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They Want Your Limericks

Limerick’s newest literary festival – Limerick Summer Literary Festival – will take place this coming July. A joint venture between The Limerick Writers’ Centre and Campus Life Services of UL, the festival will run from Friday 18th July to Sun 20th July, and this year it will incorporate the Bring Your Limericks to Limerick International […]

The Sarsfield Bar

I must have been twelve or thirteen when I had my first prohibitive glimpse inside No. 1 Rutland Street. My father had told me to wait in the car as he delivered a case of whiskey and a gift of blinking black & white dogs. He had problems negotiating the heavy door so I held […]

Free bike locker scheme launched in Limerick City

May 18, 2015 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

Free access to secure bike lockers and bike stands is being provided at a number of city centre locations throughout Limerick to boost the number of people cycling to work or shop in the city centre. It’s the latest sustainable initiative being rolled out by Limerick Smarter Travel which … [Read More...]

Poetry

May 20, 2010 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

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My Grandad…Plastered

September 26, 2010 By billymulqueen 1 Comment

My grandad, plastered all his life, though he never drank alcohol. He plastered walls and ceilings. And a master plasterer he was too. Bill Magner was his name, a tall thin bald man, and to my childhood eyes, always seemed to be stooped, as he rummaged his pipe bowl - which always seemed … [Read More...]

Protests as Taoiseach opens new University of Limerick centre

September 29, 2010 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

A LARGE garda presence was maintained at the University of Limerick during the opening of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Members of the Socialist Youth party were present outside the academy, but An Taoiseach Brian Cowen made the strategic move of avoiding the entrance at the front … [Read More...]

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