190 tonnes of marine litter, including nets, plastic and wood was taken from the sea by Irish fishermen last year.

The father of four in his sixties was brought to safety by Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 117 but passed away later in hospital.

A great many hours of television viewing went in the remaking of Copper Beech in Dunmore East - which has been transformed from a B&B into an ultra-stylish family home.

Thomas McCarthy pays tribute to his late friend — poet and journalist Seán Dunne

A seafood wholesalers defied odds of up to five million to one when they discovered two different rare species in their deliveries in the last month.

Former Fastnet lighthouse keeper Gerald Butler is due to represent fellow Irish light keepers at a memorial service for 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race on the Isle of Wight this evening.

From pastel shades to lippy shades, colourful bowls to glorious garlands and eco-friendly candles, Esther N McCarthy delivers an interesting array for you to choose from.

A very interesting property has just come on the market with Re/Max’s Waterford City office.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a fisherman in Waterford last summer.

An 18-year-old man is to appear before a special sitting of Waterford District Court this evening charged in connection with a fatal stabbing which occurred in the Dunmore East area last year.

Mary Greene is originally from Waterford, but has been resident in Cork for many years and is a member of family trio Greenshine, along with husband Noel Shine and daughter Ellie Shine.

Being a modest man, marine expert Kevin Flannery wouldn’t claim to be among the first people to notice the effects of climate change.

John O'Connor said this was valid, even though the story did not run on April Fool's Day, Monday.

John Palmer has been running his musical instrument shop in the heart of Waterford city for 30 years.

reland boasts some of the world’s best roads. John O’Mahony went exploring in the spectacular new BMW 5 series

Uilleann piper David Power is organising Dungarvan’s first music festival, writes Marjorie Brennan

Patients and families seeking full cardiac care services in the South East region have warned they are being subjected to “medical apartheid” as campaigners gathered outside the Dáil.

It’s all drama these days down in Dunmore East.... or Dunmore EastEnders as it’s about to be rechristened.

Alan Corcoran is two weeks into his attempt to swim the length of Ireland, from the Giant’s Causeway to his native Dunmore East. He is undertaking the swim in memory of his father, former FAI President, Milo Corcoran.

Only two episodes in, and already locals in Dunmore East are noticing an increase in tourist numbers, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

Three popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag.

The first of the six episodes series debuted on RTÉ One last night at 9.30pm.

Four flares were let off into the Waterford sky as a wreath was laid at sea in a tribute to the crew members of Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116.

Two men went on trial at Cork District Court yesterday on charges arising from an investigation of alleged use of illegal migrant workers in the fishing industry.

Tributes have been paid to Kevin Casey, the sports editor of Waterford radio station WLR FM, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 40. The award-winning presenter died after a short illness.

Fáilte Ireland is to spend €500,000 over the next four weeks on an advertising campaign designed to attract British tourists to the stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way from Galway to Donegal.

Northern Ireland-registered vessels have no legal entitlement to fish for mussel seed in the State’s territorial waters, the Supreme Court has ruled.

John Burke and his daughter Fatti, an illustrator, joined forces to create Irelandopedia, the bestselling book on all things Irish. Their follow-up, Historopedia, looks to Ireland’s past.

They cheered when he arrived on the track; they cheered when he was introduced to the stadium; they cheered when he took his position on the blocks; they screamed as he mounted a late, late challenge for a medal; they had their hands on their heads as he crossed the line; and they cheered when he ended up agonisingly close, the dip of a head away from that coveted place on the Olympic podium.

TOP Irish athlete Thomas Barr knows the value of staying the course, even when he doesn’t win. 

In the second of our tourism series, Conor Kane drops in on Dunmore East, the location of the new ‘EastEnders’ spin-off

In the end, as with so many sailing regattas it was the weather that proved the final arbiter for Volvo Cork Week 2016. Thick mist outside Cork Harbour denied most of the racing classes their final day yesterday.

The fiancee of the skipper of the Pere Charles trawler, which sank off the Wexford coast nine years ago, has settled her High Court action over his death for €225,000.

The country’s seafood industry will have much to celebrate and many challenges to ponder in Galway this coming weekend when Bord Iascaigh Mhara holds its second maritime festival.