second, high-end Waterford hotel is planned by the purchaser of the Ard Rí/Ardree Hotel as the city positions itself as a pivot in the Ireland’s Ancient East tourism drive.

The former landmark Ard Rí hotel and grounds in Waterford city, bought for a reported €15m in 2006 for a proposed €400m mixed use development, has been put on the market for €750,000.

Gardaí in Athlone have seized a significant amount of cocaine during a raid on an apartment in the town last night.