Fire services workers in Waterford say they were "astounded" by the number of people trying to take photos of a fatal road crash in which a toddler died.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a two-year-old girl and a 60-year-old woman were killed in separate road incidents yesterday.

Ireland must not to descend into "mob rule" motivated by "racist undertones" after a 200-strong protest forced three Roma families in Waterford to flee their homes over alleged crime issues in the city.

Traveller support group Pavee Point has lodged an official complaint over a Facebook page based in Waterford which demands the removal of Roma people from the city.

Two incredible twists of fate during key moments in Irish history are responsible for TV and stage sensation Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Well... more a mid-terraced renovated 720 sq ft two-bed, but with a price that won’t require a king’s ransom, reports Tommy Barker

A 34-year-old Lithuanian woman has admitted killing another woman in Dublin on Christmas Eve 2010.

This week I’m taking a took a look at some wines from the lower end of Bubble Brothers’ price range — mainly new arrivals to their stores in the English Market, and at the Marina Business Park in Cork as well as on www.bubblebrothers.com.

STUDENTS taking part in discredited Christmas celebrations which led to 13 arrests on Wednesday night availed of special cut-price drink offers in some Waterford city pubs earlier that day.

Two 16-year-old boys are to face jury trial in a Circuit Court for allegedly being part of an “out of control” gang of youths who continuously kicked and punched a man to his head during a robbery.

A Louth man who attacked a stranger outside a pub and left him bleeding on the ground has been ordered to carry out 175 hours of community service in lieu of 18 months jail time.

A crack cocaine addict who ambushed a foreign national on the street and sexually assaulted her after telling her she should not be in the country has been given a three-year sentenc

Three police officers have been injured during an incident in north Belfast in the early hours of this morning.

PRIMARY school children who planted seeds in their classrooms last February yesterday enjoyed the fruits of their labour.

A garda has been praised for going "beyond the call of duty" when he arrested an armed robber who threatened to shoot at him twice within minutes of carrying out a raid on a Dublin Pharmacy.

A man was forced to climb on to the roof of his home today as four attackers armed with knives ransacked his property.

The Defence Forces say a bomb scare that caused traffic disruption in Dublin this morning was an elaborate hoax.

Army bomb disposal experts are examining a suspicious device found in the Smithfield area of Dublin city this morning.

WATERFORD’S reputation as a hive of sporting activity is getting a major boost, with work about to get under way shortly on a top-class youth and community centre in the city centre.

TWO hard-working brothers became multi-millionaires yesterday after selling their family pub for a nationwide record price.

A 42-year-old man appeared before magistrates in Belfast charged with the murder of Jonathan Stewart at a Christmas party during the loyalist Ulster Defence Association feud.

A 23-year-old man appeared in court in Belfast today charged with a murder linked to a bitter loyalist feud.

Detectives were today questioning a man about a murder linked to feuding loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast.

Murdered loyalist Alan McCullough was a military intelligence spy who double-crossed both factions of a feuding terror organisation, his killers claimed tonight.

A girl wept today as she recalled her boyfriend’s final smile just seconds before he was executed by a hooded gunman in front of horrified partygoers.

Security was tight across Belfast tonight after the murder of a man was linked to a bitter power struggle between rival loyalist paramilitaries.

A man was shot dead today in north Belfast.

Residents have been evacuated from their homes following a gas leak in Waterford this morning.

A man is recovering in hospital after being badly beaten in an attack in north Belfast. The 38-year-old is reported to be in a critical condition.

A man was killed in a bomb explosion in Coleraine, Co Derry, police said today.

Security forces were last night investigating an explosion at a house in flashpoint North Belfast.

Security forces were tonight investigating an explosion at a house in flashpoint North Belfast.

Gardai in Waterford are investigating a fatal stabbing in the city last night.