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'Great sadness' as Waterford's Red Kettle Theatre Company closes

There will be several job losses as a result of the closure.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE closure of Waterford’s Red Kettle Theatre Company have been initiated.

The company was founded in 1985 but is now facing the final curtain, due to arts funding cuts and “six years of economic erosion”.

Red Kettle played a leading role in city’s vibrant arts scene.

However, in a statement issued last night, the company said it is “no longer a viable enterprise”, despite the efforts of many including the local Council and Youth Committee.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of the Red Kettle Theatre Company, a company much loved by the people of its native Waterford for nearly 30 years,” it read.

Red Kettle joins a growing list of arts organisations nationally which have been put out of business in recent years through ongoing economic challenges and cuts to their funding.

The statement noted that there will be ‘several’ job losses.

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    May 26th 2023, 4:45 PM

    Will management be working a seven day roster? I doubt that very much.

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    Mute Mary Conneely
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    May 27th 2023, 12:06 AM

    @John Fagan: they already are.

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    May 27th 2023, 12:13 PM

    @John Fagan: well if Irish Rail, Dublin Bus already do this – I don’t see why something as important as hospitals don’t do it. Many a bed was taken up by patients who couldn’t go home because the doctor / consultant wasn’t working week ends !

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    Mute Tilal Moore
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    May 26th 2023, 4:23 PM

    We havent enough staff to cover 5 days. Solution: make them cover 7 days?
    BTW staff always do emergency cover

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    May 26th 2023, 5:02 PM

    HSE staff are already burnt out. EDs are overflowing with overcrowding normally seen at the height of winter not late Spring/early Summer. I’m not sure what the answer is but it’s not this

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    Mute Mary Walshe
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    May 26th 2023, 7:46 PM

    @S: More home based services for the elderly would be a start. Too many elderly people who are not sick per se, clogging up hospital beds. Pay the carers a decent wage and free up the hospital system. The country never had so much money at its disposal so I can’t see the problem with it.

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    Mute S
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    May 26th 2023, 8:32 PM

    @Mary Walshe: completely agree with you on that. Plus once in the hospitals the medical team order scans and tests that are nearly always not needed, are invasive, uncomfortable, scary and can cause more problems than they can diagnose (eg kidney damage from dye).

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    Mute Gerry Kelly
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    May 26th 2023, 5:15 PM

    Would it not be easier for the govt/HSE to make it illegal for anyone to get sick/have an accident/ have a heart attack/ deliver a baby between Friday afternoon & Monday morning ???

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    Mute Darren Mc Mahon
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    May 26th 2023, 4:13 PM

    Because it makes sense in theory. The reality will be a tricky one.

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    Mute Denis Rathsallagh Brady
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    May 27th 2023, 2:45 AM

    Try making an appointment with your GP say for a dislocated elbow. I was given a 9 day away appointment. 9 days!
    Told me to go to a hospital if i want to be seen quickly. I asked why its takes so long to get an appointment, her reply : covid.
    This country is ruined by FFG, ruined.

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