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GP service for marginalised in Limerick reaches 1,000 consultations
A UNIQUE GP service in Limerick has reached a milestone in conducting over 1,000 consultations with homeless people, drug addicts, migrants, sex workers and others who feel marginalised in society....
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Narrative 4 see new global HQ in Limerick as 'centre for action'
ASKING invited guests to “use their imagination”, Narrative 4 executive director Lisa Consiglio detailed plans for the arts-education organisation’s first base outside the US. The group, which was...
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Ideas proposed to keep closing County Limerick convent part of local life
FORMER Ballyhoura chairman John Walsh is behind a number of proposals to try and ensure that the closing Doon convent continues to “serve the people”. Mr Walsh, from Boher, has brought his ideas to the...
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Astronaut Al Worden returning to Limerick
AN ASTRONAUT who is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon is making a return visit to Limerick in July. This year, some 45 years after his historic flight to the moon, Al Worden astronaut and...
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Complaint lodged over treatment at private hospital in Limerick
A PATIENT has lodged complaints over his treatment at a leading private hospital in the city. David Burns from Killonan, near Ballysimon, attended Barringtons Hospital at George’s Quay for a...
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Eva curator's praise for Limerick as 37th exhibition is launched
CLOUDS made of plaster bandages and polyester fibre, sunken treasure from Limerick Port, video installations and a semi-naked Korean-Danish video artist whipping talc around an abandoned industrial...
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'Suspicious' fire at Limerick medical centre
A FIRE at a walk-in medical centre in Dooradoyle is being treated as suspicious by gardai. The alarm was raised at around 4.45am and three units of the Limerick Fire and Rescue Service attended the...
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Collopy brothers to be sentenced over Limerick drugs haul
TWO Limerick brothers who are charged in connection with a significant drugs seizure last year will be sentenced next month after they affirmed their guilty pleas. Earlier this month, Kieran Collopy,...
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Autism assessment delays frustrate parents in Limerick
THE Health Service Executive has failed to deliver on its promise to give a formal assessment within six months to over half the children with special educational needs in Limerick. The Assessment of...
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Six figure Limerick Lotto win goes unclaimed
THE SUM of €117,317 from a Lotto win in Limerick is set to remain in Dublin. The National Lottery has confirmed that the owner of winning match 5 plus bonus ball ticket did not make contact before last...
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Gardai not treating discovery of body in Limerick as suspicious
GARDAI are not treating the discovery of a body in an apartment building in County Limerick as suspicious. The body of the male, understood to be in his late thirties, was found in a communal stairwell...
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Limerick mother faces prison over truant children
A MOTHER who received a jail sentence over her son’s poor attendance at school has been sentenced to a month in prison over the poor attendance of two of her daughters. Tusla first initiated...
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'Market forces' put paid to Limerick council's NCR housing plan
COUNCILLORS have expressed disappointment that a development on Limerick's North Circular Road will not go ahead as social housing. It was revealed at a housing strategic policy committee that the...
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'Good interest' ahead of Limerick land sales bonanza
GVM celebrates 60 years in business in 2016 and they are building up to to a big land auction day this Friday, April 29. Hundred of acres in east, south and west Limerick will go under the hammer, on...
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Zoning amended for Limerick's Mungret College site
METROPOLITAN district councillors have agreed to amend a local area plan in a move which will allow the Mungret College development to progress. Members unanimously passed proposals for the rezoning of...
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Improved facilities for stroke patients unveiled at UHL
A LARGE contingent of University Hospital Limerick staff, stakeholders and invited guests recently celebrated the campus’ new neurological centre and stroke unit with a special plaque-unveiling...
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Finding a place to rent gets 'ever more difficult' in Limerick
BASED on national media coverage, you'd be forgiven for thinking the current housing crisis is only happening in Dublin. But the competition for accommodation is equally as fierce in Limerick. With...
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Shannon Airport hoping low-cost USA flights take off
SHANNON Airport has welcomed a US decision to allow – in principle – low fares carrier Norwegian Airlines to operate services from Irish airports. The airport said it welcomed the passing of a key...
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University of Limerick 'Health Hub plans' get council approval
PLANS to build a ‘health promotion hub’ in Limerick city centre have been approved by Limerick City and County Council. The Health Hub will soon be kitted-out in the Old Town Hall premises on Rutland...
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Man found guilty of having improvised shotgun in Limerick estate
A YOUNG man will be sentenced next month after he was convicted of possession of an improvised shotgun and ammunition at a housing estate on the southside of Limerick city. Nathan Ring, aged 20, of St...
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