Mary Frances Ryan is the present editor of the paper The newspaper was part of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group.[5] In December 2017, a sale was agreed to The Irish Times[6] pending regulatory approval.In July 2018, the sale of the title to The Irish Times was complete.[7][8] The sub-editing for the Waterford News & Star was provided by Wexford Echo Limited.Wexford Echo Limited went into liquidation in June 2017.