A round-up of the counts in Munster.

Phil Hogan, as minister for the environment and local government, just about destroyed local democracy in the run-up to his Local Government Act of 2014 and I took no notice.

A number of county councillors in Waterford have expressed overwhelming opposition to a directly-elected mayor’s office for the city.

A boy who dived into a harbour at Christmas and saved a young woman from drowning has been recognised for his valour.

Bad hair days in West Waterford are being blamed on a town’s water supplies.

The Department of Education is to pay an "above the market value" €470,000 for a former Christian Brothers monastery in west Waterford.

DESPITE serious concerns voiced in recent weeks by a District Court Judge about anti-social behaviour in the West Waterford region and his determination to impose prison sentences if necessary to stamp it out, gardaí are investigating further major incidents in the neighbouring towns of Cappoquin and Lismore.