Sinn Féin were the big winners in Waterford, claiming six seats on the amalgamated Waterford City and County Council, while Labour were the major casualties, with four high-profile sitting councillors losing out.

"Look at you, are you out of school even?"

UNDER-STAFFING to the tune of up to 60 nurses has “severely curtailed” activities at one of the country’s busiest hospitals, as a surge in emergency admissions and the ongoing HSE moratorium hits waiting lists and services.

IT’S THREE days after 15,000 people, widely described as Middle Ireland, took to the streets of Waterford City to make known their opposition to a proposed downgrading of their hospital.

WATERFORD City Council’s three electoral areas have been altered slightly, and renamed, for these elections.