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Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, John Cummins TD has welcomed today’s announcement that over €1.2m worth of funding will be provided to six Waterford communities through the latest round of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.   Projects in An Rinn, Dunhill, Dunmore East, Portlaw, Lismore and Villierstown have been successfully awarded funding as part of €26 million for 116 projects in rural communities across the country.     The funding, which is provide

Minister Cummins has also extended regulations to extend the change of use from vacant commercial properties to residential properties for another 3 years Minister of State for Planning and Local Government John Cummins TD has today signed new Exempted Development regulations, which will allow farmers to increase slurry storage capacity and construct additional housing for cattle without the need to seek planning permission. The Waterford Ministerhas listened to the farming c

The establishment of a professor grade for Ireland’s five Technological Universities has been welcomed by Minister of State for Planning & Local Government, John Cummins TD as fantastic news for Waterford.   The Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD has today introduced a new grade of Full Professor in Technological Universities, under the Technological University Act 2018.   50 Professor posts will be created across the