Limerick Post (The)

LIMERICK teacher Patrick Huff was honoured at this year’s Concern Volunteer Awards for his work in support of the Irish humanitarian organisation. The English teacher at Ardscoil Mhuire was praised for mentoring his school’s Concern Debates team for nearly a decade and for his time […]

MORALE in the Limerick Garda Division has nosedived as a Limerick-based Garda faces potential dismissal for activating emergency blue lights in a patrol car after a stolen car drove past them, according to the Garda Representative Association (GRA). Delegates at the association’s annual […]

DOCTORS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have highlighted the case of a pensioner turned up at a hospital’s emergency department with short-term memory loss brought about by daytime sex with his wife. In a medical journal report, the doctors outline the case of a 66 year-old man suffered […]

€4.5 million will be spent this year on the 96 bed unit at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) as part of an overall €25.3 million allocation to 18 health infrastructure projects in Limerick under the HSE Capital Plan published this morning. A further […]

SINN Féin’s Tom Collopy took to his City North seat at County Hall this Monday for the first time where he was warmly welcomed by councillors from across the political divide. Cllr Collopy of Assumpta Park, Island Road, who has filled the seat vacated by his party colleague John […]

IT’S a good distance from the University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College to Killarney, especially if you’re doing it by bike. However a couple of committed activists are determined to practice what they preach to highlight the importance and relevance of the UN Sustainable […]

WORK is expected to get under way this week on a long awaited playground for communities in Westbury, Shannonbanks, Carraig Midhe, Parteen and Ardnacrusha. The news was given to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey, who has been making representations on the plan to the Rural Development Directorate of […]

FORMER Mayor Cllr Stephen Keary sang an unpopular tune this week when he took issue with a loan given to Dolan’s Warehouse by Limerick City and County Council for promoting concert events in the city. Cllr Keary was not happy that significant loans were outstanding from the music venue and […]

A YOUNG Limerick artist’s detailed coloured pencil portrait of his granduncle has won the overall award at this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition. 18-year-old Dan Killackey, a product design student at the University of Limerick, also won first prize in the senior (16 to 18 […]

A FORMER teacher has been remanded in custody for sentencing after being found guilty of more than 40 counts of indecently assaulting pupils at a primary school in Limerick. The 80 year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identifies of his victims, had denied 43 counts of indecent assault […]