Latest: A man in his 70s found dead in a house in Waterford last night may have been overcome by fumes from material he had been burning.

Waterford City and County Council is to demolish, within weeks, a derelict 113-year-old grain store on a quayside site earmarked for a €300m development project.

Workers at a popular pub in Waterford are staging a sit-in after three bars under the same ownership closed their doors with immediate effect on Monday night.

Staff who began a sit-in at a popular Waterford City pub when they were given the shocking news it was closing with immediate effect have vowed to remain on the premises until they receive their entitlements.