Along with 15 senior Government ministers, Butler is one of four super-junior ministers who sit at Cabinet

A retrial has been called for a case involving a Waterford man in his late 50’s who was on trial last week for six counts of sexual assault. The charges stem from allegations made by a woman who is now in her 30s.

The man was known to have distributed large quantities of drugs to young people at festivals

One of the guns was spotted by a patron at the pub who mistook it for a real handgun and contacted gardaí

The defendant was ordered to pay €300 to the court poor box and if he does so by March, the matter will be struck out

The Waterford store swept at the national awards recently

Waterford TD and Minister for State John Cummins has welcomed the announcement of funding for projects across the Déise

The Waterford News & Star's guide for Mass and service times in Waterford this Christmas

Having tragically lost his mother when he was very young, he has no sense of connection to the place or it’s people

It is alleged that the defendant made the report to gardaí and then claimed a related support payment from social welfare

'I was frustrated, and I heard the frustrations of friends – the texting, the ghosting, the time wasted, the no dates'

The review is aimed at Sixth Year English students in the run-up to their Leaving Certificate

Bands for the differential rents scheme-the mechanism Waterford City and Council use to calculate social housing rent- will change on January 5 to feature a new band for higher earners.

The film was five years in the making and is the most extensive film ever made about the revolutionary and controversial artist

We are lovers of words and these were our favourites over the past twelve months

The Assisi House Christmas Party was made even better when the First Responders arrived with shoeboxes filled with presents for the elderly

It seems not everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit in Waterford.  There have been reports that several religious statues have been stolen from people's gardens in the city. A statue of Jesus was stolen from John's Park.

While Butler cannot vote in Cabinet, the super-junior role gives her closer proximity to key Government decision-making.

The development will take place on the corner of Kilcarragh Park and Williamstown Road

Fiona's father, in spirit form, told Fiona that he had passed away. Later that evening, her family told her that her father had died. That was when Fiona became aware that her gift was more than her imagination