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Fitzwilliam D’arcy, the dashing yet aloof hero in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice was inspired by a Limerick man. Descended from an old Huguenot family, Thomas Langlois Lefroy was born in Limerick in 1776 and went on to become Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Despite his political and academic renown, Austen’s ‘Irish friend’ is […]
Limerick FC have signed two players with underage international experience as they enter the final stage of games in the Airtricity League Premier Division. Ireland U-19 international Carel Tiofack is joining the club from the relative obscurity of the Cadiz B team in Spain while Ballynanty’s Jason Hughes will make the step up from junior […]
Martins Coache Hire in Limerick announced today that it has taken delivery of two new state-of-the-art coaches to add to it’s current fleet of 25 coaches. The latest delivery brings the total investment in new buses for 2008 to around €600,000. The new vehicles will be immediately rolled out in Martins current bus operations, which […]
A University of Limerick researcher has been awarded a prestigious grant of €1.5m to pursue studies in treating bone-loss diseases. Dr David Hoey, who works in the Materials and Surface Science Institute, at UL, specialises in how physical activity can help maintain a healthy skeleton. According to Dr Hoey the funding of €1.5m, which was […]
Approval for a €100 million loan from the European Investment Bank should accelerate plans by the University of Limerick to invest €224 million in Plassey, at University Hospital Limerick and – crucially – in the city centre. Just how much of the gold dust is to be sprinkled in the city centre remains to be […]
Limerick could be welcoming more than a quarter of a million business and leisure tourists by 2018 if a new marketing company meets its targets. This week, the Limerick Marketing Company was formally put in place before more than 50 local business and tourism representatives at the Clarion Hotel. The company, which will be wholly […]
The Church of Ireland is proposing to build a new residence for the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe in Adare. And while the proposal is still at an early stage, the first milestone was reached last week when Limerick County Council gave notice it intended to dispose of a parcel of land it owns in […]
For coffee drinkers in Ireland and around the world, their daily brew may be tasting a bit smoother these days. With the fall in the price of the high quality bean arabica relative to its lower quality counterpart robusta, coffee roasters are increasing the amount of arabica in their blends for the first time in […]
An Italian Doctor’s chance discovery of the therapeutic effects of Irish set dancing in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease will be the subject of an international Gathering event in Co. Clare next month. Dr Daniel Volpe who is the Director of Neurological Rehabilitation at St. Raffaele Arcangelo Hospital in Venice will present his research work […]
