was told to ring for an Ambulance to have her son transferred to hospital.

An off duty Paramedic from the area soon arrived at her house to render assistance to her son soon after making the call.

Almost thirty minutes after the call was made for an ambulance, a Rapid Response Vehicle arrived at Mrs. Revins home where the driver told her that no ambulance was available to transport her son to Hospital and he did not know when one would become available.

The H.S.E. does not allow patients to be transferred to hospital in a Rapid Respond Vehicle, so it was suggested that the child be brought to Cork by the family with the Paramedic following in case the child’s condition deteriorated on route.

Travelling alone with her son in the car as her husband remained in the house to be with two other children, Mrs. Revins has told how she had to keep talking to her son while driving to keep him awake while at the same time ensuring how he remained awake and sitting up for the duration of the trip.

Mrs. Revins and her son accompanied by the Rapid Respond Vehicle arrived in the grounds of Cork University Hospital about 12-30am and her son was immediately treated for his difficulties before he was discharged later in the morning.

The H.S.E. have since issued a statement in which they say that they dispatched the nearest available emergency resource (the Rapid Respond Vehicle) which arrived at the house twenty-seven minutes after the call was made. It also says that they contacted an off duty paramedic who was at the scene within five minutes.

The H.S.E. also stated that there was no staff shortages on the evening in question but refused to comment when asked by a journalist from the East Cork area how many ambulances would or should normally have been serving the Youghal and East Cork area at the time.

Another jobs loss announcement for Waterford

200 jobs out of work force of around 1,200 at one of the South-East’s biggest employers Bausch & Lomb in Waterford city are at risk. The Company is the largest private employers in country.

The company which produces eye care products which was taken over last year by Canadian company Valeant which is Canada’s largest drug manufacturers will also be asking the remaining workforce to take a 20 percent pay cut bringing costs in line with those in Rochester in New York where the company say wage rates are in the region of 30 percent lower.

It is understood that the redundancies will be voluntary at first.

The Pharmaceuticals giant Valeant which owns the plant employs 13,000 people worldwide.

The company has said discussions with staff and union representatives will begin next Tuesday and the company hopes to reach a decision in principle by June 17.

It is understood that the Government and IDA Ireland have both been briefed on the situation and that Waterford’s four elected members to Dáil Eireann met with the Jobs Minister Richard Bruton this morning.

RTE News have reported that Independent TD for Waterford John Halligan said it is "deeply disturbing" that Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton knew jobs were on the line for a number of months and did not bring it to the attention of the Dáil.

Last October, the company announced that 48 temporary staff were to be laid off.

In recent years, Waterford has become a jobs black spot. Earlier this year Honeywell previously known as Measurex, was to close with the loss of 26 full-time jobs.

In October last year Honeywell Turbo Technologies announced that the firm would be laying off 74 staff members.

Last May, Citibank decided to close its office in Waterford which employs around 50 people but they expected some of the staff affected would be offered redeployment to the Dublin office of the bank.

In April 2013 Diageo announced that there were closing their Waterford plant and transferring operations to Dublin.

In 2011 Talk Talk closed in Waterford with a loss of 575 jobs

In 2010 Teva Pharmaceuticals announced to their staff that there would 50% of their 730 workforce were be made redundant.

In 2009 Bausch and Lombe announced it was to shed 120. This announcement came hot on the heels of news that ABB engineering is to close with the loss of 178 jobs.

In 2007 Waterford Crystal confirmed it was planning 490 lay-offs in a cost containment exercise and that production would be transferred to Europe. A spokesman said that the decision to cut jobs had been made with the goal of making the 510 remaining jobs more secure. The company closed down in 2009.

2007 also saw French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis decide to close it Irish manufacturing facility in Waterford with a loss of 200 jobs.

In 2006 Hasbro announced 140 job losses at their Waterford factory.

In recent times, a considerable amount of jobs have also been lost in different areas of the county.

Knockanore and Slieve Rue men to become Deacon’s this Sunday

Twenty years ago, the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore had a plentiful supply of priests.

At times up to the early 90’s no position could be found within the Diocese for some newly ordained men, who were at times sent to Dublin or England for short periods filling positions there until such time they were recalled to the Waterford and Lismore Diocese when positions became available.

In recent years however, all that has changed.

Since 2007, six priests who were listed to be part of a parish at the time are currently not holding a position in a parish according to information that can be obtained from the Diocesan website.

