The Southeast Greenway

04/08/2023

The new greenway will have a positive impact on the whole area and knock-on benefits for all local businesses.

26/07/2023

Official opening of the first section (New Ross to Glenmore) of the South East Greenway

22/01/2022

Waterford Greenway have just WON the ‘Best Visitor Attraction’ Irish Independent 2022 Awards. In a 'Best of Ireland' Edition 😲

Congratulations!! Now we look to future success with the route being linked together and becoming even stronger through Wexford & Kilkenny forming the new South East Greenway over the next 12 months 💪

16/11/2021

Now there is an Autumnal sight! Passing by Mount Congreve while enjoying the sites of the Waterford Greenway that will form part of the Southeast Greenway.

📸Anthony Curran

09/05/2021

En-route to a bigger and brighter future along the Southeast Greenway 🇮🇪

31/03/2021

New lighting along the Urban Section looped route ✅

Anticipation for the Southeast Greenway is building!!
State of the art lighting has just been installed the whole way along Cherry's Road - which will be the Urban Red Bridge section of greenway. The 6km urban loop will ultimately link up with the soon to be completed Goat Hill development and Town Wall Trail, as well as linking with the New Ross boardwalk and Great New Ross Riverside Walk and on to Oaklands and Kelly's Wood and the whole variety of other walks throughout historic New Ross.

24/03/2021

A new 130km greenway along the historic Royal Canal will be officially launched later today. The project, which cost €12m to complete, begins in Maynooth Co Kildare and ends in Clondra in Co Longford.

The Royal Canal trail is now the country's longest greenway, passing through counties Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Longford.

Over 200 years old, the Royal Canal officially closed in 1960. Once a working canal, it has 90 bridges, 33 locks, 17 harbours and four aqueducts. "The working canal is there since around 1817, so over 200 years ago. "Many people used it in the 1800s and 1900s to transport goods and people," explained John McDonagh, CEO of Waterways Ireland. However, the when canal closed it fell into disrepair. "With the onset of railways and road networks, demand declined and a result of that the Royal Canal closed in the 1950s, officially in 1960," he said.

Wishing all those the very best of luck as we wait in eager anticipation for our fantastic new greenway 🌳🚴🚴‍♀️

22/03/2021

Great news this morning as Waterford Council have been awarded €370,000 from Government to upgrade spur from The Crooked Bridge to Ballinacourty. the Waterford section of The Southeast Greenway 👍 🏃‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️🌼

Source: Waterford Mayor Damien Geoghegan

14/02/2021

Walking among the stars!

23/01/2021

✅ The Red Bridge section (New Ross Boat Yard and the Red Bridge) of the Southeast Greenway is set to open ahead of schedule later this year (Public lighting will be provided along this section of the greenway to enable the New Ross to Mount Elliott section to be used in the evenings. This section will be up to five metres wide and will have a tarmacadam surface.)

🚴‍♀️ The Southeast Greenway will open to the public its in entirety in December 2022 as construction works will be in progress until then.

BELOW are photos of the cleared railway line approaching the old Rosbercon station, ready for the first Greenway construction contractor to hopefully commence works in February 2021

🚨 Please be aware! The South East Greenway is not currently open to the public and the New Ross to Waterford Railway Line is still in the ownership of CIE and Irish Rail.

09/11/2020

Excitement is building.... The magnificent new greenway has received 9 million euro boost

  An additional €9 million has been allocated in funding to the Waterford-New Ross Greenway. Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said that the funding will provide a “step-change in the way in which we fund walking and cycling”. “We will also support the refurbishment of the disused New Ross ...