The Irish Times have agreed to take control of Landmark media the owners of the Irish Examiner and BeatFM. This will be The Irish Times second entry into the radio market having founding 4fm in the mid-2000s, 4fm's parent company Bay Broadcasting are also due to take full control of Radio Nova, Dublin's Rock music service. The deal includes 2 radio serives based in the south-east, WLRfm (Waterford Local Radio) and Beat (the pop music service for the South East region). Local titles include Waterford Star and News, The Nationalist (Kildare and Laoise), Roscommon Hearld and Western People. Long with online services Recruit Ireland, Breaking News and Bench Warmers. The deal will have to go before The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the Minister for Communications and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) before the transaction is complete.

With just 3 points in it Galway claimed victory over Waterford. The All Ireland Hurling Final saw Galway claimed victory in a 29 year drought on the hurling field. Waterford were left disappoint having failed to secure victory and remain defeated since 1959. The final Score was Galway 0-26 to Watefords 2-17.

Eddie Barrett will be off the Waterford side for at least two months after picking up a knee injury during a Cork Waterford match on Sunday. The sides drew. 21 minutes into the game the hurler dislocated his right knee cap.

Waterford County Council's Arts Office has announced details of their annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award. This is the 17th year of the award. The award is aimed at unpublished short stories to a maximum of 2000 words. Closing date for entries is Friday the 14th of March 2014.

The Arts Office at Waterford County Council in association with the ArtLinks Partners in Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford are now taking applications for the ArtLinks Bursary Awards 2014. This is the 8th year of the bursary, which supports artists in Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow and Wexford.

Gardaí are investigating an armed robbery that took place in a service station in Waterford City on Tuesday 17th December 2013. The robbery occurred at 19:15 at a service station in Park Road. Two raiders entered the premises and threatened staff and customers, the raiders were in a possession of a knife. The left the service station with a sum of cash. One customer was injured during the raid and was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital, his injuries are not life threatening.