Seven Priests that held positions within parishes in 2007 have since died. A further nine priests that had retired by 2007 but some of whom helped out in parishes when it was needed have died. A number of priests that helped out in parishes but who were attached to other parishes but moved to the Waterford and Lismore Diocese after they retired have died.

And since 2007 ten priests that held positions in parishes at that point have since retired from active ministry, some of whom help out in parishes when they can.

Since 2000 only four men have been ordained as Priests for the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, one of whom died within ten years of his ordination.

Since 2007, one Diocesan Priest who worked outside the Diocese has returned to the Waterford and Lismore Diocese to take up a position.

Currently there is two Polish Priests working in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. In recent weeks a Priest from the Rosminian Order who previously worked in Parishes run by the order around the country including Clonmel has taken up an administration roll in a parish that was served up to now by Diocesan Priests, while a member of the Augustinian Community in Dungarvan has worked in the Parish with the last number of years. Parishes in South Tipperary are also at times able to avail of the services of member of the Holy Ghost Community at Rockwell College when the need arises.

Twenty years ago, most rural parishes had at least two priests to cover two or three churches in the Parish. In urban areas twenty years ago, some urban parishes could have had anything from two to five priests working in it.

Now most rural parishes in the diocese have just one priests and while all Urban parishes have also seen a reduction in numbers working with the faithful in the parish, most still have at least two priests in the parish, which in some cases is a Parish Priest and a retired Parish Priest who opted to stay working pasted their 75^th Birthday, the retirement age for Priests.

The drop in the numbers of priests available has also meant that there is a drop in the number of masses celebrated in each parish each weekend. Twenty years ago, many churches had three masses celebrated in them each weekend. Now, many churches have just one. The reduction in the number of clergy also means that some of the most traditional of Catholic’s who like to fulfill their obligations on a Sunday, have to visit a neighbouring parish to do so, as Mass is no longer celebrated on a Sunday.

In recent years, the number of parishes without a resident priest has also grown.

Ten years ago, following the death of the then Parish Priest of the Modeligo and Affane Parish, no replacement was picked. The administration of the Parish was carried out by the Parish Priest of the neighbouring parish in Cappoquin.

As the numbers of priests in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore further dropped and it was time for the Curate in Modeligo and Affane to be promoted to the position of Parish Priest, it meant that no priest was going to be resident in the parish.

The Parishes of Tallow and Ballyduff Upper have also been administered by the same priest since the Parish Priest of Tallow retired some years back.

No Parish Priest was appointed in Dunhill and Fenor when the position became available a few years back. Instead an administrator was appointed. The Parish has since lost their administrator after he took up another position and the Parish began to be administrated from Tramore. When another Parish Priest died in recent years and a reshuffle of priests were made, Butlerstown lost their in resident Priest and the parish was administrated from the Saint Paul’s Parish in Waterford City.  

Further changes are going to be made in the coming years as more the Diocesan Priests retire or Die and there is not enough man power available to fill the positions that will become available.

However, there is some hope.

This coming Sunday at Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth, Knockanore man Shane O’Neill will be ordained to the Diaconate along with fourteen other men from across Ireland. Amongst the others to be Ordained will be Brian Griffin from Slieve Rue who is to be ordained to the same position for the Diocese of Ossory.

 

And while it is only one that is ordained this year as opposed to four or five year in the past, that one should be seen as a bonus for the Diocese.

The Diaconate is the final step towards full Ordination to the Priesthood which would be expected to happen within twelve months.

Once ordained to the Diaconate and becoming a Deacon, a person will be able to fill many duties of a priest, such as administer the sacrament of Baptism and can serve as the church’s witness at the sacrament of Holy Matrimony, which the bride and groom administer to each other. Deacons may preside at funeral rites not involving a Mass and may assist the priest at Requiem Masses. They can preside over various services such as Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and they may give certain blessings but they cannot hear confession and give absolution, anoint the sick, or celebrate Mass.

Meanwhile it is expected that Pope Francis in the near future will appoint a successor to Bishop William Lee who resigned as Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on health grounds last October.

The Pontiff favouring appointments from outside the diocese that a vacancy arises, since he was elected has filled a number of vacant positions within the Hierarchy in Ireland, his most recent appointment being Father Kevin Doran, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin to the roll of Bishop of Elphin replacing Bishop Christopher Jones who had offered his resignation to the then Pope Benedict XVI having celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday.

Appointments have been made quicker where they arise when a Bishop reaches the retirement age than they have where a Bishop stands down for health or other reasons.

