Newfoundland and Waterford build on historic link for scholarship fund
                   
irishexaminer.com     Jul 17, 2008          

By Conor Kane A SCHOLARSHIP exchange programme for business students at Waterford Institute of Technology is to build on age-old links between the south-east region and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Worth about €7,800 per annum, the Craig Dobbin Memorial Scholarship will rotate in alternate years between business graduates from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Waterford Institute of Technology. The inaugural scholarship will be awarded in 2009 to a memorial graduate who will pursue the Master of Business Studies programme in Waterford, with a WIT graduate to be supported on the Memorial MBA in 2010. The late Canadian business leader Dr Craig Dobbin’s ancestors came from Waterford and at least three of them were mayors in medieval times. Their names can still be seen on a plaque in Waterford... [read full story]                    


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Ó Cuív announces funding for five regional artisan food study tours

irishexaminer.com     Aug 20, 2008          

FUNDING for five regional artisan food study tours, which will be held as part of the Terra Madre (Mother Earth) food festival in Waterford next month, was announced yesterday by Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Minister...                    

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WIT gears up for world-class event

irishexaminer.com     Jul 22, 2008          

By Conor Kane WATERFORD Institute of Technology is gearing up for next week’s world-class business and education conference which will feature representatives from 20 countries and guest lecturers from Malaysia and the US....                    

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The Onward March of Ireland's Infrastructure

epochtimes.com     Jul 19, 2008          

By Bridget Harris Jul 19, 2008 In the National Road Needs Study published in 1998, it was recommended that improvements should be made to the N9 and the N10 between Waterford and Kilcullen Co. Kildare. The initial design of the...                    

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AOH, Sinn Fein Question Obama Statement: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com - April Drew and Cahir...

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By April Drew and Cahir O’Doherty SENATOR Barack Obama has stated that a U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland may not be necessary if he is elected president. The statement released on Tuesday has been challenged by,...                    

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