The Big 6 - Wednesday 9th December

Every evening at 6 O Clock WLR brings you the 6 biggest stories of the day

A man in his 60s has died in a single-vehicle collision in County Waterford. The incident happened at around 6:15am this morning on the N25 in the Ringcrehy area half a mile outside Dungarvan. The man who was driving an articulated tanker was pronounced dead at the scene.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flying to Brussels this evening for a dinner meeting with European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen, in a bid to secure a post-Brexit deal. Time is running out to reach a deal before 31 December, when the UK stops following EU trading rules.

The Minister for Housing and Local Government Darragh O’Brien visited the North Quays site today, a month after he announced €110m in state funding for the redevelopment of the 8-hectare site. He said the potential for Waterford’s North Quays is huge.

Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan says she is honoured to be a lead-negotiator on the 8th Environment Action Programme. These programmes have guided the development of EU environment policy since the early 1970s

Its been 61 years since Frank Walsh climbed the steps of the new Hogan Stand to claim the Liam McCarthy cup for Waterford. What do some of the surviving members of that team make of the current squad? Watch team members such as Michael O Connor, and Tom Cunningham chat to Nigel Kelly here.

UNDERWORLD will return as one of the headliners for All Together Now 2021, the organisers announced today. They say this is the first of many to be announced in the new year. Underworld cemented their place in the ’90s underground techno scene with their 1996 anthem ‘Born Slippy' from the Trainspotting soundtrack.