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Ireland's IMRO Local Radio Station of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 🏆 Text 083 3333975 or call 051 872248 🎙 Download the new WLR app 📱

Waterford, Ireland
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What a sight this is🤩🇮🇪- Séamus Power, Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry all on course before a 4-ball session at Augusta. Roll on Thursday! ⛳️
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Gardaí in Waterford are appealing to people who are driving to the Greenway this morning to stop. They're asking people to stay within 2km of their homes if they want to go for a walk.
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Tonight was the last live broadcast after 43 wonderful years from Matt Keane. The voice of Waterford football leaves the airwaves without a fairytale ending. Matt, we cannot thank you enough from not just us, but everybody in Waterford. You cannot beat live football 🎙 ⚽️💙
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Storm Agnes in Tramore this afternoon 🌊 Photo credit: Daniel O’Neill.
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Waterford GAA announce that Liam Cahill will be continuing as Waterford Senior Hurling Manager for 2022 with an option for a further twelve-month term #WLRSport
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ALL IRELAND FINAL HERE WE COME 💙 A full match report will follow on 🙌🏼
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A like for John Flynn. Winner of the Late Late Show GAA award tonight. Up The Deise! Well done John.
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The All Ireland Champions have returned home 🔴🏆⚫️ @ballygunnerHc
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Waterford from above 🤩 This class pic was taken by Donna Clements from a plane over the weekend ✈️
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On this tough night, here’s a joyous story: Tega Agberhiere TO TEXAS! The superb young Waterford footballer is heading to college in US in January on a scholarship. His brilliant mum Christy and himself speak of their hopes, full interview on #deisetoday on Thursday @wlrfm
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You might not have heard - but Waterford are in the All Ireland final 🟦⬜️ #UpTheDeise #Waterford #WaterfordvKilkenny #kilvwat
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A massive congratulations to Waterford and De La Salle star Beth Carton - who has been crowned Camogie Player of the Year at the PwC GPA Camogie All Star Awards 👏🏼 #PwCCamogieAllStars
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A landslide has occurred in the Portally Cove area of Dunmore East in the last hour. Members of the public are advised to avoid the area for safety reasons.
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WLR Announced as ‘Local Station of The Year’ at the 2019 IMRO Radio Awards
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Séamus Power has made the cut 🥳 Two more days at Augusta lie ahead of the Touraneena man! What an achievement 🇮🇪⛳️
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Colm Gallagher, Harry Power and Odhran Power witnessed quite the spectacle from their rib, two miles off Portally, Co. Waterford on Thursday afternoon 😍 Two fin whales and a pod of dolphins - amazing 🐳🐬 Video - Odhran Power
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Our @damienwlr has just won a GOLD Local Speech Broadcaster Of The Year @IMRORadioAwards 🥳 #IMRO21
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Over 500 people took to Clonea Strand today to take part in a Christmas swim for 14-year-old Waterford girl Caroline Kenny - who is spending Christmas in Germany to undergo proton therapy treatment for a brain tumour. All funds raised went to the Gavin Glynn Foundation 🎄 🌊…
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Seamus Power goes into his final round at the Sony Open in Hawaii just four shots off the pace. He's in a tie for third at the moment. He could potentially secure a spot at the Masters this weekend if things were to go right for him. Here he is after the third round #WLRSport
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If you're just waking up, forget your morning coffee - this image should be enough to kickstart your day. That's the face of a man who just won his 1st PGA Tour event. Congratulations to @Power4Seamus a well-deserved win for the man from Waterford 👏 #WLRsport with @VirginMediaIE
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Not to be for Kelyn Cassidy tonight. From becoming Elite Senior National Champion on October 2nd to fighting for a bronze medal at the World Championships a month later - you’ve captivated the county and country. Waterford is so proud of your achievements Kelyn 🔵⚪️🥊🇮🇪
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Still in shock this morning. The best Camogie player in the country is from Waterford. Take a bow Beth Carton 👏
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The All Ireland Champions Ballygunner back in the parish. 🔴⚫️🔴🔴 #Ballygunner #Waterford #allirelandclub @ballygunnerHc
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St.Mary’s National School Ballygunner welcoming home their All Ireland Hurling heroes this afternoon. 🔴⚫️
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WHAAAAAT 🤩 For the third consecutive year in a row, WLR is your Local Radio Station Of The Year 🏆 Beyond thrilled 💙 #IMRO21
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Woohoo!! Congrats to WLR's @djrayc who has just been honoured with a special @IMROireland award for his support of music creators!🙌👏
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The Northern Lights have only gone and made an appearance in the Déise - thanks to @kev_tbay for this stunning photo 🙌🏼
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BREAKING NEWS: WLR FM announces the death of Waterford’s favourite broadcaster Billy McCarthy
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It’s officially #PrideMonth in Waterford city 🏳️‍🌈
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Boys at the roadworks on Main Street Tramore having fun during their lunch break
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Speechless 🥺 For the FOURTH year in a row, WLR is your IMRO Local Station Of The Year 💙 We are over the moon #IMRO22
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First batch of vaccine arrived at UHW in the past hour. 957 doses. Just confirmed on Deise Today by UHW General Manager Grace Rothwell. Vaccinations to start at lunchtime
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4 years without our dear friend Billy 💙 #ItWasChaosBilly
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Up The DÉISE! We've been waiting 58 years for this!. Full time score: @WaterfordGAA 4-23, Kilkenny 2-22. #upthedeise #WLRBigMatch
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A massive day for cancer care in Waterford! For the first time ever, all inpatients in the Oncology Haematology department at UHW will have their own room in the top floor of the new Dunmore Wing. At today’s ribbon cutting, Paula Calvert, consultant oncologist speaks to us.
