Taoiseach Enda Kenny faced more protests from anti-water charge campaigners last night ahead of further talks among ministers this week on ways to reduce and ease bills for households.

A 22 year-old man has appeared in court in Waterford this evening charged in connection with a serious assault.

A man in his 20s will appear before a special sitting of Waterford District Court this evening, charged in connection with a serious assault.

A 20-year-old man arrested in connection with a serious assault in Waterford has been released without charge.

Ticking lots of boxes for families trading up in Waterford city will be the Granstown four-bed detached home, 4 Palm Drive - it even has a palm tree in its front garden.

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FAI chief executive John Delaney has described the legacy Jeremy Dee leaves to local and national football as “astounding”.

Gardaí are investigating the possibility that the death of a man in Waterford city may have been drug-related.

A man has been found dead in Waterford city.

Gardaí have appealed for help in finding two raiders who beat up and robbed two elderly bachelor brothers after breaking into their house.

Gardaí are today hunting two armed men who broke into the home of two pensioners in Co Galway.

Two men in their 80s have been left injured and traumatised after an aggravated burglary at their Co Galway home overnight.

It’s just the way it is in Limerick.

AN armed gang held three women hostage during the latest tiger kidnapping.

An armed gang held three women hostage during the latest so-called tiger kidnapping.

A garda was attacked by an armed gang holding four people hostage in an attempted tiger kidnaping.

A 22-year-old man has died following a road accident in Co. Galway.

IT is a rags-to-riches tale that without skilled intervention could yet end in tears for Sean Quinn.

FOUR young women were killed and another was left in a critical condition after a car crashed into a light truck on the Galway-Mayo border last night.

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The Garda Ombudsman today launched an investigation into the death of a pedestrian struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda during a day of carnage on the roads.

A man in his 20s has been killed in a road accident in east Co Galway.

WATERFORD is to receive a major boost with work to begin immediately on a huge revamp of accommodation and services for residents in the city.

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IT is the fastest pollen gun in the west, or the whole world for that matter.

THE only surprise at yesterday’s Cork People of the Year awards, was that it had taken so long for the city’s best known son to be honoured by his own.

A BIG-HEARTED teenager has adopted a donkey which survived appalling treatment as a foal.

IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.

Forthcoming club and schools fixtures from around Leinster.

The trial for the Ireland School's side takes place in Blackrock College, Williamstown, on Saturday at 2pm with several of last year's Ireland XV featuring on the Paul Nash (St Mary's College)-led Probables side.