DUNGARVAN
OBSERVER Vol. 102
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Waterford takes top prizes at Pride of Place Awards IT was a successful night for Waterford’s entries at the 2014 IPB Co-operation Ireland Pride Of Place Award Ceremony held in Treacy’s West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare on Saturday night last with two significant wins for the County of Waterford. Ardmore and Waterford Sports Partnership won their respective categories showing great example and pride in their area and work. The Pride of Place
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Ardmore Scoops National IPB Pride of Place Award: Ardmore, Co. Waterford group members with (Back) George Jones,Chairman IPB, Dr. Christopher Moran,Chairman Co-Operation Ireland and Tom Dowling, Chairman Pride of Place at the 12th Annual IPB Pride of Place Awards in association with Co-operation Ireland at Tracey's West County Hotel, Ennis. [Eamon Ward] Awards recognise cities, towns and communities that show respect and inclusion for every sector in local areas creating communities to which the people are
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proud to say they belong. In what was a further boost for Ardmore and indeed Waterford, it was also announced that Ardmore was nominated for a
LivCom Award – an International Best Practice competition focusing on the management of the local environment and the winners will be announced
in 2015. Waterford Sports Partnership scooped top prize in the Community Health – Physical Activity Category and is
just reward for the hard work and commitment to the promotion of physical activity across the County of Waterford. Continued on page 19
Council meeting suspended over water charges motion By Paul Mooney THE business of Waterford City and County Council was suspended last Thursday evening amid disruption, after a member
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of the public reacted angrily to the Council’s decision to change a motion calling on the government to abolish water charges. The member of the public, later identified as Eddie Walsh, a former Sinn Féin and later Independent
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member of the now abolished Tramore Town Council, reacted angrily to the pact of Councillors voting in favour of rewording the Sinn Féin motion - a motion which Mr. Walsh described as “one of the best motions ever
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seen”. The pact decided to reword the motion in an amendment, which resulted in a toning down of the motion. Mr. Walsh, who said he was speaking as a taxpayer and on
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behalf of the thousands of people who can’t feed themselves because of all the extra taxes and charges imposed upon them, said the Councillors should be ashamed of themselves. Continued on page 10
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