This could mean that the Dioceses Like Cashel and Emly as well Cork and Ross could have a new Bishop ahead of Waterford and Lismore as Archbishop Dermot Clifford (Cashel and Emily) and John Buckley (Cork and Ross) have passed or about to pass their seventy-fifth birthdays and are set to stand down from their positions as soon as a replacement is in place.

Meanwhile as Pope Francis is filling vacancies in Irish Dioceses, it is looking for now that a report which appeared in some sections of the media in 2011 which suggested that the number of dioceses could be cut from a current twenty-six to eleven or twelve will not go ahead at this point.

The reports suggested that Archdiocese of Cashel could be cut from its current seven dioceses to three with Waterford and Lismore merging with Cloyne, Cork and Ross merging with Kerry and Cashel and Emly merging with the diocese of Limerick and the Diocese of Killaloe.

Elected members of Waterford Council are confirmed.

The make up of the new Waterford Council was confirmed on Sunday afternoon when business man Eddie Mulligan became the thirty-second member to be elected to the new body.

Waterford City which had fifteen elected members and Waterford County Council which had twenty-three members has been abolished and will be placed by a new single body. The Dungarvan, Tramore and Lismore Town Councils have also been abolished in line with other town councils around the country. Former members of Dungarvan and Tramore Town Councils will be represented on the new council but no member of the outgoing Lismore Town Council allowed their name to go forward for election to the new body.

Sinn Fein Councillor John Hearne was the first member elected to the new body. Hearne who was co-opted onto Waterford City Council in 2011 after David Cullinane was elected as a member of the Senate was elected for the Waterford South area which covers Waterford city.

Of the seventy-three that put their name forward for a place on the new council, fourteen were women, five of whom were elected, one coming from each of the five electorate areas.

Fianna Fail Councillor Michael Joseph O’Ryan polled highest across the five electorate areas. The Ballymacarbry based councillor who is the third generation of his family to be elected to serve the people of Waterford in almost one hundred years received 1,484 first preference votes in the Comeragh area which stretches from Annestown in the East of the County to Ballymacarbry and Ballinamult in the North West of the county.

Damien Geoghegan and John Cummins both of the Fine Gael Party and who served as the last Mayor of the County and City Councils respectfully were both re-elected.

Dungarvan man Damien Geoghegan was the first to be elected in the newly formed Dungarvan/Lismore area, topping the area pole with 1,337 first preference votes, passing the quota of 1,312 votes needed to be elected.

Waterford City man John Cummins who serves in the Waterford South district received 780 first preference votes and was elected to the new body on the tenth county having passed the 1,032 quota with 1,089 votes.

Six Councillors were elected on the first count. Michael Joseph O’Ryan and Liam Brazil were elected in the Comeragh Area. In the Dungarvan area Damien Geoghegan was elected after the first round of counting.

In the Tramore/Waterford City West area no member of the new body were elected after the first round of counting. Joe Conway was the first of the eighteen names on the ballot paper in the area to be elected, after eight rounds of counting.

In Waterford City/East outgoing City Councillor Davy Daniels and out going County Councillor Pat Fitzgerald were elected on the first count, while John Hearne was elected in the first round of voting in Waterford South.

Fourteen members of the new body were elected without reaching a quota.

In the Comeragh area, Sean Power was just nine votes short of the quota after nine counts but was elected along with Mary Butler.

In the Dungarvan/Lismore area half the representatives were elected without reaching the quota. Tom Cronin, Declan Doocey, Seamus O’Donnell and John Pratt were all elected without reaching the set quota.

In the Tramore/Waterford City West area, another four were elected without reaching the quota, Blaze Hannigan, Joe Kelly, Lola O’Sullivan and Eamon Quinlan.

In Waterford City South Jason Murphy, Laurence ‘Cha’ O’Neill and Sean Reinhardt were all elected without a quota while Eddie Mulligan in the Waterford City/East area was the last elected councillor again failing to reach the quota.

In total nine non-party members will sit on the new council with Fianna Fail and Fine Gael having eight members each, Sinn Fein have six members while John Pratt will be the sole Labour member.

With seventeen votes needed to form a majority grouping on the new council, the various parties and non party members will be meeting in the coming days to decide who will control the council.

Members of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have already indicated that that they could come together and work together over the next five years, but they would need one more vote to form a majority.

