Your Bright Ideas

As the campaign progresses we will post some of the best ideas here. In the meantime here are some sample ideas to get you thinking.

Sample ideas

I would like it if there were a flagpole erected near 33 the Mall in remembrance of the fact that TF Meagher conceived and raised the Irish flag for the very first time in Waterford City.

It should be a substantial flagpole/monument with possibly a platform at the base for speeches and important events. I would suggest that national and international dignitaries be invited to raise the flag once a year in March (on the anniversary of the event) as part of a national celebration of this momentous ocassion, which could stimulate tourism and will certainly raise the profile of Waterford nationally and internationally.

-Cian Foley

Here are some other suggestions:

• Create incentives for tourists to holiday in low visitor areas.
• Make Waterford City the Viking capital of Ireland.
• Emphasise the significance of Waterford as Irelands first city & establish Waterford as the chronological birth place showing the evolutions of Ireland over time.
• Advertise our county during the GAA championships to visiting teams for a special weekend break offer for the visiting county.
• If all criteria matches allow a tax incentive for local businesses that use each other.
• Metro rail service from Waterford City Centre to Tramore.
• Run an annual Windsurfing/Watersports festival along the Waterford Coast line.
• Learn from the successes of Genzyme & attract more biopharam manufacturing to Waterford.