It’s all systems go at the Number One Marian Shrine in Ireland.

Róisín Murphy: Architect, Artist and Interior Designer.

Uilleann piper David Power is organising Dungarvan’s first music festival, writes Marjorie Brennan

Kevin Feely doesn’t know what better way to put why he waved goodbye on a career across the Irish Sea.

The rebirth of Waterford FC has sparked huge interest in the capital of the southeast, a long-time power in League of Ireland football.

Daniel McConnell looks at some of the scandals that have blighted Irish athletes over the years.

Carol O’Callaghan discovers how Waterford’s most famous craft tradition is reborn and thriving once more. 

Fine Gael won two of the four seats in Waterford last time as voters took their ire out on the exiting Fianna Fail government.

Eight people yesterday became the first trainees to be taken on by Waterford Crystal in almost 30 years in traditional disciplines of crystal-blowing, cutting, sculpting and engraving.

A west Waterford soccer club, preparing for 50th anniversary celebrations next year, faces an uncertain future after one of the playing pitches it has occupied for more than 25 years was purchased from a receiver.

A Waterford city trader said yesterday he had laid off nine of his 24 staff after CIÉ Tours International instructed drivers to boycott his business.

TRYING to instigate a discussion that might acknowledge our looming pensions’ crisis brings to mind those myriad sandwich-board men who warned us all with unshakeable certainty that “The End Is Nigh” — we all know he will be right eventually but we’re not that bothered about the grim prospect to do anything about it just yet. Make us good Lord, but not just yet.

This month’s Age & Opportunity Go for Life Games was the culmination of a year of fun sporting activities for older people, writes Sharon Ní Chonchuir.

Pre-tax profits for retailers, the Kilkenny Group last year almost doubled to €1.4m, providing a record year for the group.

Regeneration of Waterford receives a boost with recognition of its Medieval Museum, says Marjorie Brennan.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final

Independent News & Media (INM) is hopeful of making more acquisitions — aimed at boosting its digital capacity —in the next six months.

Cian O’Connor has been anonymous by his own standards for the past few months, but he gave a powerful reminder of his intent last weekend, when winning the World Cup qualifier at Live Oak International in Ocala, Florida, writes John Tynan.

After an anxious six-year wait, relieved former Waterford Crystal workers in the South East have received news of a €180m pensions package agreed by the Coalition.

A round-up of this morning’s top news.

Former Cork captain Tomás Mulcahy believes finding a full-back and scoring more goals should be the county’s key objectives in the upcoming Allianz Hurling League Division 1A campaign.

Though Cork’s Waterford Crystal Cup campaign ended in defeat to Limerick, selector Johnny Crowley is satisfied the competition served its primary purpose of providing new players for the Allianz Hurling League campaign.

Limerick hurling manager TJ Ryan has hinted at a centre-forward role for Gavin O’Mahony in 2015.

Waterford Crystal Cup final

While reflecting on Tuesday’s first round Sigerson Cup rout of Cork IT, Billy Morgan revealed the UCC management had spent several hours the night previous deliberating over a starting XV.

Not since 2012 has Cork hurler Paudie O’Sullivan had a full year free of injury interruptions.

One of the country’s unemployment blackspots is to have its own jobs tsar after the Government’s decision to appoint a regional manager to the area.

How much can you learn a week after New Year’s Eve?

Cork 1-26 UCC 2-12: The heavy rain and wind didn’t make for a great spectacle, but there were some bright spots for Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy as his side retained the Canon O’Brien Cup by beating UCC at the Mardyke last night.

Waterford manager Derek McGrath believes goalkeepers will still retain an advantage from penalties — even when the proposal from the Hurling 2020 report to have a one-against-one situation is on trial during pre-season competition.

The evidence, the damning evidence, that we have not properly planned for well-flagged developments is all around us. 

Former employees of Waterford Crystal have voted unanimously to accept a government settlement over their long-running pension dispute.

MY favourite part of Christmas decorating is laying the dining table — china and glassware that normally sits forgotten in the back of a cupboard has a seasonal renaissance with a rinse and a buff.

Former Waterford Crystal workers look set to accept a €178m solution to their long-running dispute with the State.

The Cabinet has agreed to a €178m settlement to end a legal dispute taken by workers at Waterford Crystal.

The Cabinet is signing off on a pensions deal for former Waterford Crystal workers.

A pension deal for former Waterford Crystal workers seems likely to be signed off this week, with hopes that it can be put to the workers as early as Saturday.

There are reports this morning that a pension deal for former Waterford Crystal workers is close to being finalised.

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy believes new coach Mark Landers will inject a new freshness to the county’s set-up.