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The organisers of Limerick’s Rose of Tralee campaign are hoping 2015 will be the breakthrough year. Limerick has failed to have a Rose in Tralee for seven years, with the entry process proving competitive. The search for the 2015 Rose was launched recently, and current Rose Dawn Ryan said that despite the disappointment of not making […]
AFTER 18 months of residing in a homeless centre, Liz O’Sullivan is back on her feet. The causes of homelessness are well established – addictions, marital breakdowns, and a litany of other personal and familial problems. For Liz, it was the tragic and inexplicable death of her 16 year-old daughter Shauna, “a bright, bubbly and […]
An important new book profiling the 200-year history of Limerick lace will be launched tomorrow (Wednesday, 10 December, 2014). Researched and written by Dr. Matthew Potter and edited by Jacqui Hayes, both of Limerick Museum and Archives, ‘Amazing Lace, A History of the Limerick Lace Industry‘ documents how Limerick lace manufacturing emerged as the largest in […]
A group of Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) students have narrowly missed out on claiming the top prize in a competition recognising third level campuses that go the extra mile to promote sustainable travel. Limerick Smarter Travel hosted the National Transport Authority’s prize giving event for Limerick entrants to the Student Cycling Challenge on […]
Team Limerick Clean Up with the help of students from the Fashion Department of Limerick College of Further Education (LCFE) have the upcoming festive season all sewn up through an innovative upcycling project taking place in the Hunt Museum next Saturday (6th December) from 12.30pm to 4.00pm. The students are partnering with Team Limerick Clean […]
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. today met Paddy Finn from Castletroy-based Electricity Exchange, a national finalist in this year’s ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition. Mr. Finn is being supported in the competition by the Local Enterprise Office Limerick which last month awarded him a €20,000 investment after being named Limerick’s […]
Representatives from the transport and business sectors across Limerick and Clare are joining forces in an effort to establish the Limerick-Shannon Gateway as a strategic freight logistics hub with direct connections to some of the world’s global logistics hubs. The new regional freight transport forum is the result of the EU co-funded Weast?ows INTERREG IVB […]
A TUTOR at the University of Limerick who lost his mother and uncle to suicide has embarked on a personal odyssey to raise awareness of mental health. Tony Sheridan, a PhD student at UL, took on seven challenges over seven days to raise awareness of suicide and mental health. The Monaghan native, 27, who has […]
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 […]
