A nursing home has been strongly criticised after inspectors found some residents, who had been sedated the night before, were being woken up and dressed from as early as 6am.

Spacious and well located near the Dunmore Road in Waterford, No 25 The Brambles is a bit different from the standard house of its size. 

A good residential address near the Dunmore Road should garner interest for this detached bungalow, No 18 Woodbury, Ballinakill Court, in Waterford.

HIS WEEK I am focusing on Waterford which held its annual Harvest Festival just a couple of weeks ago with a strong focus on local food producers and of course on wine. 

Ticking lots of boxes for families trading up in Waterford city will be the Granstown four-bed detached home, 4 Palm Drive - it even has a palm tree in its front garden.

Sq m: 97 (1,050 sq ft)

Sq m: 333 (3,600 sq ft)

A 45-year-old man has today been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Kevin Kearney.

Wake up and smell the roses at this Victorian home just a mile from Waterford City centre, writes Tommy Barker.

MARYBOROUGH HILL, CORK €225,000

CARRIGALINE, CORK €275,000

A GARDA charged with assaulting a Polish man while in custody was heard by a colleague telling him, “Welcome to Ireland, you’re not in Poland now”, Waterford District Court was told yesterday.

THIS detached house at 17 The Village in Ballygunner is, according to selling agents O’Shea O’Toole, realistically priced for a spacious, high spec property in a sought-after location.

THREE years ago, three houses tucked away at Cedar Grove, off Waterford’s Dunmore Road went up for sale, designed by local architects Fewer Harrington Lawlor, and sporting asking prices of €680,000.

BUILT on one of Waterford city’s Golden Mile residential locations, and on an acre of private gardens with a feature pond too, is the big and extended family home Glencarrig.

WATERFORD City Council’s three electoral areas have been altered slightly, and renamed, for these elections.

DONE up less than a decade ago, this early 1900s Waterford home, Glencoragh Lodge, at Newtown still has a modern edge to its past.

BRITTANY Ferries commence the 2009 holiday season with departures from Ringaskiddy in Cork on April 4, running up to October 31.

JUST a half a dozen big homes, built near an apartment development, make up the Kingswood enclave, in Waterford’s Ballinakill.

JUST a half a dozen big homes, built near an apartment development, make up the Kingswood enclave, in Waterford’s Ballinakill.

HUNDREDS of householders in Waterford city have been told to take precautions following confirmation of excess levels of lead in a public water supply.

AN ARMY bomb disposal unit carried out a controlled explosion on a device found at a hotel in Waterford city on Saturday, just two days after a suspect explosive device was dealt with at a house in the city.

JOHN O’Brien told the court that he used his wife’s silver Mitsubishi Carisma on several occasions and had frequently put things in the boot, where his DNA was found by forensic investigators.

A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife has told a Central Criminal Court jury that he had no idea he would end up facing a murder investigation.

The body of a Waterford woman whose husband is on trial for her murder would have been dumped in a river not far from where her body was found two weeks after her disappearance a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

THE jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been watching a video timeline of the days surrounding his wife’s disappearance.

The jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been watching a video timeline of the days surrounding his wife’s disappearance.

A JUMP in the availability of cocaine and heroin, a ready supply of those willing to peddle drugs to vulnerable young people, waiting lists for treatment services and counselling are just some of the problems facing the city of Waterford, and many other towns and cities, as they battle against the consequences of drug taking.

WITH just three houses on the site, the auctioneer’s term “exclusive” probably does apply to Cedar Grove, a trio of fully-finished new homes on Waterford’s, eh, exclusive Dunmore Road.

I DO not believe the job losses at Waterford Crystal are necessary — they are the result of the ‘soft touch’ strategy favoured by the O’Reilly business school.

BUSINESS leaders in Waterford have called for the establishment of a high-powered group to drive forward the city’s development over the next seven years.

WORK is due to start early next year on a €10.5 million expansion of the emergency department at Waterford Regional Hospital.

THEY build ‘em big in Waterford, one of the few Irish cities where value for money seems to be bang on the nail.

THE husband of murder victim Meg (Margaret) Walsh, whose body was recovered from a river in Waterford last year, was yesterday charged with her murder.

PRETTIER than the average three bed semi, No 45 Greenoaks in Ferrybank might be perfect for a young couple looking for a first home.

A MISSING mother-of-one told gardaí she feared for her safety, just 48 hours before she went missing in Waterford, on October 1.

PERIOD, but manageable, that’s the short take on the Waterford home Inisfail House, which goes under the auction hammer next Thursday, guiding at €1 million.

WATER quality for thousands of householders across Waterford is set to improve with €50 million-plus of drainage works about to get underway in the region.

WATERFORD City Council is to implement a roads programme that will see almost €32 million invested in the current year on the city’s road and transport infrastructure.