Lifeboat crew rescues men from stolen trawlerA LIFEBOAT rescue turned into a Garda investigation yesterday when it was discovered a fishing boat had been stolen before it…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
€380m project could create 800 jobsUP TO 800 jobs could be created in connection with the construction of a 32-storey €380 million mixed-use urban development in…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Court confrontation as man is jailed for knocking down pregnant womanTHERE WERE angry confrontations between up to 50 members of opposing Traveller families outside Waterford city courthouse last…Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Taxi protest blocks Waterford streetsTRAFFIC WAS seriously disrupted in Waterford city centre yesterday due to a two-hour protest by taxi drivers over the lack of…Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Historic house destroyedAN HISTORIC house in Waterford city was destroyed in a fire on Saturday eveningMon Mar 24 2008 - 00:00
Kelly's cycling tour of Waterford seeks 1,500 participantsCHAMPION CYCLIST Seán Kelly is looking for over 1,500 people to join him for a cycling tour of Co WaterfordFri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
100 evacuated in Waterford city centre fireMORE THAN 100 people were evacuated from their apartments in Waterford city last night as a fire destroyed buildings in the centre…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Teva to invest €65m in its Irish plantISRAELI DRUGS firm Teva is to invest €65 million in its Ivax pharmaceutical plant in Waterford, creating 165 jobs over five years…Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
Search of river Suir for missing man (18)A LARGE scale co-ordinated search continued into last night for a missing teenager who entered the river Suir in Waterford early…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Councillor refuses to resign over bin charge issueIn a row that involves bin charges, a Waterford city councillor who has been instructed by his party to resign his seat has refused…Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Stabbing victim in stable conditionA 44-year-old Co Wexford man was last night "serious but stable" in Waterford Regional Hospital after he was stabbed during an…Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
Ahern praises work of religious as he opens Rice centreTaoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday praised the work of Ireland's religious congregations "whose members devoted themselves to the…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Garda calls in reinforcements to deal with Travellers' disputeThe Garda in Waterford has called in reinforcements to deal with a dispute between members of Traveller families in the cityFri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Baby girl 'critical' after car crashA nine-month-old infant remained in critical condition in hospital last night after the car she was travelling in was involved…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
£6 million Edmund Rice centre to openA €6 million Waterford visitors centre is to open next week with the aim of becoming "one of the country's premier ecclesiastical…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Man held in Waterford death inquiry releasedA man being questioned by gardaí in connection with a party in Waterford where a 23-year-old man died on Saturday was yesterday…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Deaths of pigs in fire criticisedAnimal welfare groups yesterday criticised the factory farming of animals after gardaí estimated that a fire at a piggery in …Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Young Waterford man to be buried todayJohn Grey, the second man to die in Waterford last week after ingesting cocaine at a party in the city two weeks ago, will be…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Garda appeal on Waterford stabbing murderGardaí in Waterford have appealed for anyone with information regarding the murder of a 21-year-old man in the city over the …Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Man held in Waterford killing investigationA man in his 30s was being held for questioning last night in relation to the death of a 21-year-old Waterford man who died on…Mon Nov 26 2007 - 00:00
Girl (16) gives birth after being hit by stolen carA 16-year-old girl who was eight months pregnant gave birth to a boy hours after she was hit by a stolen car in one of three …Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
Waste-disposal study to take placeWaterford City Council will soon visit households who have not paid waste-collection charges to determine how they are disposing…Tue Oct 30 2007 - 00:00
Manslaughter trial fails due to missing witnessThe trial of a Waterford man charged with the manslaughter of a 47-year-old collapsed yesterday because a prosecution witness…Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Polish schools open in Waterford, CorkA weekend school teaching exclusively in the Polish language, the first of its kind in the southeast, will begin classes tomorrow…Fri Oct 19 2007 - 01:00
