Waterford’s political leaders, local authority chief and most senior Garda have combined in response to recent anti-Roma protests in the city.

A burial ground dating back over 300 years and which is the final resting place for 200 Quakers is the site of a new memorial to be unveiled on Saturday in Waterford.

Seán Kelly set the pace for 120 amateur cyclists out of Waterford yesterday on a tough four-day cycle through Munster’s six counties.

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.

A Waterford county councillor has said the community of Boatstrand is devastated by the drowning of a two-year-old boy in the area.

Two FG councillors facing disciplinary action over their failure to support a colleague who backed a controversial rezoning vote are refusing to attend an internal party hearing next week.

Two Fine Gael councillors who refused to back a party colleague for mayor because of her stance on a rezoning vote have been summoned to an internal disciplinary hearing.

Fine Gael is to review the position of two of its councillors who refused to support a party colleague in a mayoralty contest, over her backing of a rezoning proposal.

ONE of the south-east’s busiest tourist towns does not have a litter warden at present and local councillors say its giving unscrupulous locals and visitors to the area a carte blanche to litter.

LOCALS in the seaside town of Tramore are up in arms over plans to move several families out of a hostel for asylum seekers and into Waterford city.

A LOCAL authority which had to suspend a meeting when a protest group entered its chambers says it plans to step up security.

ALL OF WATERFORD’S beaches will have blue flag status within the next few years, local councillors have vowed.

RESIDENTS in parts of Waterford city are up in arms over plans by the city council to charge the public €5 for park and ride facilities during the three-day Tall Ships’ Race in the city in July.

IF, as predicted, Fianna Fáil loses two seats in Waterford, the finger of blame will be pointed at Health Minister Micheál Martin.

NAPPIES, condoms and other unsightly waste will soon disappear from the beach of a booming seaside town under a €20 million upgrade of its sewerage system.

A COMPROMISE offer by executive staff and a split in the Labour Party vote ensured slender majority support for the passing of Waterford Co Council’s budget for 2003.