Four men are to face trial after they were charged with possessing counterfeit money-making equipment.

Seven brothers who were among a group of people who violently took over a north Dublin pub and caused €90,000 of damage have received sentences of between four and two-and-a-half years each.

A TEENAGER who suffered head injuries in a car crash that resulted in the death of his 12-year-old cousin five years ago was awarded €550,000 in damages at the High Court in Cork yesterday.

A NEWBORN baby born shortly after her 16-year-old mother was rammed by a car during a long-standing feud was “critical” in hospital last night.

Around 60,000 bottles of fine wine were destroyed in a blaze which gutted a massive warehouse overnight.

A body recovered from a south Armagh river has been identified by police as a local man.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a man found in Co Armagh.

IT is said that three or four residences are required before you settle on the house of your dreams. The owners of this Waterford house clearly have not found that 'perfect' home as they are moving to their fourteenth.

A HUSBAND and wife on their way to a funeral with an American relative were among five people killed on the nation’s roads over the weekend.

ILLEGAL dumping by householders along a dangerous stretch of roadway is putting the lives of council staff trying to clean up the mess at risk, councillors warned yesterday.

SPY cameras are being proposed in a bid to stamp out illegal dumping in Waterford.

A WATERFORD city councillor who was censored by his colleagues when he leaked a traveller accommodation plan has now been encouraged by a party colleague to resign.

An armed prisoner has escaped from garda custody following a prison van hijack near Waterford city.