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Lucky escape for mother and children as car enters ditch on Limerick bog road
A MOTHER and two children had a lucky escape but were severely shaken after the car they were in slipped off the road. The incident occurred on the Bog Road in Castleconnell around 4pm on Thursday...
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Sliotar confiscated from former Limerick senator at courthouse
A SLIOTAR was confiscated from former senator James Heffernan last Friday as he was entering Limerick Courthouse where more than 100 repossessions cases were listed before the county registrar. The...
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Press Ball launched at Limerick hotel
THE hugely popular and long-running Mid-West Press Ball was launched in The Strand Hotel on Wednesday and is expected to raise up to €15,000 for charities and local voluntary groups. This year’s press...
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New Foynes road now set to deviate from selected route
SEVERAL properties which initially lay outside the preferred route for the new Limerick to Foynes road will now be affected, it has emerged this week. This follows the publication of the latest design...
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Anger as HMV staff in Limerick will not receive redundancy payments
FORMER HMV staff in Limerick are unlikely to receive redundancy payments after the firm was placed into liquidation. HMV closed its store at the Crescent Shopping Centre last month, after turnaround...
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Residents upset as 'Freshers Week' kicks off in Limerick
RESIDENTS in the Milk Market area are putting up with "unbearable" noise as ‘Freshers Week’ commences in the city. Sinn Fein councillor Malachy McCreesh has called on the gardai and the council to take...
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Memorial service to mark 55th annivserary of deadly Shannon crash
THIS weekend marks the 55th anniversary of the deadliest plane crash in Irish history, in which 83 passengers and crew were killed after crashing into the Shannon estuary. The President Airlines...
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President Higgins pays tribute to Limerick rower Ailish Sheehan
President Michael D Higgins has led tributes following the death of Limerick rower Ailish Sheehan from injuries she sustained in a fall in Poland last weekend. The 23-year-old Kildimo native was...
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Jobs boost for County Limerick town
EXPECTATIONS are running high in Newcastle West that next Monday will be a red-letter day for the town and open a new era in employment for the area. On Monday, a pharmaceutical company from North...
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Limerick council secures court orders over non-payment of commercial rates
Limerick City and County Council has secured judgments totalling more than €50,000 relating to the non-payment of commercial rates. Proceedings brought against a number of different commercial entities...
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Limerick school receives enquiries about places from parents of six-month-olds
PARENTS of boys - as young as six-months-old - are contacting Glenstal to express an interest in sending their sons to the Murroe school in the future. Noelle O’Brien, director of admissions and...
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Pedestrian killed in Limerick road collision
INVESTIGATIONS are underway after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed in the early hours of this morning. The fatal accident happened on the R513 near the village of Hospital at around 1am....
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Return of cranes to Limerick skyline 'like seeing fire for first time'
FOR several years the only tower-cranes on the Limerick skyline were at the site of the ill-fated Parkway Valley development on the Dublin Road. Now, the return of cranes to the syline is being hailed...
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Limerick council pledges to investigate alleged illegal dumping after Ibal...
LIMERICK City and County Council says it will continue to investigate and prosecute incidences of illegal dumping. It comes after an area to the southside of the city centre, Galvone, was criticised in...
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Joy as Limerick's Patricia launches dream book
A LIMERICK woman who contracted a rare illness at her job in a pet store and spent more than 1,000 days in hospital has written a book about her experience. I Am Free by Patricia Ingle was launched in...
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Latvian man accused of using stolen cheques at Limerick supermarket
A LATVIAN national who is accused of using stolen cheques at a supermarket in Rathkeale was refused bail as he could not provide gardai with a home address. Tomasz Latek, aged 31, who has a number of...
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Castleconnell residents unite to fight for flood relief
THE ORGANISERS of a public consultation day in Castleconnell on a draft flood risk management plan were told to go back to the drawing board. Over 100 attended the event in the Castle Oaks House Hotel...
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Green-fingered Limerick farmer is a dab hand at courgettes
SOME in Dublin 4 may think farmers beyond the pale still eat bacon and cabbage three times a day but in the Murnane household in Meanus they dine on oven roasted courgettes sprinkled with feta cheese....
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Music video provides Soul Food for 'Family fans
“WHO’S that calling on my mobile phone, right in the middle of my Sunday roast?” It is one of our invisible pet hates to receive a text message during a weekend meal. And while putting that into song...
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Seven 'wildcards' secure place in final of Limerick Going for Gold
TWELVE community groups across the city and county are set to contest the final of this year’s Limerick Going for Gold Community Challenge. Five groups secured a place in the grand final during a...
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