Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan assured delegates at last night’s convention at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, that the end of the club levy is in sight and that spending on county teams will be carefully monitored.

Outgoing Waterford secretary Timmy O’Keeffe claims that the county board will be debt free within two years in his report to annual convention.

DETECTIVE Garda Gerry Whelan said that when he and Detective Garda Kevin Nolan went to meet John O’Brien on October 2 after his wife had been reported missing, the accused was “very nervous”.