Darragh Murphy

4 days ago | waterford-news.ie | Darragh Murphy

At last week’s Garda Youth Awards in Waterford, local boxer Michael Reilly received a Special Achievement award. The award was in recognition of Michael overcoming social challenges and being an inspiration for both adults and young people in the community. Michael, who boxes out of St. Paul’s Boxing Club, has set up his own home gym which he uses every day to train and he follows a strict nutrition and exercise routine.

5 days ago | waterford-news.ie | Darragh Murphy

Following inspection from An Bord Pleanala, the construction of 40 houses in Dunmore East has been greenlit. The project consists of the construction of 40 dwellings made up of four two-bed terraced bungalows, 15 three-bed semi-detached bungalows, 19 three-bed semi-detached and terraced storey and a half dwellings, and two four-bed semi-detached storey and a half dwellings.

5 days ago | waterford-news.ie | Darragh Murphy

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan met with Pope Leo XIV last week at an audience in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Bishop Cullinan was invited to Rome with a delegation of Vocations Directors from across Ireland for a workshop on the promotion of vocations to the priesthood presented by the Dicastery for Clergy.

5 days ago | waterford-news.ie | Darragh Murphy

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has wrapped up its most ambitious festival to date, attracting more than 5,000 people to their seven-day programme of opera, concerts, and recitals. Local school children were the first to get a glimpse of what lay in store this year, as over 400 primary and post-primary students took part in educational workshops on set, attended the Opera Dress Rehearsal, and performed at the festival's opening ceremony.

5 days ago | waterford-news.ie | Darragh Murphy

Waterford's own The Wran will be hitting Glastonbury stages this month. The festival, which kicks off on June 25 in southwestern England, is billed as the largest greenfield music festival in the world. The Wran comprise of brothers Tommy, Danny, Sean and Stephen Dunford, hailing from Waterford's Comeraghs. The group are heavily inspired by the likes of Moving Hearts, Lankum, Planxty, and the Mary Wallopers. Their performances are a mix old folk tunes with fully original compositions.