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The Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick is to host a post- budget business breakfast which will discuss the 2014 Government budget and its impact on business. The event will be addressed by Pat McDonagh managing director of Supermacs, the most successful fast food chains in the country and who is also a Limerick hotelier. Next […]
Castleconnell county Limerick has spread its net far and wide for the inaugural John Enright Fly Casting festival this weekend. Festival organiser, John MacNamara, said Mr Enright’s international exploits brought fame and glory to his native village, and they have a packed schedule from this Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 13. Competitors, including the […]
LAST week saw members of the Board of the Mid-Western Cancer Foundation and organisers of the annual Butterfly Ball gather at Limerick Strand hotel on the Ennis Road to announce details of this year’s black-tie fundraiser. Other invited guests like rugby legend Anthony Foley, Richard Lynch from ilovelimerick and Celia Holman Lee plus sponsors were […]
Over 50 arts and heritage venues across Limerick city and county threw open their doors to the public for the sixth annual staging of Culture Night on Friday last, with record crowds seizing the chance to participate. The initiative, the brainchild of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, […]
History was made in Shanagolden recently when Tom Madigan, nephew of the late Captain Tim, turned the first sod in a project to commemorate his uncle. This project is a two dimensional venture in the ten acre park, the building of a sports centre with changing rooms, toilets etc. and the development of a walkway […]
A number of top Irish and international rugby legends are set to take part in a newly-announced festival happening in Limerick in October. The Limerick Civic Trust Legends International Tag Rugby Festival will see some of the greats of the game togging out at the UL Sports Arena on October 25 and 26. These include […]
Any plans to open a “Twist” soup kitchen in Limerick could be put on hold due to controversy over the newest outlet in Ennis, Co. Clare. Last week, Mr Oliver Williams, who operates a network of soup kitchens around the country, opened up the Twist soup kitchen at St Flannan’s Terrace, Clonroad Beg, Ennis and was […]
Munster rugby fans will be hoping to get their hands on some players’ gear at a charity event in the Limerick later today.streaming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales movie Jerseys, socks, shorts, boots and hats will be sold and auctioned off at Peter Clohessy’s bar, Howley’s Quay from midday. All of […]
Mary Immaculate College students are ready to take to the streets to fight plans to cut the student maintenance grant, according to student union president Johanna O’Brien. Ms O’Brien made the comments following reports that the government is to cut the grant, currently paid to approximately 100,000 students nationwide, in the October budget. The grant […]
