A multi-agency search and rescue operation was mounted at around 8pm last night at The Quay area of Kinvara.

A mother of three said she and her family are “living in fear” after a gunman entered their home and allegedly fired a number of shots.

To the charge that Harper’s Island in Cork Harbour, with its three points of contact to the ‘mainland’, is not an island, the rebuttal affirming its island status: The area is defined by its natural history and not its current structures, writes Dan MacCarthy.

Monkeys, orangutans, gorillas… It wasn’t hard to spot the theme of Sunday night’s Spraoi parade through the streets of Waterford as the throngs lined the route for this year’s offering.

Waterford, its residents, and visitors may today be thankful for the bank holiday as they recover from three days of partying at the annual Spraoi festival.

Gardaí chasing a driver who caused the death of his friend in a high-speed crash minutes later had to slow down because of the dangerous speeds involved.

A LIMERICK City bank building, on O’Connell Street and Bedford Row, is being sold for as much as €10m — a recent Munster-bank investment sale price record.

PETER COLLINS is from Westport, Co Mayo, and presents soccer, athletics, MotoGP, etc, for RTÉ.

A second multi-million euro Waterford sale — the AIB bank branch in the heart of the city for close to €2.25 million to a private investor - is imminent. It comes on the back of the just-concluded sale of the Fitzwilton Hotel, to an Austria-based investor, for €3.2m.

One of the more collectible lots at Dolan’s August auction in Clifden is a century-old album of mounted photographs relating to the manufacture of armaments for the First World War,

Downpours be gone — this week Esther N McCarthy is all about the outdoors — lazing in the garden with a sizzling barbecue, billowing table linen, a chilled glass and a cosy blanket for eventide — bliss.

One of the few Irish St Patrick’s Day celebrations that matches the splendour of those in America, a mix of paint, performances, pageantry, parades and parties, promises to make this year’s Dublin festival one of the most spectacular ever.

THOSE in need of a fix at this fallow time of year for auctions can always head west.

A FATHER of three who found his ex-partner in bed with another man got two knives from her kitchen and stabbed the other man while one of the children was still asleep in the bed, a murder trial has heard.

A MAN has been found guilty of the manslaughter of another man who died nine days after being struck with a hurley during a late-night incident in a city park.

FOR fashionistas, Waterford is the place to be from Friday when the city will play host to a variety of stylish events and tempting offers.

A POTENTIALLY lethal bug has been discovered in a west Cork town’s water supply, forcing a local authority to tanker in water for up to 800 homes.

AIB has secured court orders for possession of three properties in Waterford to meet a €4.3 million judgment secured by the bank last June.

LINKS to the past come with a tax incentivised development in Cloyne east Cork, while links to the future come with another, separate scheme in west Cork.

PLANNING permission was granted yesterday by Cork County Council for a 204-house development in Crosshaven, while an application was received for an equally large development in Castlemartyr.

A CITY street in Waterford which was cobbled seven years ago is to be remodelled and some stones removed as part of works which could cost up to €250,000.

SEVERAL of Waterford’s leading gardaí were saddle sore but smiling as they arrived in the city yesterday evening, having raised bucket-loads of money for a very worthy appeal.

AN office worker wept openly yesterday as she told how she went from one phone box to another, collecting explicit hand bills featuring her name and telephone number and claiming she offered sex for sale.

Eighteen people are being treated in hospital after a bus hit the pavement at a stop in Waterford city.