Sinn Fein was the bigger winners in Waterford as was the case throughout the country. However, it remains to be seen if they will take part in controlling the new council as not all parties and independents will be willing to share control with them.

The new council is made up of

Liam Brazil                  Fine Gael        Comeragh Area

Mary Butler                 Fianna Fail      Comeragh Area

Declan Clune              Sinn Fein         Comeragh Area

John O’Leary              Fianna Fail      Comeragh Area

Michael J. O’Ryan      Fianna Fail      Comeragh Area

Sean Power                Fine Gael        Comeragh Area

Tom Cronin                 Fianna Fail      Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Declan Doocey           Fine Gael        Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Damien Geoghegan   Fine Gael        Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Pat Nugent                  Fine Gael        Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Seamus O’Donnell      Non Party        Dungarvan/Lismore Area

John Pratt                   Labour             Dungarvan/Lismore Area

James Tobin               Fianna Fail      Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Siobhán Whelan          Sinn Fein         Dungarvan/Lismore Area

Joe Conway                Non Party        Tramore/Waterford West Area

Jim Griffin                   Sinn Fein         Tramore/Waterford West Area

Blaze Hannigan           Non Party        Tramore/Waterford West Area

Joe Kelly                     Non Party        Tramore/Waterford West Area

Lola O’Sullivan            Fine Gael        Tramore/Waterford West Area

Eamon Quinlan           Fianna Fail      Tramore/Waterford West Area

John Carey                 Fine Gael        Waterford/East Area

Davy Daniels              Non Party        Waterford/East Area

Pat Fitzgerald              Non Party        Waterford/East Area

Eddie Mulligan            Non Party        Waterford/East Area

Mary Roche                Non Party        Waterford/East Area

Adam Gary Wyse       Fianna Fail      Waterford/East Area

Breda Brennan            Sinn Fein         Waterford South Area

John Cummins           Fine Gael        Waterford South Area

John Hearne               Sinn Fein         Waterford South Area

Jason Murphy             Fianna Fail      Waterford South Area

Laurence O’Neill         Non Party        Waterford South Area

Sean Reinhardt           Non Party        Waterford South Area

 

TV Programme leads to possible rise in vocations to Co Waterford religious community

We are told that interest in the Catholic Church in Ireland has dropped off in recent years, but that could be set for a change.

At Ireland’s only Female Cistercian Community, Saint Mary’s Abbey in Glencairn near Lismore, the community have had to organise a second Monastic Weekend within a matter of weeks due to popular demand.

The Monastery was the subject of a recent RTE documentary which was aired on Easter Sunday after which the communities planned vocations weekend was fully subscribed to.

Eight women joined the community for a weekend from May 16 to 18, the communities Vocations Director – Sister Sarah reported recently and now similar weekend is planned for the weekend of August 29 to 31 due to interest amongst women who have shown an interest in discerning a vocation.

The Community have aimed the weekend at women between the age of 22 and 40 and over the weekend they will get an experience of monastic life living with the community of sisters with participants living the daily monastic rhythm of prayer and praise, monastic work, Lectio Divina, and service to each other, in the monastery.

The weekend is also a time for personal reflection, an opportunity to talk with a sister individually and to enjoy a quiet walk through the fields to the river Blackwater which flows through the abbey farm.

Vocations Director Sister Sarah in a recent interview with Catholic Ireland.Net News estimated that up to ten people a year attend the monastic weekends or live with the community for a short period to discern if they have a vocation.

She added that most of those that show an interest in joining the community are in their late 30’s but some in their 20’s also express an interest in joining. Currently the community has 36 sisters from all over Ireland and different parts of the world, with a wide range of age groups represented, from the thirties to the nineties.

Investigation underway after 13 year old is forced into a car in Waterford.

An investigation is underway in Waterford after a 13 year old boy was allegedly forced into a car by two men in the city on Sunday evening.

The boy it is understood had been walking home from a local sports club when the men reportedly pulled close to where he lives and forced him into the car.

He was driven to a nearby housing estate and forced to go door-to-door asking residents for sponsorship money.

The alarm was raised by a resident who reported "bogus collector" to Gardai.

The boy was located by Gardai and was returned safely to his family.

Gardai say they're aware of the incident and are following a definite line of inquiry but no arrests have been made at this stage. 

Jobs boost for West Waterford.

An Independent candidate in this week’s local elections in the Dungarvan/Lismore electorate area has welcomed the news that Waterford County Council has granted planning permission for an 800 square metre factory in the Old Parish area of County Waterford.

