Malika's mother's testimony, of what she and her daughter were subjected to, was brave and powerful. Our deepest sympathies go out to Aisha and her family

'The whole quality has increased 100-fold since the early days. The displays, the stands…The professionalism of the class of people now is phenomenal'

As I See It: Catherine Drea’s fortnightly column as published in the Waterford News & Star

Martin Cullen was offered the chief whip position by Bertie Ahern in 2002 and refused it precisely because it was powerless

It will be an investment that won't pay out dividends, but could very well be the most impactful decision made by Waterford people for their own future, and that of future generations

A key aspect of improving our city centre is to look at how successful cities thrive across the world

A Question of Faith is Fr Liam Power's fortnightly column

Time at the top is short, so grab every cent of constituency funding you can, before the inevitable ballot box failure

By Tuesday, December 16, a potential 168,000 households will have submitted their responses to a new survey that seeks to gauge demand for changes to the primary education system

Light may be on the horizon for the much-loved Mount Melleray Abbey in west Waterford

As I See It: Catherine Drea’s fortnightly column as published in the Waterford News & Star

Our council is trying very hard to do many things, but it appears that we have shotgun blast, instead of rifle accuracy

The Sisters of Mary Morning Star filled the church with their own homemade products, offering a smorgasbord of cheap and cheerful gifts that would make ideal stocking fillers

Waterford holds 9% of the population, yet we barely get half of that percentage in State funding. 

A Question of Faith is Fr Liam Power's fortnightly column

A medical school would unite the disparate strands, deliver medical equity to the hospitals of the south east and drive disposable income and footfall across the city

'If I had never been in Waterford before, and I came to Waterford for the first time, I wouldn't come back here, because it's like snakes and ladders trying to drive around the town' 

The images just keep coming. This week, one of the photos that stopped comfortable Irish people in their social media scrolling was of the dead bodies of two siblings, their vulnerable bodies frozen in time before a sheet was drawn over their pale faces

Traditions and Christmas go hand in hand, and we reflected on this last week during the various traditional festive happenings

As I See It: Catherine Drea’s fortnightly column as published in the Waterford News & Star