A nine-year old boy with a form of cerebral palsy has secured a €2.2m payment, plus costs, under a settlement of his High Court action over negligence in the circumstances of his birth at Waterford Regional Hospital.

“I’m gone to stud,” is how James ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick put it when asked might he like to return to the Kilkenny panel.

CYCLE the Canal du Midi in the south of France for a wonderful, relaxing holiday.

ANOTHER 40km of motorway were officially opened yesterday but, despite costing almost half a billion to build, motorists who need to spend a penny will have to hold on for some time more.

The latest stretch of the M9 motorway has been officially opened.

The journey time from Dublin to Waterford will be cut by up to half an hour when a new section of the M9 motorway opens in Co Kilkenny today.

IS NOTHING in hurling beyond the reach of Cha Fitzpatrick?

THE motorway linking Waterford to Dublin remains on schedule for a 2010 completion, with work on the final sections due to start in the coming weeks.

A woman was killed today after the car she was driving was in collision with a truck.

A section of the N10 between Waterford and Kilkenny has been closed this morning following a serious collision involving two cars.

A COMPLETION date of 2009 is anticipated for phase two of the planned Waterford-Dublin motorway, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said yesterday.

JOURNEY times between the south-east and Dublin are to be cut by almost an hour within the next two years, with work getting underway yesterday on the new N9 Carlow bypass.

A full-scale consultation process on the next national development plan is due to begin shortly, Transport Minister Martin Cullen said tonight.

AN BORD Pleanála has given the green light for work to begin on the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway, despite close to 20 major objections from land and home owners.

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FEARS are growing that work on the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen route could be delayed.

SENIOR design staff involved in the development of the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway say they hope to begin the first phase of the 64km route by this time next year.

FIANNA FÁIL is investigating claims that a local party cumann member was one of 15 people who proposed an independent candidate for the local elections in Kilkenny a fortnight ago.

DECEMBER 2003, the end of yet another highly-successful season for the hurlers of Kilkenny.

UP to 12 hours of torrential rain wreaked havoc across the south-east yesterday, with parts of Kilkenny and Wexford hardest hit.

THE loss of 48 jobs in a rural part of Kilkenny has been described as a devastating blow to the region.