Waterford City Councillors have voted in favour of a motion calling on the Government to scrap the Household Charge. Councillors voted eight to five for the motion at last night's monthly meeting. Four Fine Gael and one Labour councillor voted against th

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday described his appointment of the late Gerry Hickey in 1991 as his programme adviser as "one of the best decisions I ever made".Mr Ahern delivered the eulogy at Mr Hickey's packed funeral in St Fintan's Church, Sutt

WHAT EXACTLY is the state of affairs in Enniskerry? According to local people, and at least one TD, traffic grinds to a halt in the village almost daily.This is certainly not a brand new complaint. As far back as 2001, then-deputy Dick Roche was calling

FORMER MINISTER Dick Roche, right, is optimistic about the coming year.'I hope the country will start to make a recovery in the new year,' said Mr Roche. 'If we keep our focus we as a nation will come through it.'He said that he has been travelling exten

FORMER TD Dick Roche had a narrow escape when his car went on fire in Wexford over the Christmas holidays.'I've never seen anything quite like it in my life,' said Dick, who praised the fire service in Wexford and management staff of the Ferrycarrig Hote

MERCEDES Ireland have launched a full scale investigation into how a former government minister's luxury car -- which is a little over a year old -- inexplicably burst into flames.Dick Roche was driving in Wexford with his wife, Eleanor, when his top-of-