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1 week ago | waterfordlive.ie | Charlie O’Gorman

Gardaí and emergency services recovered the body of a teenager from the River Barrow in County Carlow on Tuesday evening, as reported by Carlow Live. The teenager was aged in his late teens and his body has been transferred to Waterford University Hospital for a postmortem examination.

3 weeks ago | waterfordlive.ie | Eoghan MacConnell

A man who is accused of issuing threats on TikTok has decided to represent himself in court, a Laois judge has been told. Petre Beniamin (50) of No Fixed Abode, is accused of publishing a grossly offensive communication on TikTok. It’s alleged he published a communication about “slicing up Irish babies, kids and you” with intent to cause harm contrary to Section 4(1) and (3) of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020.

3 weeks ago | waterfordlive.ie | Lili Lonergan

Children across Waterford are being asked to support vulnerable youngsters around the world by hosting a tea party in their final weeks of school. The new initiative is organised by Team Hope, the charity working to transform children’s lives by tackling poverty and inequality in African and Eastern European countries. Now in its 15th year, the organisation, best known for its Christmas Shoebox Appeal, has revealed that people in Ireland have donated €2million in life-changing aid since 2010.

3 weeks ago | waterfordlive.ie | Lili Lonergan

Met Éireann have forecast the weekend ahead but it's a far cry from the glorious heatwave we saw a few weeks ago. Temperatures could start to climb a little but it's expected to be unsettled for the weekend and into next week with rain or showers each day. TodayToday will bring a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees with light to moderate westerly winds, coolest in the northwest and warmest in the south east.

3 weeks ago | waterfordlive.ie | David Hurley

A post mortem is to be carried out this Tuesday on the body of the man who died in a shooting incident at a shopping centre in Carlow at the weekendThe man - named locally as 22-year-old Evan Fitzgerald - died after he was confronted by armed gardai in the car park of the Fairgreen Shopping Centre on Sunday evening. While investigations are ongoing gardai have confirmed the suspect had earlier walked through the retail premises firing a shotgun into the air several times.