A male psychiatric patient was charged with the murder of a female patient in Waterford at a special district court sitting last night.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Maria O' Brien in Waterford on Friday night.

Jobs and Innovation minister Richard Bruton has said the IDA needs to be more focussed on local areas when it comes to job creation, to get a regional spread of new employment.

IT was Monday, it was early afternoon, it was raining, but there were no blues in Kilkenny yesterday, just black and amber, a city en fete as the 2011 All-Ireland senior hurling champions were welcomed home.

Kilkenny: Joe Antonellis, vice-chairman of State Street, has been awarded a civic honour to mark 10 years of the company’s presence in Kilkenny.

A LOCAL authority could face fines after a salmon fishery was polluted for the second time in as many months by sewerage plant effluent.

UNREST brewing at one of the south east’s busiest hospitals could bring to 10 the number of industrial disputes at hospitals around the country.

OFFICIALS face tough questions over what they knew and when they were informed about subsidence in one of the oldest parts of Kilkenny city.