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Minister intervened in row over evictions from Limerick's Strand apartments
TERMINATION notices served on more than a dozen residents at the Strand apartments earlier this year were withdrawn a day after Minister Simon Coveney wrote to the owners of the properties, it can be...
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CRY Monagea a flagship fundraiser for young cardiac risk
IT began in sorrow and as a way for two devastated families and their community to keep alive the memory of two young people lost too soon to sudden death. But now, five years on from that first CRY...
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Proposal for Kimurry graveyard rejected by Limerick councillors
CASTLETROY families who wish to bury loved ones locally may face grave problems in future, after a motion to restrict the local cemetery was rejected. At this month’s environmental committee meeting,...
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Calls for extra garda resources to tackle new firearms threat in Limerick
THE chairman of the Joint Policing Committee for Limerick has called for all necessary resources to be deployed following a number of recent incidents involving firearms across the city and county....
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Newcastle West's St Patrick's Day parade to march on
NEWCASTLE West is to have a St Patrick’s Day parade after all. Spurred on by banner headlines in this week’s Limerick Leader and local media coverage, local businesswoman and chairwoman of the...
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Gardai investigate discovery of body in Limerick fast food outlet
GARDAI are investigating the discovery of a body found in a Limerick city fast food restaurant. The body, a male in his 30s, is understood to have been found on the premises of McDonald’s on Cruises...
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Houses fetch over €18m in Limerick in past six weeks
PROPERTIES worth over €18 million have sold across Limerick city and county over the past six weeks, the latest listings with the Property Price Register show. In all, some 115 houses changed hands...
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Coroner told Limerick gardai received anonymous letter following woman's death
GARDAI investigating the death of a woman who fell down the stairs at her home say they are satisfied her death is not suspicious despite receiving an anonymous letter suggesting otherwise. Details of...
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Talented Limerick jockey Ryan Cusack is remembered in style
THE LATE Ryan Cusack was looking down from heaven recently with a broad grin on his face as his family and friends marked his 21st birthday. The talented young jockey was taken from his loving family –...
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Limerick developer criticises banks for refusal to back housing
A NEWCASTLE West developer has castigated bank lending policies and practices which he claims are frustrating his company’s ability to deliver the much-needed new houses in the town. And he is so...
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Limerick club says point-to-point cancellation 'a big blow to economy'
THE CANCELLATION of the Askeaton point-to-point could mean losses of up to €1m for the local economy, according to the club responsible for organising the event. The point-to-point was due to take...
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Deaths in Limerick - March 5, 2017
THE death has occurred of Mary Lenihan (née Breen), Ballygoughlin and formerly Kinard, Glin, peacefully with her family and the loving staff of St. Catherine's Nursing Home, Newcastle West. ster...
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Limerick's Marie lost 19lbs but gained much more from Operation Transformation
PALLASGREEN’S Marie Grace is unrecognisable physically but more importantly mentally after her Operation Transformation experience. On the final episode of this year’s series, Dr Eddie Murphy,...
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Damages for relatives of Limerick road victim
THE wife and family of a man who was knocked down and killed almost eight years ago have been awarded more than €25,000 in damages. Lisa O’Shea sued the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) for...
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€1m needed for bid to reopen Limerick's Black Bridge
A TOTAL of €1m is needed to re-open the Black Bridge in Plassey, councillors have been told. The damage done to the walkway by floods in late 2009, and its closure since then have ensured the bridge...
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'Most pubs open on Good Friday anyway,' says Minister Noonan
MINISTER for Finance Michael Noonan has said he is not too concerned over the €6 million lost in excise duties to the Exchequer due to the ban of alcohol sales on Good Friday as "an awful lot of pubs...
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Limerick Person of the Month: Sr Helen lifts children's spirits in troubled...
THE FOUNDER of a local support service which has helped in the region of 1,000 children affected by loss through death, separation or divorce, has been named the Limerick Person of the Month. Sr Helen...
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Limerick council to invest €700,000 in Nicholas Street this year
LIMERICK City and County Council is to invest more than €700,000 on one of the city’s main tourist streets this year. Data released to councillors at a recent housing meeting by officer Maria Donoghue...
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Pupils say no but name change plebiscite to go ahead in Newcastle West
CHANGING the name of the Square in Newcastle West to Con Colbert Square is a “waste of time, money and resources”, the sixth class pupils of Scoil Iosaf NS in the town have told councillors. And if a...
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Limerick teacher to cycle around the world
A LIMERICK teacher will cycle around the world this summer in an effort to raise awareness for Prader-Willi Syndrome. Niamh Conway, from Ferrybridge, is swapping pedagogy for ‘pedalgogy’, when she sets...
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