Pride of Place Awards Archives

IPB Pride of Place Awards to be streamed live

Tomorrow (Saturday) night’s 2014 IPB Pride of Place Awards will be broadcast live online, organisers have said. Up to 1,000 people from all over the island of Ireland will gather in Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare, for a ceremony hosted by Clare County Council and Cooperation Ireland, which runs the competition north and […]

Share your stories!

August 20, 2021 By Dominic Taylor Leave a Comment

Do you have a story you'd like to share with the local community on Limerick.com? E-Mail news@limerick.com Send us your pictures Send images or add them to your story and we'll publish the best. We welcome all contributions! All content is moderated before … [Read More...]

Limerick to Tipperary road closed after crash

February 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment

LIMERICK commuters are being warned that the N24 Limerick to Tipperary road is closed following a crash this Wednesday morning.The incident occurred between Tipperary Town and Bansha around 6.30am.Alternative routes have been set up by gardai. Motorists coming from Tipperary Town-Limerick side … [Read More...]

New Limerick Marketing Company tasked with increasing tourists to county

July 29, 2013 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

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 … [Read More...]

THEO DORGAN ON KIERAN BEVILLE’S LATEST COLLECTION OF POEMS – VOICES FROM THE VOID

September 30, 2021 By Dominic Taylor Leave a Comment

The unconsidered human impulse is to wrap grief and pain in pious formulas, in slack received wisdom, in platitudes and worn-out phrases. Pain always threatens to become unbearable, and indeed it often is unbearable to anyone locked in the prison of the self. We have songs and stories, poems, … [Read More...]

Limerick First Edition Publications No.7 ‘Limerick Property News’

October 2, 2021 By John Donnelly Leave a Comment

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O Happy Days…

September 26, 2010 By billymulqueen Leave a Comment

One of the most abiding memories of childhood is that of Saturday afternoon cinema. The staple diet of the cinemas in times past was,of course, the "cowboy and indian" films along with the "follow uppers" (an episode every Saturday) like flash gordon and superman. The local cinema, … [Read More...]

The Lure of the Limerick

September 30, 2010 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

limericks, limerick poem, funny limericks, naughty limericks, writing limericks No-one knows for certain how the name of an Irish Mid-Western city came to be associated with the short, irreverent, often bawdy verses of the limerick. Some people believe that it came from the school of poets who … [Read More...]

Thumps Up as Hands in Harmony Deaf Choir together with Independent Local Candidates Des & Ruth Scoop Riverfest BBQ

May 14, 2019 By Joe Taylor 1 Comment

Independent Local Election candidates Des Hayes and Ruth Clarke celebrated with Limericks Deaf Community and the Hands in Harmony Deaf Choir after scooping the overall runners up prize in the Riverfest International BBQ on Limericks beautifully sunny boardwalk. The BBQ team of Ruth Clarke, … [Read More...]

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