The Irish relatives of the newly crowned Rose of Tralee popped champagne corks yesterday to celebrate her victory and invited her to visit her ancestral island home again.

Rural drinkers yesterday raised their glasses to a councillor who called for Garda permits to be issued to people in the countryside allowing them a pint or two over the legal limit.

STUDENTS at Waterford Institute of Technology left their lecture theatres and labs and took to the streets yesterday in protest over the lack of government investment on campus.

STUDENTS at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) say they will be left without training or playing grounds if Waterford Crystal’s plans to rezone almost 25 acres, which it leases to the college, are approved.

RAGWEEK celebrations in Waterford have been scaled back to three days in a bid to curb binge drinking by students. But its campus bar has been allowed to stay open this year.

Majella and Mark Holohan said they were baffled by their eldest son’s disappearance.

YOU sense you’re in the company of a true champion when he takes a positive approach to missing out on six months and at least as many international caps at a crucial stage of his career.