NEWS
The Artisan Food Factory to come to Limerick
Masterchefs Hospitality has announced the opening of the Artisan Food Factory, a high end manufacturing facility that will result in the creation of up to fifty jobs at the company’s Limerick base. The Artisan Food Factory will not only be supplying Masterchefs’ Café Noir chain but it will also be manufacturing wholesale products for distribution. The [...]
Limerick cheapest for 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 the cost of digs, house and student village accommodation. The information was gathered from accommodation office websites, letting websites, direct contacts with landlords and letting agencies and newspaper advertisements. Galway [...]
Nursing Home member to visit Limerick politicians
Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) members are visiting all Limerick politicians throughout June to highlight an impending crisis in care. There are 24 nursing homes in Limerick providing essential care for 1,028 residents with over 1,030 people directly employed in the sector. The private and voluntary providers have rejected a claim by the Government that [...]
SPORT
Limerick GAA fixtures
DON’T miss a single score, with this week’s Limerick GAA fixtures. COUNTY Friday 21st June County Senior Football Championship Group 2 Round 2 Ballysteen v Fr. Caseys in Newcastle West at 8.00pm County Senior Football Championship Group 1 Round 2 St. Patrick’s v Adare in Mungret at 8.00pm Saturday 22nd June County Intermediate Football League [...]
The week that was
Golfers are usually disappointed when they post over-par scores, but there was one clear exception this week in the case of Justin Rose. The Englishman ended the US Open with a final day round of 70 to finish on an overall score of +1, but in a fiendishly difficult tournament at Merion it was enough [...]
Togher Talk – Declan Considine
SOMETIMES success can be measured in more than just trophies and that’s a philosophy to which Declan Considine can testify. He has recently become the FAI Development Officer for Limerick, having just left his position as manager of Pike Rovers. He has a trophy-laden CV from his six years with the Hoops, including the FAI [...]
LIFESTYLE
Limerick nightclub venue set to reopen
One of Limerick’s most iconic nightclub venues at the Granary on Michael Street is set to re-open in July. Savage Management, made up of local businessman Philip Geraghty, Patrick Purcell, a veteran of the Limerick nightclub industry together with Limerick publicans Clem Smith (former Limerick hurler and owner of Clem Smiths Bar) and Anthony O’Dwyer [...]
New Limerick hospital theatre will improve cancer treatment
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has officially opened a state of the art high tech minimally invasive colorectal theatre at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick. The Mid-Western Hospitals Development Trust spent a six-figure sum equipping the fully Integrated Stryker iSuite Theatre which is the first voice activated integrated operating theatre of its type in [...]
Sean to Light Up the summer
SOMETIMES timing can be everything and that is certainly the case for Limerick based singer-songwriter Sean T MacLeod. He will be a special guest at the opening night of the Acoustic Café, which begins in the Sallymills Bakery in the Milk Market on Thursday 13, 8:30pm. This coincides with the release of his new single [...]
BUSINESS
Café Cupcake nominated for national award
A CAFÉ on Henry Street has been nominated for a national award by the Restaurants Association of Ireland. Café Cupcake, which opened as recently as August 2012, was shortlisted among just eight nominees across Ireland for Best Café in the Irish Restaurant Awards 2013. Proprietor Tim Clements was overjoyed with the nomination, explaining that such [...]
Limerick construction decline continues
The decline in construction activity in Limerick is underlined in the latest figures from the National Housing Construction Index. The figures show that the county had the fourth largest decrease in planning applications in the country and the second highest drop in commencements. From January to April 2013, the county and city had a drop of [...]
Retailer Xtra-vision saved as Receivers sell to Hilco Capital Ireland Limited
Ernst & Young, Joint Receivers of Ireland’s leading film retail and rental brand, Xtra-vision Limited, have today completed the sale of the business and its assets to a number of companies backed by Hilco Capital Ireland Limited for an undisclosed sum. The sale of the business includes the business, stock and head office in Tallaght, [...]
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The Artisan Food Factory to come to Limerick
Masterchefs Hospitality has announced the opening of the Artisan Food Factory, a high end manufacturing facility that will result in the creation of up to fifty jobs at the company’s Limerick base. The Artisan Food Factory will not only be supplying Masterchefs’ Café Noir chain but it will also be manufacturing wholesale products for distribution. The [...]
Limerick GAA fixtures
DON’T miss a single score, with this week’s Limerick GAA fixtures. COUNTY Friday 21st June County Senior Football Championship Group 2 Round 2 Ballysteen v Fr. Caseys in Newcastle West at 8.00pm County Senior Football Championship Group 1 Round 2 St. Patrick’s v Adare in Mungret at 8.00pm Saturday 22nd June County Intermediate Football League [...]
Limerick cheapest for 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 the cost of digs, house and student village accommodation. The information was gathered from accommodation office websites, letting websites, direct contacts with landlords and letting agencies and newspaper advertisements. Galway [...]
Nursing Home member to visit Limerick politicians
Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) members are visiting all Limerick politicians throughout June to highlight an impending crisis in care. There are 24 nursing homes in Limerick providing essential care for 1,028 residents with over 1,030 people directly employed in the sector. The private and voluntary providers have rejected a claim by the Government that [...]
