Reasons to be positive in Waterford?

Deiseen · 29-08-2018 12:13pm

hardybuck wrote: »

Deiseen wrote: »

Our politicians HAVE to make this happen in Waterford. We NEED this.

Maybe they'll put it in Waterford due to extra possibility of a tour. No point in having two tours/museums in Cork... Youghal wud be directly competing with Midleton

They need somewhere to help them expand their distilling capacity. Not to do distillary tours.

If it was between Waterford and Youghal, I could see Youghal getting it. Youghal is an hour closer to Midleton than Waterford, and they have a commercial vacancy rate of 20%. Like Waterford, they had a lot of manufacturing that's gone in recent years.

Doesn't necessarily mean they are looking at the city.

Even if it was just the distillation process, there is always the scope for a tour down the road and I'm sure the council would chase it.

Bards · 29-08-2018 12:17pm

Old glanbia site in Kilmeaden perhaps?

Deiseen · 29-08-2018 12:20pm

Bards wrote: »

Old glanbia site in Kilmeaden perhaps?

I did read that there was interest in this lately.

Cheesy whiskey sounds good too.

mooseknunkle · 29-08-2018 1:32pm

mire wrote: »

I can think of a number of excellent sites in Waterford City for this. It would be an excellent idea.

Like where ?

comeraghs · 29-08-2018 4:51pm

Deiseen wrote: »

I did read that there was interest in this lately.

Cheesy whiskey sounds good too.

It'd be great to have something go into that site. & access wise it's in a great spot.

Muttley79 · 29-08-2018 10:48pm

http://www.munster-express.ie/business/hopes-for-investment-at-former-cheese-factory-site/
Maybe this is what could be going on with Jameson distillery and the old cheese factory in kilmeaden,hopefully something good comes of that old factory

Finnbar01 · 31-08-2018 11:59am

Bards wrote: »

Old glanbia site in Kilmeaden perhaps?

Where's kilmeaden cheddar made now?

Bards · 31-08-2018 12:43pm

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Bards wrote: »

Old glanbia site in Kilmeaden perhaps?

Where's kilmeaden cheddar made now?

Ballyragget Co.Kilkenny

Christy Browne · 02-09-2018 12:55pm

Bards wrote: »

Ballyragget Co.Kilkenny

Bit of a disgrace that, shouldn’t be allowed use the name in my opinion.

Wanderer78 · 02-09-2018 1:06pm

Christy Browne wrote: »

Bit of a disgrace that, shouldn’t be allowed use the name in my opinion.

morals and ethics generally dont play a part in big business

Muttley79 · 02-09-2018 3:51pm

Christy Browne wrote: »

Bit of a disgrace that, shouldn’t be allowed use the name in my opinion.

Glanbia bought Waterford foods out in 1997,Waterford foods should never have allowed that sale to go through as glanbia in Kilkenny closed down most of the small co-ops in Waterford as well as closing down kilmeaden and dungarvan which were huge factories and big employers in there day,it all went to ballyragget in Kilkenny.

Wanderer78 · 02-09-2018 3:52pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

morals and ethics generally dont play a part in big business

Muttley79 wrote: »

Glanbia bought Waterford foods out in 1997,Waterford foods should never have allowed that sale to go through as glanbia in Kilkenny closed down most of the small co-ops in Waterford as well as closing down kilmeaden and dungarvan which were huge factories and big employers in there day,it all went to ballyragget in Kilkenny.

....

azimuth17 · 02-09-2018 4:36pm

Then they came back and spent hundreds of millions at Belview on a new milk powder plant and are now spending another €150 million I believe there a couple of miles on the Kilkenny side of Waterford city. Was there yesterday. Should have taken pics.

Harry Palmr · 02-09-2018 5:11pm

I sense a misplaced sense of outrage at 150m being spent within a few miles a Waterford.

Muttley79 · 02-09-2018 5:32pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I sense a misplaced sense of outrage at 150m being spent within a few miles a Waterford.

No outrage here harry,I’m just stating facts,over 250 jobs were lost between kilmeaden and dungarvan with the sell off with Waterford foods,now 20 years later yes they have spent 150 million on bellview port with the creation of 83 full time jobs.

thomasm · 02-09-2018 5:43pm

I believe there are 600 working on the current construction. The plant needs to be bigger again after this extension to handle demand but they don’t want all eggs in one basket so to speak

mooseknunkle · 02-09-2018 6:30pm

Christy Browne wrote: »

Bit of a disgrace that, shouldn’t be allowed use the name in my opinion.

Waterford Crystal is made in some Eastern European country...

Harry Palmr · 02-09-2018 6:48pm

Which is ironic

Waterford Co-op was doomed by overly ambitious expansion while Avonmore (Kilkenny) Co-op grew quicker and invested better as it turned out. When the merger/takeover came it was inevitable that the Avonmore part would hold sway as predicted at the time by many. Waterford was the first super-co-op in Ireland and the biggest victim of what it actually started.

The Ballyragget plant is still the biggest of it's kind in Europe.

Captain Red Beard · 02-09-2018 6:56pm

It's this still the Reasons to be Positive thread?

TheQuietFella · 02-09-2018 9:19pm

Captain Red Beard wrote: »

It's this still the Reasons to be Positive thread?

It's the reality of it all though, isn't it!

People here live in La La Land!

Finnbar01 · 03-09-2018 10:49am

Christy Browne wrote: »

Bit of a disgrace that, shouldn’t be allowed use the name in my opinion.

This makes interesting reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_indications_and_traditional_specialities_in_the_European_Union

Christy Browne · 03-09-2018 8:03pm

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Waterford Crystal is made in some Eastern European country...

Not all of it isn’t.

Captain Red Beard · 03-09-2018 8:14pm

Christy Browne wrote: »

Not all of it isn’t.

So, all of it is?

dartboardio · 03-09-2018 11:11pm

Yellow belly craft beer bar and I think grill is opening. They were hiring recently. And by the looks of the colour of paint on the old dignity I’m pretty sure it’s there

MartyMcFly84 · 04-09-2018 1:52pm

I know I am really late to the boat on this but Goldstone gym.

What a great facility and really well priced. Its up there with some of the better gyms I have been too, particularly with the new area downstairs.

Not sure If im a fan of some of the black lighting down there but over great to see such facilities in Waterford.

fricatus · 04-09-2018 10:28pm

dartboardio wrote: »

Yellow belly craft beer bar and I think grill is opening. They were hiring recently. And by the looks of the colour of paint on the old dignity I’m pretty sure it’s there

Will be great to have something back in that premises.

Deiseen · 04-09-2018 10:39pm

fricatus wrote: »

dartboardio wrote: »

Yellow belly craft beer bar and I think grill is opening. They were hiring recently. And by the looks of the colour of paint on the old dignity I’m pretty sure it’s there

Will be great to have something back in that premises.

Great to have someone in the foundry, thirsty scholar, mansion House and o Grady's yard. If they could approve the appearance further down John street then we will have a nice little strip.

Jamie2k9 · 09-09-2018 4:01pm

Notice PC World are moving out to Buttlerstown tomorrow and brining back Currys.

Costa opening as well.

erica74 · 09-09-2018 4:51pm

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Notice PC World are moving out to Buttlerstown tomorrow and brining back Currys.

Costa opening as well.

Costa opening where?

Jamie2k9 · 09-09-2018 5:28pm

erica74 wrote: »

Costa opening where?

Buttlerstown Retail Park, likely built like Ardkeen.

It was announced in June.

http://www.bannon.ie/news/currys-pc-world-is-coming-to-waterford-retail-park/

Reasons to be positive in Waterford?

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