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A cycling instructor has supported the Government’s new proposed regulations which will allow gardai to impose fines for cyclists who break a red light, cycle on the footpath and overtake dangerously. Transport Minister Leo Varadkar is set to implement minimum €50 on-the-spot fines for negligent cyclists, which must be paid within 56 days. Cycling Safety […]
An online, searchable database of 70,000 people buried at one of Ireland’s largest cemeteries is nearing completion and will be officially launched next month, it has been announced. Staff from Limerick City Archives in conjunction with the History Department of Mary Immaculate College of Education, have spent the past two years manually transcribing thousands of […]
20,776 Limerick householders have registered their septic tanks representing 85% of owners. The high compliance rate has been welcomed by Limerick City and County Manager Conn Murray who has also welcomed the Government’s decision to provide grant assistance for householders whose septic tanks are deemed to require remediation following inspection under the EPA’s National Inspection […]
International and local trad music fanatics gathered at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy for the launch of the annual Fleadh Cheoil Na Mumhan last week. The festival, which celebrates Ireland’s heritage in music and the arts, started with a few teaser events on Sunday ahead of the official launch on Tuesday evening at […]
Bruce Springsteen in Limerick in Thomond Park . The words alone were enough to send grown men into ecstasy. More than 30,000 people saw history being made on the turf made hallowed by generations of Munster men this Tuesday night, the first of a string of sold-out shows in Ireland for The Boss and the biggest […]
The Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald expressed concern that many creche and pre-school personnel have no Garda vetting after the publication of the latest tranche of 37 HSE inspection reports for Limerick. They are available on pobal.maps.ie, writes Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent Joe Little. The Shannonside county is the first of the Republic’s 28 […]
Farmers opposed to a relief road through Clonlara and Parteen have indicated they will not co-operate when engineers arrive to survey their land in the coming weeks. And they have the support of local Fianna Fail councillor Cathal Crowe who has this Wednesday called on Clare County Council to call a halt to the surveys […]
Limerick’s debt to Patrick Sarsfield is to be celebrated next month in an event the organisers hope will become an annual affair. Supported by Failte Ireland, Sarsfield’s Day is part of The Gathering 2013 and takes place on Saturday, August 10. It will feature horsemen riding through the city in Jacobean dress and climaxes with […]
Abbeyfeale anglers are set to do battle with an invasive Asian plant which is killing off native salmon in Limerick rivers. Himalayan Balsam is growing on the banks of the River Feale and has been competing aggressively with native species, causing havoc with the local ecosystem. Wilfull spreading of the plant, which has pink ornamental […]
