Minister of State John Halligan has joined fellow political representatives from Waterford in calling on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to ensure the city is the new headquarters of the planned merger with the Kilkenny/Carlow division.

Residents of a Waterford City apartment block where a man was found dead in suspicious circumstances have expressed their shock at events.

Gardaí are hoping an autopsy, to be carried out later today, will give them some indication as to how a young mother died in a squat in Cork City.

Gardaí investigating a woman's murder in Waterford city have made an arrest.

The body of a 31-year-old woman was discovered in an apartment in Waterford City today.

A man and a woman have been arrested in Ireland by detectives investigating suspected Islamic-related terrorism.

A man has been arrested after the death of an eastern European man in Waterford.

Gardaí have appealed to two women who might have been in the vicinity of a fatal stabbing at the weekend to come forward.

Gardaí investigating a man's death in Waterford are appealing for two women to come forward.

Victims of serial paedophile Bill Kenneally are to sue the State and have called for a Commission of Investigation into who knew about the abuse and "turned a blind eye".

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A teenager is undergoing surgery in University Hospital Waterford following an attack in the city last night.

A two-year-old girl has died after being hit by a lorry in Waterford city this morning.

A teenager who was being questioned about a petrol bomb attack on a house in Waterford which left three children in hospital, has been released without charge.

Gardaí in Waterford have arrested a 17-year-old man in connection with a house fire in Ballbeg last week.

A man has been charged with committing reckless endangerment and criminal damage following a petrol bomb attack on a Waterford house which left three children injured.

The grandmother of the three children who were injured in the horrific petrol bomb attack has today spoken of the events that took place last night.

An 11-year-old girl is today recovering after heroically saving the life of her infant cousin during what is believed to have been a petrol-bomb attack on their grandmother's Waterford home around 9.20pm yesterday.

A one-year-old baby, her 11-year-old sister and third person are in hospital tonight after suffering injuries following a petrol bomb attack in Waterford.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested after the seizure of cannabis with an estimated street value of €110,000 in Waterford city.

A man remains in Garda custody after he was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Waterford city in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A 36-year-old man has been charged in connection with the investigation into the fatal stabbing of a 55-year-old woman in Waterford last night.

A psychiatric patient is in garda custody after a series of incidents which left one patient dead, another seriously injured and a staff member also injured.

A woman in her 40s has died following a stabbing at a psychiatric hospital in Waterford city this evening.

A garda acquitted by a court of assaulting a prisoner has launched a High Court challenge aimed at preventing an internal Garda disciplinary probe into the same incident from going ahead.

A garda who was cleared on appeal of assaulting a handcuffed prisoner has gone to the High Court to try and stop disciplinary proceedings against him.

WHEN the whistle finally blew on Alan Shatter’s Cabinet career it was greeted by audible intakes of breath followed by a disbelieving silence in the Dáil.

The Justice Minister Alan Shatter is insisting he is not guilty of inaction on the secret recording of phone calls in Garda stations.

The Justice Minister Alan Shatter is to make a statement in the Dáil on illegal taping claims at Waterford Garda Station.

The Garda Ombudsman has confirmed that the Department of Justice was not sent a copy of the report outlining illegal taping at Waterford Garda Station.

The Department of Justice is insisting tonight that Alan Shatter only became aware of claims of illegal taping of Garda phone calls yesterday evening.

Two men have been arrested after an attempted armed robbery at a shop in Waterford last night.

A man in his 60s has been arrested by Gardaí in Waterford investigating a number of complaints of sexual assault.

A Dutch man was due to be brought before a special sitting of Waterford district court last night in relation to the death of a 45-year-old teacher in a head-on collision.

Three juveniles have been arrested after they attempted to steal a quantity of copper wire from an Eircom yard in Bridgend in Donegal.

Gardai and Revenue officials have seized drugs worth around €800,000 in Waterford City.

A man in his late 20s has been arrested in connection with assaulting a Garda and another man in Waterford city.

Two men arrested last night in connection with a drugs seizure in Waterford have been released without charge.

Two teenagers were last night being questioned in relation to the death of a 22-year-old who was found dead in an abandoned building last Monday.

A man found dead in a Waterford City apartment suffered head injuries in an incident involving at least one other person, gardaí believe.

Gardaí are continuing to question two people after the discovery of a man's body in Waterford city last night.

A 46-YEAR-OLD man was last night granted bail after being charged with killing his elderly mother, who was found dead in her nursing home bed early on Monday.