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Waterford being represented at @glastonbury ⚪️🔵 Cheers to Colin for the pic 🤟🏼 #UpTheD éise
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#WaterfordRose , Kirsten Mate Maher has just been crowned the 2018 International #RoseOfTralee ! WE ARE SO PROUD! 🌹 Congratulations Kirsten! 💙
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At the request of the Casey family, we have been asked to inform our listeners of the death of WLR's Kevin Casey.
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He’s through 🥳 @TomBarr247 finished 2nd in his 400m hurdles heat and has qualified for the semi-final this Sunday. Up the Déise! Up the Irish ☘️
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All over for Séamus Power at Augusta. He closes #themasters with a -2 70 to finish +4 and hit the clubhouse just outside the top 25. Having represented Waterford & Touraneena with distinction yet again, it may be his first major - it won’t be his last 🇮🇪⛳️ Máith an fear Séamus 👏
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HE’S DONE IT! Kelyn Cassidy has WON again against Shabbat Negmatulloev of Tajikistan and is through to the quarter-finals of the World Elite Boxing Championships 🔵 ⚪️ 🥊 🇮🇪 #WLRSport
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What a moment 🤍💙 Up the Déise 🏆 #WLR
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Check out Vlad’s hurling skills🔥 He is one of the 45 kids from Ukraine who have been learning how to hurl at Dougie’s Easter Camp organised by @TramoreGAA13 #WLRNews #Waterford @WaterfordGAA
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Man of the match Billy O’Keeffe collecting his award with Jennifer by his side ❤️🖤 @donnamalone21
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A portion of the sea wall has collapsed on the approach between Kinsalebeg and Youghal - motorists are being advised to take extreme caution in West Waterford ⚠️ #StormBabet #Waterford #WLRNews
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Sean Corcoran of @TheArtHand made this gorgeous piece of sand art as a tribute to Ashling Murphy on Kilmurrin Cove 🤍
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Waterford fans all over the world are gearing up for the All-Ireland. It's clear to say, a lot of people love their county 🤍💙 Thanks to everyone who has sent us pictures and videos and Phelim Dowling for this voiceover - it's worth turning up the volume! Up The Déise 🤍💙
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The International Jury of the European Capital and City of Christmas 2024 competition has unanimously voted to award the European City of Christmas 2024 title to Waterford City.
