No cursing, no smoking, no picking the flowers — these are just some of the rules recently implemented by Waterford City and County Council in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour in its parks and public spaces.

The Department of Social Protection has received more than 16,000 anonymous tip-offs from members of the public this year regarding suspected cases of social welfare fraud.

A PLANNING objection by a Cork solicitor and his wife could delay a kidney dialysis unit in Limerick by up to a year, the company behind the development said yesterday.