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AFTER 18 months of residing in a homeless centre, Liz O’Sullivan is back on her feet. The causes of homelessness are well established – addictions, marital breakdowns, and a litany of other personal and familial problems. For Liz, it was the tragic and inexplicable death of her 16 year-old daughter Shauna, “a bright, bubbly and […]
An important new book profiling the 200-year history of Limerick lace will be launched tomorrow (Wednesday, 10 December, 2014). Researched and written by Dr. Matthew Potter and edited by Jacqui Hayes, both of Limerick Museum and Archives, ‘Amazing Lace, A History of the Limerick Lace Industry‘ documents how Limerick lace manufacturing emerged as the largest in […]
A group of Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) students have narrowly missed out on claiming the top prize in a competition recognising third level campuses that go the extra mile to promote sustainable travel. Limerick Smarter Travel hosted the National Transport Authority’s prize giving event for Limerick entrants to the Student Cycling Challenge on […]
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. today met Paddy Finn from Castletroy-based Electricity Exchange, a national finalist in this year’s ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition. Mr. Finn is being supported in the competition by the Local Enterprise Office Limerick which last month awarded him a €20,000 investment after being named Limerick’s […]
Representatives from the transport and business sectors across Limerick and Clare are joining forces in an effort to establish the Limerick-Shannon Gateway as a strategic freight logistics hub with direct connections to some of the world’s global logistics hubs. The new regional freight transport forum is the result of the EU co-funded Weast?ows INTERREG IVB […]
A TUTOR at the University of Limerick who lost his mother and uncle to suicide has embarked on a personal odyssey to raise awareness of mental health. Tony Sheridan, a PhD student at UL, took on seven challenges over seven days to raise awareness of suicide and mental health. The Monaghan native, 27, who has […]
Tomorrow (Saturday) night’s 2014 IPB Pride of Place Awards will be broadcast live online, organisers have said. Up to 1,000 people from all over the island of Ireland will gather in Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare, for a ceremony hosted by Clare County Council and Cooperation Ireland, which runs the competition north and […]
A University of Limerick engineering graduate and entrepreneur has won a place at the first-ever national final of ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition, for a chance to share a €100,000 investment fund. Paddy Finn from the Castletroy-based Electricity Exchange is representing the region in the Best Start Up category at the national final in Dublin […]
Clare County Council says the zoning of more than 345 hectares of land along the Shannon Estuary will give ‘greater investor confidence’ for anyone considering large-scale marine related development proposals. The Council’s 28 Elected Members last evening (Monday) unanimously backed the move to incorporate the zoned lands into the Clare County Development Plan 2011-17 along […]
