The HSE has refused to explain how much of its hospital food budget is spent on “overheads”, such as staff, storage and electricity — and, as such, what remains for patient meal ingredients — unless a significant fee is paid.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested attempting to leave the country after the death of his mother in a nursing home.

DUBLIN hurler Alan McCrabbe could be fit for Sunday’s NHL Division 1 tie against Tipperary in Parnell Park after X-rays revealed he did not suffer a broken leg in their league defeat to Waterford in Walsh Park at the weekend.

A YOUNG man suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF) yesterday pleaded for a better quality of life than the one experienced by his older sister.

A post-mortem has been concluded on the body of a man who died after being arrested by gardaí in Waterford yesterday.

An investigation has been launched into the death of a man who was arrested in Waterford yesterday.

The brother of elderly Wexford woman Evelyn Joel said tonight he was shocked and sickened by her death.

Tánaiste Mary Harney today insisted the state had to ensure there was no repeat of the tragic death of a bed-ridden woman days after being found in a severely malnourished state in her daughter’s home.

An independent investigation by health authorities was underway tonight into the death of a bed-ridden woman who was found in a severely malnourished state.

Gardaí were today awaiting post mortem exam results into the death of a bed-ridden woman who was found in a severely malnourished state.

THE nine-year-old boy who drowned while on a day outing to Tramore on Saturday has been named locally as Darren Dunphy, of Larchfield, Waterford.

POST MORTEMS will be carried out this morning on the bodies of a husband and wife discovered at a remote farmhouse in Kilkenny yesterday.

MORE than 153,000 drivers have penalty points but just three are off the road. Another 35 are two points short of the number needed for automatic disqualification, statistics published yesterday show.

A man has been killed in a road accident in New Ross, Co Wexford.

A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after being rescued off the Waterford Coast.

AT least a handful of back-street circumcisions were carried out on infant boys in the Waterford area at around the same time as the one which caused the death of a Nigerian child last week.

HOPES that planned talks at the Labour Relations Commission today will provide a breakthrough in the dispute with junior doctors at Waterford General Hospital were being played down yesterday.

All non-emergency services at Waterford Regional hospital will be cancelled from tomorrow due to a dispute by junior doctors over working hours.

A man was shot in both legs in a Northern punishment-style shooting in front of his wife and children in his home in Wexford town last night.