Inquest into man's death in custodyA man who lost his life while in Garda custody died from a combination of alcohol and tranquilliser intake, along with acute …Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Man accused of shooting at halting site fails to raise bailA 39-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with a shooting at a Travellers' halting site in Waterford…Mon Sept 10 2007 - 01:00
Residents object to autism school planThe mother of two children with autism has criticised residents from Ballinakill Downs in Waterford city for lodging objections…Fri Sept 07 2007 - 01:00
Price hiking fails to deter thousands from attending Bluegrass FestivalAn estimated daily turnout of more than 6,000 braved price hiking, gurning teens and "elements" with little or no interest in…Mon Aug 27 2007 - 01:00
Motorcyclist killed in KilkennyA 32-year-old man was killed yesterday when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a four-wheel drive vehicle in Co …Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
Government criticised over salvagesThe brother of the skipper of the Pere Charles trawler, which sank off the southeast coast in January and is still to be raised…Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:00
Showdown on the streets marks end of festivalWaterford may have been involved in nothing short of a pitched battle in Croke Park yesterday, but the streets of the Deise, …Mon Aug 06 2007 - 01:00
All deaths in 'Rising Sun' sinking due to drowning, inquest jury findsThe lone survivor of the Rising Sun trawler, which sank off the southeast coast two years ago, yesterday told an inquest at the…Fri Jul 27 2007 - 01:00
Man dies after car goes over cliff top in TramoreA young man was killed instantly after his car went over a cliff in Tramore, Co Waterford on Sunday at about 9.30pmTue Jun 19 2007 - 01:00
WaterfordMinister for Transport Martin Cullen topped the poll at the first count in Waterford and was elected to the first of four seats…Mon May 28 2007 - 01:00
Trawlers to be salvaged, families are toldThe brother of Tom Hennessy, skipper of the Pere Charles fishing vessel which sank in January, was yesterday hopeful that the…Tue Apr 24 2007 - 01:00
Unions concerned at €280m plan for WaterfordWaterford Council of Trade Unions has expressed concerns about a planning application for a €280 million development lodged with…Thu Dec 14 2006 - 00:00
Passage East residents stage car ferry protestThe most recent in a series of blockades in a Co Waterford fishing village yesterday evening prevented motorists from embarking…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
Lifeboats and trawlers look for missing manThe search for a 62-year-old fisherman missing off the Co Waterford coast was continuing last night.Fri Nov 03 2006 - 00:00
Bus Eireann driver in court on careless driving chargeThe driver of a bus involved in a crash in Waterford which resulted in 18 people being taken to hospital two years ago appeared…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Two brothers rescued from Waterford cliffTwo brothers had to be rescued by emergency services late on Thursday after getting into difficulty on a cliff at Annestown, …Sat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00
Win-win situation at the start of Tramore racesThe heavy and intermittent showers that dominated the earlier part of the afternoon did not cool the passions of an estimated…Fri Aug 18 2006 - 01:00
Memorial Park: 61 victims of 1968 air crash rememberedThe pilots of an Aer Lingus aircraft that crashed off the Co Wexford coast in 1968 and claimed the lives of 61 people kept the…Mon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
Waterford coast bonfires to mark 200 years of signal towersA series of bonfires will light up the Waterford coast tomorrow evening to warn of a possible attack from the French in a ceremony…Thu Aug 03 2006 - 01:00
Solar-powered litter bin in use in WaterfordA solar-powered litter bin which can store up to six times more than the average version has been placed outside a shop in Waterford…Fri Jul 14 2006 - 01:00
Fumes at ferry crossing making life unbearable, says councillorA Waterford councillor has said fumes from traffic loading and disembarking from a ferry service from Passage East, Co Waterford…Thu Jul 13 2006 - 01:00
Man 'stable' following stabbingA man is recovering in hospital following a stabbing incident at a halting site in Waterford yesterday morning.Sat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
Parents call for autistic school fundsParents of autistic children in Waterford are urging the Government to release finance approved to the board of management of…Thu Jun 29 2006 - 01:00
HSE looks into hepatitis B incidence in SEThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is investigating the discovery of hepatitis B in a number of patients in the southeast region…Fri Jun 16 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate youth's deathGardaí in Co Waterford have launched an investigation after the discovery of a youth's body at the rear of a private house in…Mon Jun 12 2006 - 01:00
Removal of house fire victimsUp to 2,000 people gathered yesterday evening at St Saviour's Church in Ballybeg, Waterford, for the removal of Bryan and Johanna…Fri Jun 09 2006 - 01:00
