tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.comments2023-06-15T10:07:03.835+01:00Cllr Mary RocheCllr Mary Roche, Waterfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319272267259620843noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-39481814343390129542021-04-10T12:18:40.319+01:002021-04-10T12:18:40.319+01:00Every word you said is true Mary. No one can trust...Every word you said is true Mary. No one can trust the vague wishhy washy promises of this government. We're being let down by our local TDs except Matt Shanahan. I hope we are wrong and everything will be as promised but I doubt it. Cllr Joe Kelly Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894100490852992107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-89462967405800146092021-04-09T20:29:17.917+01:002021-04-09T20:29:17.917+01:00Spot on.
Depending on TDs, Government, Ministers, ...Spot on.<br />Depending on TDs, Government, Ministers, and Departments has always been our downfall.<br />UL showed the way years ago by going outside the system and drawing in philanthropists to fund its development.<br />Where was or is the Waterford or WIT champion who will do the same?<br />Waterford needs this person or persons to emerge and take the UL model by the scruff of the neck and make it happen for WIT.<br />Otherwise we only have ourselves to blame.<br />AONeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442093735223447830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-38584526384963445862016-05-31T16:53:11.075+01:002016-05-31T16:53:11.075+01:00Waterford , Cork , Limerick , Galway and Dublin (e...Waterford , Cork , Limerick , Galway and Dublin (etc) should definitely get their very own Directly Elected Mayors , while they still have the chance to do so.<br /><br /><br />Over here in Wales , CARDIFF our Glorious Capital City , is currently being Held Hostage by a Pompous Little Clique of HIGHLY UNACCOUNTABLE POLITICAL OVERLORDS.<br /><br /><br /><br />As things presently stand , Local Government Councillors in Wales (alone) are Greedily Gulping Down around Twenty Million Pounds (£20,000,000) worth of Salaries per year ; (simply) because THE AVERAGE WELSH CITIZEN SUBMISSIVELY PANDERS TO THEM.<br /><br /><br />THAT IS WHY , TO DATE , VERY FEW PEOPLE IN WALES ARE ACTUALLY AWARE THAT HAVING DIRECTLY ELECTED REGIONAL MAYORS WOULD PROBABLY SLASH (CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF) LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE BY OVER 50%.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I INITIALLY WAS NOT (REALLY) INTERESTED in the (Ongoing) Directly Elected (Cardiff) Mayor Referendum Campaign (Debate) UNTIL I recently stumbled upon THE UNAPPROVED CARDIFF COUNCIL BLOG. <br /><br /><br />It's got everything in there - Drag Queens , Money Transfers , Jobs , Property , Funky Muslims , Bitchy Councillors , Drunken Backpackers , and Horrified Archbishops (etc) ! <br /><br /><br />There is even also a Big Black Guy , (complete with Cowboy Boots,Texas Hat and Bandy Knees) , called Joey - who really seems to be giving (our Totally Unamused) Cardiff Council Leader (Phil Bale) a Jolly Good Run for His Money !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />. . . SHOCK ! HORROR ! SOMEBODY PHONE ANNE ROBINSON (OF THE WEAKEST LINK) ! : CARDIFF IS (SUDDENLY) GETTING INTERESTING . . .<br /><br />Cardiffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-76208819376414482352015-08-10T22:55:46.369+01:002015-08-10T22:55:46.369+01:00Mary, I agree with every word you have written. As...Mary, I agree with every word you have written. As a retired Senior Manager at WIT I was deeply involved in all the events you mention when we attempted to build up WIT to meet every criterion for university status within our limited means. In my opinion it met these in 2005 and it was simply political cowardice and begrudgery by other higher education colleges that held us back. I am deeply disappointed by the current delaying games that are being played. A "technological " university is nonsense - you are either a university or not - no qualifier needed. The word technological is there as a sop to the "real" universities. I hear people saying "names do not matter" but this is naive - names matter in a global world. I cannot for the life of me see any benefits for Waterford in merging with any other Irish university or IT. Venie veniesbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06992956794818166276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-85583475185604395932014-12-08T23:32:25.479+00:002014-12-08T23:32:25.479+00:00Since writing this post I have learned that many l...Since writing this post I have learned that many local hospice homecare services do not appear on any grant lists: why? Because they are FULLY funded. They get 100% core funding from the HSE in their region. This makes the situation in Waterford and the entire south east even more disgraceful and discriminatory!Cllr Mary Roche, Waterfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319272267259620843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-54303666865811798822014-09-06T10:54:47.684+01:002014-09-06T10:54:47.684+01:00Nice one Mary. Yet again, a prime example of how W...Nice one Mary. Yet again, a prime example of how Waterford is at the back of the cupboard with the old dust rags and Easter egg mugs, forgotten. Deliberately abandoned. Under the dome. