The cost of cleaning up and repairing the damage caused by Storm Christine along the Waterford coast in the last fortnight has been conservatively estimated at €3.5m.

The families of the three brothers who died at sea off the Co Waterford coast were yesterday preparing to lay them to rest, as local fishermen said fish-catch regulations had meant the Bolgers had been forced out to sea with lobster pots instead of fishing salmon on the Suir estuary.

The people of Passage East have always gone to sea, but yesterday all they could do was think about the boat that failed to come home.

A small coastal community in Co Waterford is shrouded in tragedy this morning following the deaths of three brothers who drowned when their fishing boat capsized.

CELLMOUNT LOOP, DROUMILLIHY WOODS, CO CORK

THE 2012 All-Ireland Juniors/Youths Interprovincial Shore Angling Championships 2012 will be held next February in Kerry from February 17 to 19 on Inch and Rossbeigh Beaches in Dingle Bay.

The recovery of a missing fisherman’s body more than a month after he was lost at sea has brought bittersweet relief to his heartbroken family and friends, rescuers said.

THE 18th century house Fairymount, in Co Waterford’s Cheekpoint had not so much a starring role as a supporting one in the 1995 TV mini-series, Jake’s Progress.

IT’S all about the location, in a Waterford county hot-spot – that, and five lovely acres with views.

WATER pressure reductions and cuts in supply are likely to continue this week as local authorities across the country continue to repair existing and emerging leaks.

THE bewildered response of officialdom to the reported finding of a dead swan in Co Waterford does not inspire confidence in Ireland’s preparedness to cope with the threat of bird flu.