The new space was supported by the Juniors for Juniors Foundation

A male driver of one of the cars was pronounced dead at the scene.

From 8am on Monday, the new round-the-clock Primary PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) means patients suffering serious cardiac arrests can receive emergency treatment at any time of the day or night instead of having to make round-trip journeys of 246 kilometres to Cork or 340kms to Dublin.

Seven decades of University Hospital Waterford’s annual nurse graduation photographs have been placed along the walls

Dishes from the Philippines, India, Italy, Poland, Nigeria, Ireland, England and more are included

It happened on a local road near Glenour, Adamstown, at about 9:20pm last night.

Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene in Blackthorn Close in the Knocknaconnery area of Carrick-on-Suir after the alarm was raised by a man known to the woman at around 2pm.

"Services are under severe pressure with a consultant due to leave in the coming weeks"

She was rushed to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) where she was pronounced deceased a short time later.

"A 96 Bed unit was also promised and yet we have no timeline for delivery"

Shortly before 3am on Thursday, gardaí were alerted to a house fire in the Larchville area of the city.

A seven-year-old girl and a boy aged three fell from the balcony at Mount Suir apartments at 10.40am.

A man appeared in Waterford District Court last week for allegedly setting fire to a room at University Hospital Waterford. It is alleged that on January 24 at 6. 50pm, an inpatient set a fire in one of the rooms on medical floor four.

That a location for the unit was identified and agreed upon was also welcomed

“This is a hugely significant development for patients and families across Waterford and the wider South East"

Has Waterford lost its ability to be shocked?

The case settled for €125,000 and was before the court for the division of the €35,000 mental distress payment only

Fire services, ambulance and gardaí were on scene within minutes of the alert being issued.

There are 42 beds in the department of psychiatry at UHW

The jurors were told that the case would “involve issues of mental health”.

'It remains the ambition of all stakeholders to ensure the service is operational at the earliest possible opportunity' - Minister Mary Butler

Held in association with the Waterford Hospice Movement, the 20-minute event can be viewed on the HSE Dublin and South East’s YouTube channel

Pathologists based in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) are no longer available to carry out coroner-requested post-mortems for the entire southeast

Photos are also contained in the current print edition of the newspaper

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to the single-vehicle road traffic collision at Myshall village shortly before 5.30pm.

All money raised from ticket sales will be donated to Juniors For Juniors, a wonderful charity that brings comfort and solace to the children’s ward at University Hospital Waterford

The incident happened at 12:30 am on the L3401 in the townland of Clogga, between Piltown and Mooncoin.

The Minister for Health said that she expected the recruitment process for the service to be complete in the 'coming months'

The minister was responding to a parliamentary question and said she expects recruitment to be completed in 'the coming months'

Emergency services were called to the scene in Carrigeen housing estate, Clonmel, at around 6pm on Sunday

The discovery was made on Monday, November 10th, when gardaí were called to the house after locals alerted them that the woman hadn't been seen for a while.

In 2024, there were nearly 5,500 cancelled appointments in UHW

A male driver of one of the cars was fatally injured as a result of the collision, and his body has since been removed to the Naas mortuary, where a post-mortem will take place in due course.

Events and happenings from around the Dunmore Road area of Waterford city and surrounds

It has been six months since cabinet approval for the implementation of 24/7 cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford was announced.

Minister Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD was in Waterford recently to visit two health services. 

Healthcare, in a timely fashion, when it is required, must be a given, for all our children

'Whilst University Hospital Waterford (UHW) endeavours to see all those who need access to diagnostic care, such as MRIs and x-rays in a timely manner, we are confined within the constraints of our current service levels'- HSE

Gazan doctor Momin Hilles, now working in University Hospital Waterford, shares his personal story of loss, grief, resilience, and a plea for political action

Little Hannah, who lives in Kilkenny with her family, was referred by her GP to University Hospital Waterford

As the designated cancer centre for the South East, UHW provides an extensive range of services including early detection, diagnostics, treatment and survivorship

Ben O'Sullivan, who has been the General Manager of the hospital has taken up the role

Pat Fitzgerald, a former Waterford Crystal worker who was a widower aged in his 70s, was found in a house in St Catherine’s Grange Housing Estate last Friday.