A woman in her 50s has been killed in a three vehicle road crash in Co Waterford.

Gardaí at Waterford have this morning arrested a further two people as part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation into organised criminal activity in the area.

Two people, a man and a woman, have been arrested in connection with a drugs seizure in Co Waterford earlier this week.

A man has been arrested by Gardaí over an aggravated burglary in Co Waterford in the early hours of this morning.

A man has died while in garda custody in County Waterford.

A former Fine Gael councillor convicted of receiving corrupt payments remained a free man yesterday after his sentencing hearing was adjourned until late June.

The sentencing of former Fine Gael Dungarvan town councillor Fred Forsey has been adjourned until next month.

Gardaí have busted three cannabis factories, worth over €600,000, in the South-East in three days.

A man has been arrested in Waterford after gardaí discovered cannabis during a planned search of a house in Tullow.

Two men have been arrested following an armed robbery at a post office in Lismore, Co Waterford this morning.

GARDAÍ believe a gang of youths may have been responsible for a €400,000 arson attack which gutted two near-completed houses in an estate in west Waterford.

Two people being questioned by gardaí in Waterford in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Sweedish cartoonist Lars Vilks have been released from custody.

GARDAÍ are concerned 50 stolen marine emergency flares may be mistakenly used, by children, as fireworks over Hallowe’en.

A WOMAN in her late 60s was dragged from her home, tied to a fence and brutally beaten in a violent robbery at the weekend.

GARDAÍ confirmed last night that they are “not looking for anyone else” in relation to the shooting of a well-known GAA referee in west Waterford on Sunday.

GARDAÍ in Dungarvan were last night continuing to question a 22-year-old man in relation to an alleged hostage incident on Saturday night.

The Waterford County Council employee arrested by gardaí in connection with their probe into allegations of irregularities within the local authority’s planning department has been released without charge.

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with the death of Lorraine Crowley.

A post-mortem examination is to be carried out today on the body of a 26-year-old man who was found hanged in a police cell in Co Waterford, Irish police said today.