The factory which is to be occupied by local couple Jack and Marian Burke who plan to manufacture chocolate using milk produced in Ireland.

Local man Seamus O’Donnell has welcomed the news that the factory is to go ahead which could see up to twenty jobs for the area, which he has described as a great boost for the local economy.

It is hoped that construction work will begin in the immediate future.

The factory is to be located at the Údarás na Gaeltachta site at Barrnastook (https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.014464,-7.623702,3a,75y,270h,88.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjuwv3QBLnlsCLlryzU_G4w!2e0) at a site on the main road between An Rinn and Ardmore.  

The site was purchased in the 1990’s by the Údarás and had one factory unit built on it which has been used by different companies over the past twenty years.

Despite the best efforts of locals since the site was purchased attempts to build further units on the site have not happened until now.

The new factory is scheduled to commence production by December of 2014.

Youth dies in Co Waterford accident.

One person believed to be a teenager has died after an attempted raid on the home of a senior garda in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford overnight.

Details are still sketchy, but it is understood the deceased person was one of a small group of between two or four who attacked the home of a top ranking Garda in Dungarvan.  

The garda was stabbed and may have hit his head off a bottle after he was alerted to a noise heard outside by another person in the house after he went look outside the house. The Garda was removed to hospital where he is being treated for his injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

The raiders fled the scene on foot. That person has died, after he fell on an unknown object. He was found by Gardai in Marshland close to the Clonea Road.

A man-hunt is reported to have taken place after midnight with a coastguard helicopter based at Waterford Regional Airport hovering over the Abbeyside area for up to 45 minutes.

The Garda Ombudsman has been contacted about the incident and that a senior investigation team has arrived on the scene.

Three others have been arrested in connection with the attempted break in.

73 to contest local elections to the new Waterford Council body

A total of 73 candidates are to contest the May 23 local elections where there will be 32 places to be filled.

Fine Gael will have 14 members running for election. The Party will have three candidates running in the Comeragh, Tramore/City West, and City East electorate area. Current Mayor of Waterford City John Cummins is the Party’s only member standing for election in the City South electorate area while current County Mayor Damien Geoghegan will be joined by three other members in the Dungarvan/Lismore Electorate area.

Fianna Fail have 12 members standing for places on the new 32 member council. They have three members standing in the Comeragh, Dungarvan/Lismore and City East areas. Two party members are standing in the Tramore/City West area while Jason Murphy’s the party’s sole candidate in the City South area.

Labour have just six members standing after long serving County Councillor Billy Kyne withdrew his nomination recently. The Party will have one candidate standing in each of the Comeragh, Tramore/City West, City East and City South Electorate areas, while they will run two in the Dungarvan/Lismore electorate area.

Sinn Fein has eight candidates standing for election. Two members are standing in the Dungarvan/Lismore area where there will be a large vote to be got after current Sinn Fein member of Waterford County Council Brendan Mansfield announced some time back that he was not standing for election this time around. The Party are also running two candidates in the Tramore/City West and City South areas with one member standing in the Comeragh and City East areas.

New Party Direct Democracy Ireland have three candidates standing in the election, running one each in the Comeragh, City East and City South areas.

The Workers Party also have three candidates standing for election in two electorate areas. Long standing member of Waterford City Council Davy Walsh will be one of two candidates standing in the Tramore/City West area while the party will also be contesting the City South area.

The elected non-party members to the new council could well have a great say on how the new body will be controlled. Twenty-six non party members are seeking election. The Comeragh and Dungarvan/Lismore areas both will have three non party members on the ballot paper. Eight non party candidates are standing in the Tramore/City West electorate area, seven in the City South area and five in the City East area.

Joan Quirke is the only People Before Profit candidate standing for election in Waterford in this years local elections.

All fifteen members of the current Waterford City are standing for election to the new council. Seventeen of the twenty-three elected members of Waterford County Council are standing for election. The six opting not to stand are Nora Flynn, Mary Greene, Dr Tom Higgins, Billy Kyne, Brendan Mansfield and Paddy O’Callaghan.

