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Former Clare hurling manager Ger Loughnane was in Adare last week for the official launch of the Walk of Life, a major fundraising initiative in aid of Milford Hospice. The launch was attended by representatives of many of the G.A.A. clubs in Limerick, county team managers, Robert Frost, Chairman of the Munster council and senior […]
Students are getting a rough time of it lately. Between grant delays, grant cuts, and registration fee hikes, it’s clear that for many, the days of Mammy, Daddy and the local Council bankrolling a plush college lifestyle are gone. Reports in two separate newspapers recently showed how some third-level students are often forced to live […]
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, has visited Bruff in Co Limerick. Ms Kennedy took part in a number of ceremonies celebrating her ancestral links with the town. JFK’s great-grandfather, and Caroline’s great-great-grandfather, Thomas Fitzgerald left Bruff for Boston in 1852. His son John Fitzgerald, known as “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, went […]
LIMERICK has emerged as the most affordable of Ireland’s four cities for third-level student accommodation. A survey compiled by the accommodation office at Limerick Institute of Technology shows that the city beats Cork, Dublin and Galway when it comes to all types of accommodation.The information was gathered from accommodation office websites, letting websites, direct contacts […]
MAYOR Gerry McLoughlin is reaching the end of what he has described as “the most amazing” 12 months of his life. The rugby legend says he has preferred his time wearing the red robe of Limerick City Council to the period wearing the same coloured Munster jersey. On Monday night next, he will hand over […]
The governing board of Limerick City of Culture 2014 has announced that Karl Wallace has been appointed as Artistic Director. Karl Wallace, originally from London in the UK is the current chief executive of Siamsa Tire, Home of National Folk Theatre of Ireland and will take up his position in Limerick next month. Mr Wallace […]
A fascinating insight into Limerick’s social history has been unlocked with the transfer of almost two hundred years of records from St Joseph’s Hospital to Limerick City Archives. The St. Joseph’s Hospital Archive Collection has been transferred from the Health Services Executive (HSE) to Limerick City Archives on long term loan. The transfer of records […]
FORTY construction jobs will be created in Limerick over the next 18 months, as the Brother Stephen Russell House is set to be demolished and replaced by a new €4m centre. Br Russell House on Mulgrave Street in Limerick has been providing care for homeless men in the city for more than three decades, but […]
BUS services in Lord Edward Street, which were axed in Bus Eireann’s timetable shake-up, are to be restored next month. In September last year, Bus Eireann changed its timetables, in a move which saw direct services between Raheen, Dooradoyle and Westbury. But certain parts of the city were cut out of the loop, including Lord […]
