A murder investigation was under way last night into the death of a “devoted dad” who may have been lying dead in an abandoned building for up to 24 hours before his body was found by teenagers.

A man found dead in a Waterford City apartment suffered head injuries in an incident involving at least one other person, gardaí believe.

MANAGEMENT at the nursing home where an elderly resident was killed early on Monday morning have expressed their sadness following the woman’s death.

A DUBLIN-BASED Traveller gang is suspected of being behind a terrifying aggravated burglary on an elderly couple in rural Co Waterford.

A MAN was questioned by gardaí in Waterford in connection with a suspect device that was found and destroyed in the early hours of yesterday.

GARDAÍ have worked more than 12,000 hours of overtime in the past two months to deal with a violent feud in Waterford city.

A PEDESTRIAN died in Co Clare last night, bringing to five the weekend death toll on the roads.

A 26-year-old man who raped a Waterford student while she walked home alone from a disco last November has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.