Latest: A man in his 70s found dead in a house in Waterford last night may have been overcome by fumes from material he had been burning.

Waterford is a safe and welcoming city. It has the lowest rate of recorded crime of any comparably-sized urban centre in the country and does not have a particularly widespread problem of street crime and anti-social behaviour as some commentary around the recent night-time assemblies has suggested.

Leading politicians, local authority chiefs, and a Garda chief superintendent have defended Waterford’s reputation in the light of the recent harassment of residents in the city.

Waterford’s political leaders, local authority chief and most senior Garda have combined in response to recent anti-Roma protests in the city.