OKAY, it’s not the Balkans, it’s not Georgia, the mayor of Waterford isn’t about to lead an assault across the bridge over the Suir any time soon, but still.

NONE of us knows, of course, what the future will bring. Did Charlie McCreevy ever think, this time last year, that he’d be pulling his next Christmas cracker in Brussels?

HOUSEHOLDERS in Waterford city who fail to pay the €80 bin charge by the end of this month will not have their bins collected, the city manager has warned.

The Waterford Corporation is taking steps to close their multi million pound bank account with the Bank of Ireland.