Thousands of spectators lined the streets of Waterford last night for a massive parade celebrating street theatre company Spraoi’s 21st birthday.

Gardaí have released without charge a man who was arrested for questioning in connection with an assault in Co Kilkenny on Saturday night.

LIMERICK city centre has received another boost with confirmation yesterday that work on the massive Opera Centre development is to get underway in the new year.

RUGBY hardman Sebastien Chabal was involved in a punch-up outside a Limerick nightclub following Sale Sharks’ defeat by Munster last weekend.

LIMERICK is set to play host to a €200 million shopping centre that will be one of the biggest city-centre complexes in the country.

WATERFORD will have its very own Dundrum-style shopping centre within three years if permission is granted for a newly-proposed €100 million project.

TAXI drivers in Waterford are refusing to bring Travellers to their halting sites following a series of assaults.