A Waterford man has avoided jail today after he stole more than €8,000 from his former employers.

A man has been given six months to repay over €8,000 he had stolen from his former employer.

RESIDENTS at a troubled flats complex have voted decisively for its demolition and the development of a new estate.

More than two thirds of people living in one of Dublin’s biggest public housing estates want it demolished, it was revealed today.