News from Limerick

Great Limerick Run aims to have 10,000 participants by 2014

THE organisers of the Great Limerick Run have set a cap of 8,000 entrants on this year’s event, members of the sports and cultural committee at Limerick City Council have been told....

Man appears in court following County Limerick drugs seizure

A TWENTY-four year old man has been charged in connection with a substantial drug seizure in County Limerick at the weekend....

Willie O’Dea raises plight of St Enda’s sports centre staff in Dail debate

FIANNA Fail’s enterprise spokesman Willie O’Dea has called on Minister Richard Bruton to investigate why redundant workers at St Enda’s Leisure Centre have not been paid their full entitlement....

Newport gun victim is mourned at funeral in Limerick city

HEARTBREAKING tributes were paid to a Limerickman who tragically shot himself in Newport after firing at two gardai at his funeral mass in Limerick at the weekend....

Protest march in Parteen over preferred route of relief road

PARTEEN residents fearful that their community will be “split in two” by the Limerick northern distributor road are to stage a protest in the village on Saturday....

Jan O’Sullivan promises new housing projects for Regeneration

THE chief of the regeneration housing scheme Brendan Kenny has admitted he was hoping for a bigger announcement on the future of the project....

Kenny under pressure in Dail over Limerick midwife retirements

MINISTER for Health Dr James Reilly has described as “inaccurate” reports that 47 midwives are set to leave the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital by the end of the month....

Flood of entries for third Great Limerick Run

A “PHENOMENAL” response has taken the organisers of the Great Limerick Run by storm this year, after they introduced a “walkers’ marathon” for the first time in the three-year history of the event....

First drift karting facility in Europe is ready to take off on outskirts of Limerick

INSTEAD OF waving the white flag when the recession put a stop to his old business, a County Limerick entrepreneur is now waving a black and white flag....

Limerick City Council secure funding for new foothpath

LIMERICK City Council is to undertake a survey of Roxboro Road Bridge with a view to installing a footpath....

Luxury eight-bed home in Adare now on sale for €1.9m

A STATELY home built for a property developer in Adare during the last days of the Celtic Tiger has had its price slashed for a fourth time....

Limerick city council has concerns over regeneration developments

A PROMINENT city councillor has warned that if the new houses built as part of the regeneration process are not managed properly, they may fall into disrepair....

County Limerick school set to lose a teacher for being one pupil short

A COUNTY Limerick school that has received €275,000 from the Government to build and refurbish classrooms will have one lying empty as it is to lose a teacher....

Varadkar pours cold water on proposal to merge port company with airport

SHANNON Foynes Port Company “is going very well” and should be in a position to pay a dividend to the state for the first time in 2014, the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said at Limerick Chamber....

Limerick secures €9m in funding to transform city and suburbs

LIMERICK has beaten 38 other towns and cities across the country to secure a multi-million euro travel investment....

Woman escapes injury in County Limerick road crash

A PREGNANT woman had a lucky escape following a road crash in County Limerick this afternoon....

€175m spent on local authority housing in Limerick city over past five years

LIMERICK City Council has received more than €175m in funding for housing over the last five years, new figures have shown....

Calls for gardai who were shot at to be honoured

CALLS have been made to award Scott medals for bravery to the two gardai who were shot at in Newport on Monday night....

Opposition to household charge grows following Limerick meeting

HUNDREDS of people from a variety of different backgrounds across Limerick have told the government: We will not pay the household charge....

Limerick’s Michael Noonan confident of a ‘great future’

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has predicted that Ireland will have a great future once the current debt crisis is solved....

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