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The Geological Society of London has included The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher among the UK and Ireland’s 100 Great Geosites. The announcement was made at the end of a seven month project to highlight the UK and Ireland’s unique geological heritage. The final list of 100, which is in no particular order but […]
A nationwide schools’ campaign to educate and raise student awareness of littering visited Limerick this week. Over 500 students from Laurel Hill Secondary School and Castletroy College participated in the ‘Bin It!’ workshop The actor-led workshop is geared towards first year students and explores littering and social responsibility. The 8th annual workshop tour across Ireland […]
LIMERICK FANS WILL be back in Croke Park next month, and given the opportunity to exact some revenge on Kilkenny. The Treaty ladies overcame Waterford in today’s All-Ireland intermediate camogie semi-final, despite a late, late showing by the Déise — they now face Kilkenny who eased past Kildare in today’s other semi-final. Despite trailing early […]
Limerick will this week become an official member of the Intercultural Cities Network, an international grouping of cities which works to develop new ideas and practices concerning migrant integration. watch full Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 movie A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in Limerick today as part of a four-day expert verification […]
Visitors to the twin towns of Killaloe and Ballina are being invited to step back in time and experience a glimpse of life in medieval Ireland during the Brian Ború Millennium Weekend from April 11-13th. Organisers have announced a comprehensive programme for the event, which marks the 1000th year anniversary of the death of Brian […]
Members of the Irish Diaspora who are unable to travel to Ireland to attend family funerals are set to benefit from a newly launched service providing internet broadcasts of Irish funeral services to clients. ‘Funerals Live’ is the brainchild of County Clare businessman Alan Foudy who has announced plans to create up to 10 new […]
The Government is examining the possibility of setting up a fund to provide small loans to help people avoid illegal moneylenders. According to a Department of Finance spokesperson, more people are driven into the hands of moneylenders due to their difficulty in getting loans from banks and credit unions. “There is now a greater cohort […]
Riverdance has been seen by 23 million people in 12,000 performances across 45 countries around the world, but now is ‘coming home’, at least in the eyes of composer and Limerick man Bill Whelan. The composer, born on Barrington Street, was in his native city this Monday to launch the 20th anniversary tour of the […]
Shannon Airport is expected to benefit from Ryanair’s announcement that it plans to grow its traffic at its Irish airports by at least 1m passengers annually from April 2014. The airline says the move is a direct response to the Government’s announcement in yesterday’s budget that the €3 travel tax (which applies only to air […]
