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Feb 26, 2021 3:07 PM
NearForm was named Overall Waterford Business of the Year at the Waterford Business Awards this lunchtime by Mayor of Waterford City & County, Cllr Damien Geoghegan, during a live virtual awards ceremony.
The multi-national company also picked up the Technology & Innovation of the Year award during the streamed event and is the second time the Tramore-based company has won the top prize, collecting it first back in 2016.
NearForm is one of the biggest success stories to come out of Waterford, if not Ireland, during Covid 19, having created the tracker app, which is now being used globally. Just last week, the company secured a multi-million euro investment from Columbia Capital, which will be used to scale up operations and accelerate recruitment in sales, marketing, engineering and design, across North America and Europe.
There are calls for a mountain bike trail to be created in County Waterford.
Sinn Fein Councillor Conor McGuinness says there is huge potential at Glendalligan Woods between Dungarvan and Lemybrien.
He says it’s already being used unofficially.
“This is something that was discussed previously, it was considered and unfortunately didn’t seem to go anywhere.
“There is an unofficial mountain bike trail in use by enthusiasts in the forest at Glendalligan
“It is something worthwhile looking into and for the council to reach out to Coillte and to look at examples such as the one in Ballyhoura which recently hosted the European Mountain Biking Championship.