A LIFELONG fisherman who celebrated his 64th birthday on December 30 is feared drowned after the small boat he was fishing on sank off the south-east coast at Duncannon, Co Wexford, yesterday morning.

A 30 foot fishing boat has sank in the Waterford Estuary between Arthurstown and Duncannon this lunchtime.

A LARGE proportion of complaints against landfills related to odours emanating from the site, an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) report has found.

A search that was being carried out in Co Waterford has been declared a hoax.

The body of a man was washed up in Co Donegal today as a major sea search continued for a small boat off the south east coast.

A search operation is ongoing in Waterford Harbour this afternoon for two men feared to have fallen into the water this morning.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the extradition of 54-year-old Irishman businessman to the United States where he is wanted for sexually assaulting a minor during the 1990's.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has criticised parents who sue schools because their children fall while running in the playground.

Dangerous and dirty conditions in primary schools across the country have been revealed in a new report by the Health and Safety Authority.

The number of recycling facilities in the capital are expected to double over the next five years, a radical new waste plan revealed today.

FISHERMEN and boat operators hope a school of up to 40 dolphins which has gathered in the Waterford estuary will do for the city what Fungi has done for Dingle.

ROADS blockaded. Men, women and children on the march. Dáil deputies thrown in jail. Refuseniks manning the barricades and government departments under siege.

CHAMPION Hurdle aspirant Back In Front gets the vote to beat Intersky Falcon in a fascinating John James McManus Memorial Hurdle at Tipperary tomorrow.

A MOUNTING waste management crisis could force large-scale exporting of waste, as six local authorities have closed their main dumps and 22 more face closure within five years.

A TRAWLER skipper was so drunk at the helm he zigzagged his way across a harbour and narrowly avoided ploughing into a main fuel supply line at Ireland’s only refinery.