The Nire 0-11 Stradbally 0-6

Waterford SFC: Although this latest renewal lacked the usual bite, keen rivals The Nire and Stradbally still served up a six-goal spectacle at Fraher Field on Saturday evening.

It was a case of ‘Call the Midwife’, not once but twice.

One of the first same-sex couples to be married in the UK as soon as the law allowed has said “I do” in front of a packed room of guests shortly after the stroke of midnight.

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Ballinacourty and Stradbally advanced to the Waterford SFC quarter-finals after the completion of the third round over the weekend.

Stradbally 1-8 Nire 0-10

Michael Clarke Duncan has died.

Michael Clarke Duncan is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack.

A town has been stunned by the tragic death of a teenager described as a very promising GAA player and hugely popular in the community.

Former Waterford senior boss John ‘Jackson’ Kiely made a successful return to inter-county management when his side secured victory in yesterday’s Munster JFC quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

BALLINACOURTY dramatically dethroned title holders Stradbally in a tension-filled Waterford SFC final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

THERE was never any doubt about favourites Nemo Rangers securing their place in the AIB Munster Club football final in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

STRADBALLY are through to meet Nemo Rangers in the semi-final of the AIB Munster club football championship following a deserved victory over Doonbeg in Fraher Field yesterday.

THE proliferation of betting offices is continuing in Kerry with An Bord Pleanála giving the green light for the retention and completion of such a facility in Rathmore.

ARDMORE’S six-year tenure in the top flight of Waterford hurling may be about to end after defeat to Stradbally in a thrilling relegation play off at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday. The seasiders now face Mount Sion, with the losers set for the intermediate grade in 2009.

A chronic alcoholic who was drinking four bottles of vodka daily, has received a six-year prison sentence for throwing scaffolding poles at gardaí during the 2006 Dublin city centre 'Love Ulster' riot.

An inquest in Britain has concluded that an Irishman stabbed to death in London last year was unlawfully killed.

BUSINESS leaders in Kerry yesterday issued a strong wake-up call to address a crisis situation, following the loss of more than 2,000 manufacturing jobs in the county in the last five years.

Friends of an Irish man who died over a year after receiving serious head injuries while holidaying in Alicante tonight blasted Spanish authorities for failing to help them locate him for over 24 hours.

THE meeting of Stradbally and Kilmurry/Ibrickane in the AIB Munster Club SFC final in Thurles on December 5 is only the second time in the history of the provincial championship that no Cork or Kerry team will be involved.

SERIOUS concern about the failure to attract new industrial projects to Kerry was voiced at the annual Kerry IBEC dinner, in Killarney, at the weekend.

MEATH will still be without Trevor Giles, Daithi Regan, David Crimmins and Ollie Murphy for their Division I B clash with Galway at Páirc Táilteann on Sunday.

Stradbally 1-11 Tramore 0-8

Stradbally 1-11 Nire 0-6

Tipperary 0-18, Waterford 1-12

Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-7

Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has held talks with loyalist and republican political leaders in a bid to end the violence ravaging east Belfast, it emerged tonight.

Five people were shot during the sectarian violence which ravaged Belfast for a fourth night running, it emerged today.

United States government prosecutors have warned accounting giant Arthur Andersen it faces criminal charges over the Enron scandal, it emerged today.

Bus services in Belfast were today returning to normal after drivers agreed to end their two-day strike.

Bus services in Belfast will resume in the morning after drivers agreed to end their two-day strike.

A lightning strike by Belfast bus drivers is continuing after they rejected management proposals aimed at ending the two-day dispute.