5 days ago · Martin Óg Morrissey, a member of the Waterford team that won the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship has died, aged 90. Morrissey won 15 county senior hurling medals with Mount Sion, including nine-in-a-row from 1953 to 1961 and also added five...

Following the success of last year’s community initiative, the Connecting Communities Roadshow series returns in 2025. Waterford City and County Council, in partnership with community groups and stakeholders, will host a series of Connecting Communities Roadshows from February through to May, throughout the...

Warm tributes have been paid to Munster Express columnist and local campaigner Bernadette Phillips who has died aged 64. She had been diagnosed with cancer in October and died in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) in the early hours of Monday morning January 9th.

Oct 31, 2023 · Kieran Walsh, the managing director of the 163-year-old family-run newspaper, The Munster Express, is set to retire and a new MD from in-house is to take up the role, along with becoming the main shareholder. The region’s oldest newspaper is now in the steady hands of Doreen Connolly, who has worked within The Munster Express […]

Martin Óg Morrissey, a member of the Waterford team that won the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship has died, aged 90. Morrissey won 15 county senior hurling medals with Mount Sion, including nine-in-a-row from 1953 to 1961 and also added five football titles as well as winning three Munster medals with...

Martin Óg Morrissey, a member of the Waterford team that won the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship has died, aged 90. Morrissey won 15 county senior hurling medals with Mount Sion, including nine-in-a-row from 1953 to 1961 and also added five football titles as well as winning three Munster medals with...

Nov 5, 2024 · Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has agreed that better balanced regional development is needed in Ireland and the south east, which includes aviation infrastructure. His comments were welcomed by the Board of Waterford Airport, which issued a statement: “Waterford Airport welcomes Minister Eamon Ryan’s comments that he is in favour of the development of Waterford Airport […]

Feb 9, 2025 · Speed limits on rural, local roads will change from 80 km/h to 60 km/h, on Friday, 7 February. Rural, local roads primarily serve local traffic and connect rural communities. These roads are designated with an ‘L’ followed by a number, or do not have a number. Reducing speed limits is part of the Government’s Road […]

WLR News Editor and former Munster Express journalist Kieran Foley has been nominated for a national Mental Health Media Award. Established over a decade ago and relaunched in 2019, Headline’s Mental Health Media Awards recognise excellence in media coverage of mental health issues. The ceremony ...

The Munster Express is a weekly newspaper covers the areas of Waterford City and County, South Kilkenny, Carrick-on-Suir, South Tipperary, New Ross and South Wexford.