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Some fantastic footage of #dolphins swimming off Dunmore East #Waterford today 💙🐬
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Beth Carton, Camogie Player of the Year 2023 👏🏼🔵 ⚪️ #PwCCamogieAllStars #WLRSport
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WATCH: Sam Bennett's mother, father and brother reflect on what is the biggest achievement of the year in Irish Sport. He took the green jersey in @LeTour winning the final stage on the Champs-Élysées and taking his place in the history books #WLRSport with @VirginMediaIE
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This man starts his 30th year of Championship commentary this weekend in Walsh Park Kieran O Connor, the voice of Waterford hurling We're live tomorrow from 1.45pm for Waterford and Tipp #WLRSport
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Welcomed home by the village Tooranena Seamus Power is on the stage at @SliabhgCuaGaaCl
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Tomorrow, Sam Bennett will roll into Paris wearing the green jersey Here's his uncle Vinny to explain what it means to the Bennett family #WLRSport with @VirginMediaIE
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The moment it happened! #PPI16 WLR's Kevin Casey wins GOLD 🎉
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The sun is shining on Henry de Bromhead and his family here ⁦ @TramoreRaces ⁩ on this historic occasion #FreedomofWaterford
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Ireland's Ambassador to the USA and Waterford man @DanMulhall will be rooting for the Déise this Sunday from Washington DC ⚪🔵
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IT’S ALL OVER! Waterford are THROUGH to the All-Ireland Semi-Finals. Waterford 4-28 Tipperary 2-27. Up The Deise! 💙 🤍
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A huge congratulations to Damien Tiernan and Jennifer Long - Déise Today is the Local / Regional Current Affairs Programme of the Year!! #IMRO23
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Locals in Rathgormack are saving their local 💚❤ 19 locals have teamed together to buy the village's last standing pub. Stephen Flynn chatted to @damienwlr about their venture, more of which you can hear on Thursday's Déise Today ⤵
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Ireland’s Local Station of the Year 🤩😭 Over the moon!! Thank you @IMRORadioAwards 🙏🏼 #IMRO20
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99.7% of over-18s in Waterford have received two doses of a vaccine #WLRNews #Waterford
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Another reason to be proud of the Déise today - @JackODonoghue8 has been named Star Of The Match in Munster’s game against Wasps. He also became @Munsterrugby ’s youngest ever player to reach 150 caps 👏🏼
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Remembering our dear friend Billy today 💙 #ItWasChaosBilly
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"I feel we have a sense of unfinished business. We made significant progress in the past two years but we feel that there is still more to come from this incredible bunch of players." #WLRsport
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Our very own @djrayc has won a Gold Award with @IBIreland for Irish Music Initiative of the year Irish Music Month #IMRO22
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This is powerful from Inspector Gavin Hegarty from Waterford Garda Station on road safety…take 2 mins if you can please to watch and listen @gardainfo @GardaTraffic @GardaReview he’s talking about coming on crashes and injuries and fatalities as part of our safety week
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Waterford's Grace O'Sullivan has been elected to the European Parliament, taking the 4th seat in Ireland South after Count 20. #Waterford
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Follow us & RT for your chance to #win a €100 voucher for Penneys! #LovePenneysWaterford
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BIG NEWS EXPECTED THIS FRIDAY FOR WATERFORD AIRPORT…Damien Tiernan has the latest…more on WLR in the morning…
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Ardmore are All Ireland Champions!!!!
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A Guard of Honour has been formed by the children of St Mary's Boys National School, Ferrybank as the funeral of Craig Breen will get underway shortly.
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HE’S DONE IT!! Kelyn Cassidy WINS at the Men’s World Boxing Championships. What a performance 🥊 🔵 ⚪️ He’s now off to the last 16! #WLRSport @kelynncassidy
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Dublin’s Pádraig Harrington, Offaly’s Shane Lowry, Down’s Rory McIlroy & Waterford’s very own Séamus Power pictured at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They all tee off tomorrow for the second major of the year - The PGA Championship ⛳️ 🇮🇪
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It's the first time there have been no new cases in #Waterford in almost 6 months. #WLRNews
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A trojan performance by Waterford's @Steve13Bennett in 2020 has earned him an All-Star award ⭐ A 3rd award for Waterford! Congrats Stephen #PwCAllStars
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Ready to go, the all new Big Breakfast Blaa with Vinny & Aoibhin on air from 7am (we gave them a bit of a lie in on their first day!!)
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They've only gone and done it BALLYMAC ARE MUNSTER CHAMPIONS!!! @BallymacLGFC @MunsterLGFA @DeiseInDub @IamClubDeise
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The legendary Kieran O’Connor has won the Silver Local Sports Broadcaster of the Year Award at the IMRO Radio Awards 🙌🏼 #IMRO22
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Brilliant news emerging from the Bahamas overnight 🇧🇸- Waterford’s Thomas Barr is off to the Olympics with Rhadisat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley and Cillian Greene having smashed the national record 🇮🇪🥇
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Retirement of Mary Gough KELLY, well known midwife at UHW, social distancing event. Full interview on Deise Today.
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Walsh Park has reopened this afternoon for the second Waterford SHC semi final De La Salle v Roanmore
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Derry hurling legend @JoeBrolly1993 right in front of our commentary team, trying to get a few tips off our own @WhelanGavin !😎😎⚪⚪🔵🔵🏑🏑🎙🎙 @WaterfordGAA @AontroimGAA
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‘An tSin-Seánmháthair’ by 15-year-old Aoibhe Deveraux from Méanscoil San Nioclás in An Rinn - one of the winning entries in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Calendar Competition 👏🏼
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Listen: The moment Waterford FC’s return to the League of Ireland Premier Division was confirmed. Ray Scott, John Frost - take it away ⚽️🎙️💙
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Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher is the new #RoseOfTralee #waterford Congrats from all in @wlrfm
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The overall WLR Granville Hotel GAA Award winner for 2022 is the hugely deserving Beth Carton 🏆 Three in a row for the @DLSGAA and @deisecamogie star 🌟
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Flooding in Dock Road in Ferrybank
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