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High five for Team Limerick Clean-Up at Excellence Awards
THE incredible success of the Team Limerick Clean-Up which this year saw over 14,000 people involved, resulted in a nomination for the European Excellence Awards which were held in Berlin recently....
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Neonatal babies in Limerick to be cosy this Christmas time
A KIND-hearted teacher has come up with a novel way of keeping tiny babies at University Maternity Hospital Limerick cosy this Christmas - she has made little outfits based on unique patterns from the...
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Paul O'Connell says €10m rugby experience in Limerick will be 'world class'
PAUL O’Connell has said that “further funding will be sought” for an interactive rugby experience for the city, backed by JP McManus to the tune of €10m. The 30,000 square foot exhibition space could...
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€1m facelift for Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
A NEW €1m facelift for Bunratty Castle and Folk Park has resulted in the creation of 30 new jobs at the attraction. The ‘major upgrade’ was recently completed at one of the region’s most popular...
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Slow internet in 30,000 properties across Limerick
MORE than 30,000 premises in Limerick are without decent high speed broadband, according to new figures released by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. This means that...
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Minister for Finance honoured at Limerick mayoral reception
HE may not have topped the poll in Limerick in the last general election, but the tide always turns for Michael Noonan. In council chambers in Merchants Quay, the Finance for Minister could only move...
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Visiting restrictions still in place at Limerick hospital
STRICT visiting restrictions remain in place at University Hospital Limerick following an outbreak of influenza. As of Friday afternoon, there were nine confirmed cases of seasonal influenza in the...
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Limerick Instagram dog is livin' la vida Luca
HE has his own wardrobe of clothes. He sleeps in a bed with an electric blanket. He wears cologne, loves getting his tummy tickled and has 12,000 followers on Instagram. And he's a dog! Luca, a bichon...
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€20,000 needed for Christmas lights in Newcastle West
THE Newcastle West Lights Committee is optimistic that it will be able to raise the €20,000 needed to pay the bills for this year’s Christmas Lights display. But so far, less than €3,000 has been...
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Gas pipeline must take account of future demand, say Limerick councillors
WORK on laying the proposed national gas pipeline from Foynes to Listowel is now expected to begin next May or June. But, a spokeswoman for Gas Networks Ireland, which is spearheading the project,...
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Foynes to stage bumper weekend of celebrations in 2017
THE NEXT Foynes Air Show is officially going ahead on July 22, 2017. The Saturday showing will coincide with the Irish Coffee Festival, which will take place on Sunday, July 23. The air show will now...
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Proud Mary keeps on proving her love for Limerick GAA
SITTING in her smart, cerise lace dress at a round table in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork, 86-year-old Mary Lee was feeling right at home. The Newcastle West woman eats and breathes Limerick GAA -...
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Glin man recovering from spinal injury is reappointed to GSOC
KIERAN Fitzgerald, from Glin, who suffered horrific spinal injuries while on holiday in Spain last summer, is to be appointed for a second five-year term to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission...
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Search continues in Limerick waterways for missing man
LIMERICK Marine Search & Rescue has confirmed that their searches are continuing this Sunday afternoon for a man seen entering the water in Limerick city on Friday morning last. A spokesperson for...
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New Shannon Estuary Drive will show a different 'Way' for tourists
A NEW touring route which will connect Limerick to the Wild Atlantic Way was unveiled by Minister of State for Tourism Patrick O'Donovan this week. The Shannon Estuary Drive is part of a new pilot...
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Recent deaths in Limerick – December 16-18, 2016
The death has occurred of Margaret (Peggy) Fiztgerald (née Giltenane), of Tubber, Murroe, Limerick, and Adare and District Nursing Home, Croagh, this Sunday, December 18, 2016, peacefully, at The...
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Son of Limerick gangland boss faces prison sentence over road collision
A son of murdered criminal Kieran Keane will begin a nine month prison sentence in the new year after he admitted making a “false statement” to gardai about a serious road accident. Kieran Keane Jnr,...
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Abbeyfeale archaeologist shone a light on ancient times
ALMOST half a century ago, an Abbeyfeale man became “the first man since ancient times” to have witnessed the light of the sun penetrate the darkness of the burial chamber at Newgrange on the morning...
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Second east Limerick priest wins lotto draw
PRIESTS in east Limerick certainly have the luck of the draw! A second man of the cloth has scooped the top prize in a parish lotto. Fr Loughlin Brennan, parish priest of Murroe-Boher, won a Skoda...
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Nineteen farm deaths in 2016 including one in Limerick
SINCE mid-November there have been four people killed on Irish farms, with 19 deaths in total so far this year – including one in County Limerick. In March, a man died while cutting hedges near Athea....
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