A man has gone missing in Waterford city.

Ireland’s pensioners are among the happiest and wealthiest in the EU, according to figures released ahead of International Day of Older Persons tomorrow, but those under 65 are among the most at risk of poverty.

Bandon 1-13 Kilworth 0-11: Victory for Bandon in this Premier Cork IHC, Round three clash, the men from west Cork proving too smooth and accomplished for a game Kilworth outfit in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Blarney 2-13 Kilworth 0-15: Two heavyweights every year in the Cork Premier IHC went head to head in the second of the double headers in the Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Cork Premier IHC: Kanturk 0-21 Kilworth 1-16

Cork entrepreneurs Kieran Walsh and David O’Flynn have launched an app aimed at the hair and beauty salon industry.

Kilworth 0-16 Ballyhea 0-11

Kilworth 2-14 Argideen Rangers 0-16

Quality strikes from two deadly finishers made all the difference in this Cork SHC fourth round clash at Ballynoe on Saturday as Midleton booked their place in the quarter-finals with a hard earned victory over battling Avondhu.

ONE of the country’s oldest newspapers faces “the proposed culling of half the total 24 jobs” after trade union Unite yesterday said its proposals “have been rejected by management”.

ONE of the biggest-selling newspapers in Waterford may lose half its workforce unless employees can produce cost-saving measures in the next 30 days.

A SUPERMARKET group owner has taken over as president of Waterford Chamber of Commerce and vowed to forge closer links with other bodies in the south-east.

The latest contestant to get the boot off 'The Apprentice' has admitted that a friendship with another candidate may have clouded his judgement.

THE quality of care for older people is suffering because of the lack of support for foreign nationals who now account for one third of all workers who help the elderly.

ONCE again, the Pierce Purcell Shield produced high drama and great excitement before Letterkenny were crowned champions after beating Corrstown in a veritable thriller.

THE local elections for Limerick City Council have shades of Germany’s ill-fated Weimar Republic.

Imokilly 2-19 Avondhu 2-13

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny had held private talks with Labour to try and help his party secure the mayoralty of Limerick, it emerged yesterday.

A BITTER internal row within the Labour Party in Limerick cost Fine Gael the mayoralty of the city last night when independent councillor John Gilligan was sensationally elected to the city’s highest office.

FORMER rugby international, Gerry McLoughlin, is to line out in the Labour colours for next year’s local elections, following a weekend selection convention in Limerick.

LIMERICK City Council wants the taxi regulator to suspend the issuing of further plates in the city.

A PIECE of Ireland’s World War One history was re-written last night in Limerick when the Freedom of the City was restored posthumously to the Fourth Earl of Dunraven, who died in 1928.

STUDENT Kieran Walsh is a master of the bluff and it has earned him the €150,000 top prize in a national poker contest.

Snooker legend Steve Davis today cleared the table at the Irish Poker Championships, scooping winnings of €13,500 in one of the tournament’s side competitions.

A BUSINESS studies student from Mallow, Co Cork, yesterday scooped €150,000, the biggest prize at a €1,000 freeze-out three-day poker tournament in Dublin.

Cork native Kieran Walsh has fended off opposition from some of the world’s best poker players to win €150,000 at this year’s Boylepoker.com Irish Poker Championship Final in Citywest tonight.

THE Labour party in Limerick will go on general election footing from tonight when delegates select a candidate to stand in Limerick East.

MANAGEMENT at Limerick City Council have been accused of refusing to support the opening of a skateboard park in the city because of the fear of compensation claims.

POLITICIANS and art experts are at loggerheads over a major exhibit on display in Limerick city.

FIANNA FÁIL whip Peter Power may break party ranks in the Dáil next week over the early release proposal for the four IRA killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.

A THIRD of all shootings in the country occur in Limerick city, a garda chief revealed yesterday.

HARBOUR POINT 18 handicapper Eileen Walsh, the only lady in the field, teamed up with John Barrett an 11 handicapper at Fermoy to win the Fota Island Golf Club Winter Open Fourball Series Final on a day when the windy conditions proved a mighty test.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-11

It beggars belief that the parents of an autistic child are being effectively threatened with financial ruin

PARENTS of an autistic child forced through the courts to secure her education fear being hit with a huge legal bill.

Two life-long friends died and a third young man was critically injured in a horror car crash which left a small community devastated.