A MAN charged with the murders of two women and two young children in Co Limerick last year has been sent forward for trial.

BUSINESSES seeking an insight into the Government’s new public procurement processes are invited to a Clonakilty Chamber information evening at the SFPA Offices, Clogheen, Clonakilty, on Thursday, June 2.

THE state has strongly indicated that a book of evidence is ready to be served on a man accused of four murders in Co Limerick last November.

THE garda investigation into the deaths of a woman, her two children and a family friend in Newcastle West has been completed.

STUMBLING blocks have been encountered in the huge investigation into the murders of a mother, her two children and a family friend in Newcastle West, a court heard yesterday.

THE man charged with the murders of a young mother, her two children and a family friend has been moved to the Central Criminal Hospital, it emerged yesterday.

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

SIGNATURES will be sought from every household in Waterford in an effort to increase support for a date for the arrival of the BreastCheck screening service.

WOMEN in Waterford are planning a rally later this month to highlight the continuing delay in rolling out the BreastCheck service to the city.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey sparked a fresh row yesterday by denying Cork Airport claims he had guaranteed financial support if it struggled to service its debt.

A 30-YEAR-OLD man charged with the murder of a father and son is to get psychiatric help if he is deemed to need it, a court ordered yesterday.

WATERFORD’s descent into economic gloom was halted yesterday by confirmation of 270 new jobs for the county thanks to big expansion programmes by two multinationals.

WATERFORD has beaten a host of big cities, including Dublin, to be named among the top 20 in Europe.

TWO Chinese restaurants have been fined a total of €33,000 for multiple breaches of food hygiene regulations.

TWO leading Waterford charities are set to jointly benefit by more than €70,000 from next year’s mayor’s ball, details of which were announced recently.

“MY SON”, spelt out in blue and white flowers beside the coffin of 23-year-old John Grey, was the last message from his heartbroken parents before he was laid to rest yesterday in Waterford.

A 19-YEAR-OLD carpenter was yesterday charged in connection with the fatal crash that claimed the life of a garda and a firefighter in Co Limerick last February.

A CASE against the driver of a lorryload of pigs involved in a bridge collapse in north Kerry earlier this year was again adjourned at Listowel District Court, yesterday.

IRISH airlines will find it “challenging” to recruit enough pilots to meet demand for flights in the coming years, an expert has warned.

A MASSIVE redevelopment and rebranding of Waterford’s Viking Triangle and an iconic pedestrian bridge connecting the Clock Tower with the city’s north quays are the centre-pieces of Waterford’s pitch to the Government under the Gateway Innovation Fund.

RENEWED calls have been made for a timetable for the provision of long-awaited radiotherapy services at Waterford Regional Hospital.

GARDAÍ are bracing themselves for further violence following a shotgun attack on a young man at a Travellers’ halting site near Waterford city.

THE oldest and youngest residents on one of Waterford’s proudest streets gave the county’s hurlers the thumbs up yesterday, ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final clash with Limerick at Croke Park.

TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for a World War II veteran who later became a much-loved Franciscan Brother and peace campaigner.

A PRIME section of Waterford’s city centre quays is in line to become a civic urban space, following the purchase of the land by the city council.

CITIZENS of the country’s three main cities had new lord mayors elected last night.

INDEPENDENT Fianna Fáil TD for Limerick West Michael Collins is to stand trial on tax evasion charges in the Circuit Court, a judge was told yesterday.

WATERFORD city is to get a team of community-based gardaí from next month as part of a major drive to tackle crime.

CITY councillors in Waterford claimed over €250,000 in expenses for the first seven months of last year, figures show.

A GARDA manhunt was under way last night for a dangerous prisoner who stole two cars and tried to hijack another in his escape from a Co Limerick courthouse yesterday.

A WATERFORD city centre landmark targeted by vandals on numerous occasions is getting a major revamp and will be open in time for the Tall Ships Race, city officials have promised.

ONE of Waterford city’s most picturesque and tranquil city centre areas is being over-run by skate boarders, rollerbladers and mountain bikers who are making it a no-go area for everyone else, a city councillor has claimed.

THREE senior judges were criticised yesterday after the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled the conviction of Colm Murphy, in connection with the Omagh bombing, was unsafe.

The trial of the only man charged in connection with the Omagh bombing atrocity was postponed until after Christmas today due to one of the judges falling ill.