Public and private investment can unlock the potential of Waterford city and county, writes Christy Parker

Ed Sheeran kicks off the first of his two Irish gigs tonight.

Latest: Organisers of the ninth anti-water charge protest in Dublin say "the people have won" but the Government is still trying to "steal their human right to water".

second, high-end Waterford hotel is planned by the purchaser of the Ard Rí/Ardree Hotel as the city positions itself as a pivot in the Ireland’s Ancient East tourism drive.

Dublin drivers are being told that O'Connell St has reopened fully after an incident involving the Luas.

More than 90 separate demonstrations will take place across the country today - as over 100,000 people take to the streets in protest against water charges.

Flooding and high winds are continuing to cause problems for many homeowners and business people across the country today.

All-Ireland Football final day is at last upon us, as Mayo and Dublin prepare to battle it out at Croke Park.

There is flooding in Dublin, Wicklow and Westmeath this evening following heavy thundery showers.

There are reports of localised flooding on Dublin's northside.

Eyewitnesses have said a good portion of the roof at an apartment complex in New Ross, County Wexford, has collapsed after a major fire broke out there.

Emergency services are attending a fire at an apartment complex on the North Quays in New Ross, County Wexford.

The major emergency plan for Dublin has swung into action as heavy rain and flooding has the capital in its grip this evening.

THREE children’s charities are to receive a cash windfall as a result of the roaring success of last weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Waterford.

Thursday, June 30

A protest by a group called ‘The Irish Taxi Council’ caused severe traffic delays for Dublin commuters from 8am right through the day, and on into evening rush hour, according AA Roadwatch.

Some 2,700 tonnes of equipment, 100 vehicles and trailers and enough food and water for 400 people for four months will be shipped out to Chad by the Irish Defence Forces tonight.

THE sustainable solution to sprawling suburbs and major traffic congestion is to start building up — and not out, a group of architects told the Green Party yesterday.

GARDAÍ probing the brutal murder of mother of one, Meg Walsh, say they are very anxious to speak to anyone who saw her silver Mitsubishi car parked along either side of Waterford’s quays the day after her disappearance.

WATERFORD is on the brink of an historic development with work now underway on the €530 million Waterford City Bypass, which includes a long-sought second river crossing.

THE PORT of Waterford is preparing to close the gates on a section of quay in the city which it has sold to a property developer, locking out fishermen who use it to land daily catches.

FISHERMEN in Waterford say they’ll be forced into taking a costly injunction against port officials before the end of this month, unless the government intervenes to sort out a bitter two-year dispute.

FISHERMEN opposed to the sale and development of a key stretch of quay in Waterford are today seeking a High Court injunction to prevent their eviction from the site.

TRAWLER owners at Waterford port say they face “eviction” within weeks as the port authority presses ahead with plans to sell and develop lands in the area.

A PORT authority and CIÉ have locked horns over claims that Iarnród Éireann is blocking the sale of a 13.5-acre site that holds the key to a €100m-plus development on Waterford’s North Quays.

A MAJOR port company has turned around its finances, keeping the authority very much afloat into the future.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin yesterday accused former Dublin West TD Liam Lawlor of attempting to blackmail a British property company into taking him on as a consultant.

FISHERMEN who claim hundreds of jobs are being put on the line by moves by the Port of Waterford to sell off several docking areas have offered to pay €2m for the quays