Marie Therese Wall has given herself a task: to spend 12 months sourcing all her purchases within a 16-mile radius

After a tense start to the first State visit to Ireland by a reigning British monarch, the Queen went home with new-found friends in her nearest neighbours.

TWO men suspected of stealing a fishing boat from the harbour at Dunmore East in the early hours of yesterday morning were, reportedly, trying to make their way into Waterford city before their plan was scuppered when the craft got into difficulty.