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-45013113296594418472014-08-16T15:55:10.603+01:002014-08-16T15:55:10.603+01:00The Wexford Opera Festival grant is over €1,400,00...The Wexford Opera Festival grant is over €1,400,000 Jim so if you take that out Wexford performs extraordinarily poorly with just over €130,000 worth of grants received. So you could argue that the Opera Festival masks an extremely bleak situation for Wexford too. I wonder is this replicated across the entire South East? Although I suspect on my research that Kilkenny might buck the trend somewhat. Cllr Mary Roche, Waterfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319272267259620843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-56035266319862341452014-08-15T15:16:11.634+01:002014-08-15T15:16:11.634+01:00Mary, I think this is an interesting issue but I t...Mary, I think this is an interesting issue but I think the bald figures can be misleading so maybe you need to dig further and ask how many applications were received from organizations in Waterford. <br /><br />I don't know how much the Wexford Festival Opera grant was but if you remove that does the Wexford allocation come closer in line to Waterford.<br /><br />The Arts Council won't come to organizations so it's up to the Waterford groups to put themselves foward for grants. If they do and get rejected then we have an issue that needs to be investigated further.Jim Walshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-81144505898302621892014-08-15T00:28:22.087+01:002014-08-15T00:28:22.087+01:00Very interesting reading on a sad day for Theatre ...Very interesting reading on a sad day for Theatre here.Conor Nolannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-76773458053333757152014-08-14T23:43:54.004+01:002014-08-14T23:43:54.004+01:00Nice piece of detective work Mary. Even if the fig...Nice piece of detective work Mary. Even if the figures are "crude", they present evidence of a distinct bias in the amounts distributed to each region. Is there any chance that there is a fault with the method of request or petition? I know that here, money may be available for projects but if not sought after in the correct fashion is not given.Larry Stapletonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-26065366462365097642014-06-26T07:31:27.202+01:002014-06-26T07:31:27.202+01:00Well said Mary.All the warnings were flagged long ...Well said Mary.All the warnings were flagged long before hand when they were going to abolish Town Councils.What has happened to local government is not reform and was never meant to be reform it was centralisation by another name.<br />Bernard Leddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-18251501643502854122014-05-27T19:32:24.104+01:002014-05-27T19:32:24.104+01:00Well said Mary. I've been searching Google and...Well said Mary. I've been searching Google and Facebook to find something that confirmed this had actually happened and all I could find was this blog. Under publicised is an understatement to say the least!!<br /><br />Goodbye Waterford...<br /><br />(ps I preferred your first draft)<br /><br />Sarah-JayneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728111919170979158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-48690938996760574672013-08-15T06:06:11.504+01:002013-08-15T06:06:11.504+01:00Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I fo...Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I found <br />a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She placed the shell to her ear and screamed.<br />There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never <br />wants to go back! 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For a start, the county board is currently ~€200k in the red in Waterford. Secondly, there's the fact that you'd rapidly create a two tier G.A.A. - if Kilkenny, or Tipperary were paying players, there's no way a non-professional team could ever make their way up to challenge them. And of course, Camogie, and under 21s end up with similar training schedules to senior hurlers - and there'll never be the money to pay them as well. That's on top of the hundreds of other volunteers required to make the G.A.A. possible, doing everything for working as ushers at matches, to doing to books for clubs. They all put in plenty of work, generally with little or no recognition. To decide to pay only the players would be something of a slap in their collective faces. And on top of that, there is a qualitative difference between the work that we do that's paid, and that we do as volunteers. Humans think differently about these things, and you'll often find people willing to do far more for free than they would for any amount you'd be able to pay them. Retaining that spirit of volunteerism - the idea that the G.A.A. is primarily a part of the community is something that's important. John Mullane is part of his local club's community, in a way that David Beckham never could have been in Manchester, and I'd be very wary about risking that link.Cianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046549584947827667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7264054219169014592.post-35263301046326825902012-02-02T19:10:38.759+00:002012-02-02T19:10:38.759+00:00Fair play to ya! Its scary to see people portrayed...Fair play to ya! Its scary to see people portrayed as "numbers" be they Money or stats? Just how many cuts can that hospital (or this country) take? sickeningNoelnoreply@blogger.com