NEWS
Limerick man admits murdering two women and two children
A Limerick man has pleaded guilty to murdering four people including his former partner and their five month old baby daughter. John Geary (33) of Meadow Court, Newcastle West has been remanded in custody for sentencing next month. Appearing at the Central Criminal Court earlier today, Geary remained seated in the dock as the four [...]
Limerick village gears up for historic Kennedy visit
Fifty years after President John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Limerick, his daughter Caroline Kennedy will return to the Mid-West to trace her father’s links and visit her ancestral family home in Bruff, Co. Limerick. Ms Kennedy, along with her husband Edwin Schlossberg, their three children and other members of the extended Kennedy family including her cousin [...]
Fine Gael’s McCarthy in line to be next Mayor of Limerick
First-time city councillor Denis McCarthy is in line to become the 817th Mayor of Limerick after he was selected as Fine Gael nominee for the mayoralty at a meeting in City Hall earlier today. The Corbally public representative was elected to the city council in the 2009 local elections and was elected Deputy Mayor in [...]
SPORT
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 [...]
Game over, Ball burst – Is there anything like it?
MY piece last week on what unique moments the hurling championship can create seems almost prophetic now. The occasion that unfolded last Sunday 9 afternoon in the Gaelic Grounds was special. Maybe last weekend’s win is the reason we give the GAA such a hard time. The World deserves to see that kind of sporting [...]
LIFESTYLE
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 [...]
Free HIV testing in Limerick as virus on increase
FREE testing for HIV will be carried out in Limerick city on Monday, June 17. The announcement comes after the HSE’s Health Promotion Surveillance Centre revealed that there were 341 new diagnoses of the virus in Ireland during 2012, a 7 per cent increase in new diagnoses when compared to figures from 2011. The Red Ribbon Project, based [...]
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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Limerick man admits murdering two women and two children
A Limerick man has pleaded guilty to murdering four people including his former partner and their five month old baby daughter. John Geary (33) of Meadow Court, Newcastle West has been remanded in custody for sentencing next month. Appearing at the Central Criminal Court earlier today, Geary remained seated in the dock as the four [...]
Limerick village gears up for historic Kennedy visit
Fifty years after President John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Limerick, his daughter Caroline Kennedy will return to the Mid-West to trace her father’s links and visit her ancestral family home in Bruff, Co. Limerick. Ms Kennedy, along with her husband Edwin Schlossberg, their three children and other members of the extended Kennedy family including her cousin [...]
Fine Gael’s McCarthy in line to be next Mayor of Limerick
First-time city councillor Denis McCarthy is in line to become the 817th Mayor of Limerick after he was selected as Fine Gael nominee for the mayoralty at a meeting in City Hall earlier today. The Corbally public representative was elected to the city council in the 2009 local elections and was elected Deputy Mayor in [...]
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 [...]
Limerick school in running for architecture award
THE JFK Memorial School on Limerick’s Ennis Road, designed by Healy Partners Architects, has been shortlisted for this year’s Irish Architecture Awards. Now in its sixth year, the popular public choice award gives the general public an opportunity to have their say by voting for their favourite shortlisted project. Limerick people can vote for their [...]
