Technology companies in Ireland’s South-East have launched a major recruitment drive, hoping to fill almost 700 roles across 40 firms.

Referee Siohhan Coyle had to take the players off the pitch in the middle of a second-half hail storm.

Investments in IDA- supported companies in the south east have risen by 86% over the past five years, while those in the south west region rose by 37%, the state agency said.

Two Typhoon jets scrambled to an aircraft which had lost communications caused a sonic boom in the early hours of Sunday.

A meeting to consider the future of an acute psychiatric unit where pictures emerged of patients lying on the floor is to take place in the next number of weeks.

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Teagasc has appointed two new cattle specialists, Martina Harrington to cover the South East and Catherine Egan in the West and Midlands region.

He added that he thinks the popular show is "shockingly bad" and in need of an overhaul.

Minister of State John Halligan has joined fellow political representatives from Waterford in calling on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to ensure the city is the new headquarters of the planned merger with the Kilkenny/Carlow division.

Spending on urgent and emergency care in Ireland varies greatly depending on the patient’s address, according to a new study.

200 new jobs are on the way to Waterford as Emerald Contact Centre is expanding its operations.

Not since the days of Big Tom and the Mainliners Showband tours has the country been traversed as extensively and in rapid-speed.

There is a warning the economy is close to overheating.

The Agora Companies - which currently employs 270 people - is celebrating 20 years in the South East.

The Government is facing claims of going “back to the future” by announcing plans to scrap the overarching HSE and replace it with six regional health structures which mirror the health boards ditched 15 years ago.

Waterford Fine Gael TD John Deasy has demanded the local Fine Gael organisation be stood down as he hit back against a motion of no-confidence in him.