A LARGE garda presence was maintained at the University of Limerick during the opening of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Members of the Socialist Youth party were present outside the academy, but An Taoiseach Brian Cowen made the strategic move of avoiding the entrance at the front door. The group carried placards […]

A MAJOR radio documentary examining the visit of United States President Richard Nixon to Limerick will be broadcast this weekend. Entitled ‘The Forgotten Visit’, it will be broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on Saturday, October 2 at 6.05pm. The 37th President of the United States and the only one to resign from office, visited Ireland […]

HUNDREDS of people gathered at Thomas Street last saturday to welcome radio presenter Mark Whelan out of the window of Brown Thomas. Mark, who presents the breakfast show on Limerick’s Live 95FM entered the window on Tuesday afternoon as part of a unique charity event. Mark lived in the window for 95 hours and during […]

IT HAS been 12 years since Dr Edward Walsh left the university he founded, but yesterday he was finally presented with an honorary doctorate from UL. After serving as university president for 28 years, Dr Walsh said yesterday: “This is the greatest honour of my life.” “My life has been so much associated with the […]

ALMOST 5,000 people have signed an online petition as part of a campaign to “give Shannon wings” since it was set up by three businessmen last week. Passenger numbers are set to plummet following Michael O’Leary’s recent announcement to axe Ryanair routes and frustrated by the inaction of the Dublin Airport Authority and the Government, […]