The full list of candidates standing in Waterford is:

Barron             Ger                  Labour                                     Comeragh

Barry               Donal              Non Party                                Waterford City South

Brazil               Liam                Fine Gael                                 Comeragh

Brennan           Breda              Sinn Fein                                 Waterford City South

Brierley           Louise             Sinn Fein                                 Dungarvan/Lismore       

Butler              Mary                Fianna Fail                              Comeragh

Carey               John                 Fine Gael                                 Waterford City East

Coffey             Brendan          Fine Gael                                 Comeragh

Conway           Joe                   Non Party                                Tramore/City West

Cosgrove         Micheál           Fine Gael                                 Dungarvan/Lismore

Clune               Declan             Sinn Fein                                 Comeragh

Cronin             Tom                 Fianna Fail                              Dungarvan/Lismore

 

Cummins        John                Fine Gael                                Waterford City South

Cunningham  Tom                Fine Gael                                Waterford City East

Daly                Pat                   Fianna Fail                              Tramore/City West

Daniels            Davy               Non Party                              Waterford City East 

D’Arcy           Jim                  Fine Gael                                Waterford City East 

De Paor           Midi                Non Party                                Dungarvan/Lismore 

Doocey            Declan             Fine Gael                                 Dungarvan/Lismore 

Finnerty           Pat                   Non Party                                Tramore/City West

Fitzgerald        Pat                   Sinn Fein                                 Waterford City East

Flynn               Michael           Non Party                                Comeragh

Geoghegan      Damien            Fine Gael                                 Dungarvan/Lismore

Griffin             Jim                   Sinn Fein                                 Tramore/City West 

Hannigan         Blaise              Non Party                                Tramore/City West

Hearne             Brian               Workers Party                         Tramore/City West

Hearne            John                Sinn Fein                                Waterford City South

Hogan             Gary                Direct Democracy Ireland      Waterford City South

Jacques           Dee                  Labour                                   Tramore/City West

Janes                Dr. David        Direct Democracy Ireland      Comeragh

Keane              Jenna               Non Party                                Tramore/City West 

Kelly               Joe                   Non Party                                Tramore/City West

Keoghan          Maxine            Fine Gael                                 Tramore/City West

Kirwan            Dermot            Non Party                                Comeragh

Lane                David              Sinn Fein                                 Tramore/City West 

McCarthy        Larry               Direct Democracy Ireland      Waterford City East  

McGrath          Eamon             Fianna Fail                              Waterford City East 

Melay              Monica            Non Party                                Tramore/City West 

Moore              Willie               Workers Party                         Waterford City South

Mulligan          Eddie              Non Party                                Waterford City East 

Murphy           Jason               Fianna Fail                              Waterford City South

Murphy           Liz                   Fianna Fail                              Waterford City East

Murphy           Tom                 Non Party                                Waterford City South

Nolan              Keith               Non Party                                Waterford City South

Nugent            Pat                   Fine Gael                                 Dungarvan/Lismore

O’Brien           David              Non Party                                Waterford City South

O’Donnell       Seamus            Non Party                                Dungarvan/Lismore

O’Leary           John                 Fianna Fail                              Comeragh 

O’Neill            Laurence (Cha) Non Party                          Waterford City South  

O’Ryan           Michael J         Fianna Fail                              Comeragh

O’Sullivan       Lola                 Fine Gael                                 Tramore/City West

Power              Ann-Marie       Non Party                                Tramore/City West 

Power              Seanie              Fine Gael                                 Comeragh

Pratt                John                 Labour                                     Dungarvan/Lismore 

Quinlan           Eamon             Fianna Fail                              Tramore/City West

Quinlan          Hilary             Fine Gael                                Tramore/City West 

Quirke             Joan                 People Before Profit               Waterford City East 

Reinhardt       Sean                Non Party                              Waterford City South

Roche             Dick                Non Party                              Tramore/City West 

Roche             Mary               Non Party                              Waterford City East 

Rossiter           Ann-Marie       Fianna Fail                              Dungarvan/Lismore 

Ryan               Seamus           Labour                                   Waterford City South

Sheehan           Nicky              Labour                                     Dungarvan/Lismore

Tobin               James               Fianna Fail                              Dungarvan/Lismore

Walsh             Davy               Workers Party                       Tramore/City West 

Walsh              Eddie              Non Party                                Waterford City South

Walsh             Jack                Labour                                   Waterford City East 

Walsh              John D.            Non Party                                Waterford City East

Walsh              Sean                Non Party                                Comeragh

Whelan            Siobhán           Sinn Fein                                 Dungarvan/Lismore 

White              Neil                 Non Party                                Waterford City East

Wright             Michael           Non Party                                Dungarvan/Lismore

Wyse               Adam Gary    Fianna Fail                             Waterford City East

Current County Councillors are in Red, current City Councillors are in Green.