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			<title>Minister brings together children from Limerick, Belgium and Middle East</title>
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Limerick TD and Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea visited the Curragh Camp in Co. Kildare yesterday, Tuesday, August 26th to meet 40 children from Moyross, Palestine, Israel and Belgium. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:32:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Tour of Ireland to roll through Limerick at start of final stage</title>
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			<description>Limerick cycling fans are being encouraged to show their colours in support of the An Post-Sean Kelly cycling team in the Tour of Ireland.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:30:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Heineken Cup a star of the show at Munster Sevens</title>
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			<description>The Heineken European Cup is to be one of the star attractions at this years Meteor Munster Sevens tournament, which is sure to be a fantastic family day out, this coming Saturday, August 30.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:28:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UL Chancellor highlights the crisis in Third Level funding</title>
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			<description>The Chancellor at the University of Limerick has said that there is &amp;ldquo;a serious funding crisis&amp;rdquo; at third level education due to under-investment in recent times and world-class teaching and research standards &amp;ldquo;cannot be attained unless additional State financing is provided&amp;rdquo;.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:27:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Well overfloweth with talent</title>
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			<description>Limerick&amp;rsquo;s &amp;lsquo;The Well&amp;rsquo; overflowed with talent after the town&amp;rsquo;s official launch of a charity rock n&amp;rsquo; roll concert DVD in aid of local organisations, Limerick Marine Search and Rescue and St Patrick&amp;rsquo;s Soccer Club.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:26:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Power urges parties in Georgia conflict to 'honour commitments'</title>
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Limerick-based junior Minister for Overseas Development, Deputy Peter Power, has urged all parties to the conflict in Georgia to fulfil &amp;ldquo;agreed commitments&amp;rdquo; under the six point plan prepared by the EU Presidency. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:23:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Innovation Funds to aid 33  Limerick health projects</title>
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More than &amp;euro;30,000 has been allocated to the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Limerick by the Minister for Health, Mary Harney, for a range of services under the Governments &amp;euro;5.8m Innovation Fund. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:21:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bard’s poetry is a force for good even a century after his death</title>
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The much neglected Limerick poet, Michael Hogan, aka The Bard Of Thomond, is continuing to do positive work through the efforts of those who work tirelessly to honour his memory. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:18:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Revamp of Limerick Genealogy website for city and county</title>
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			<description>Limerick Genealogy are pleased to announce the re-launch of their website www.limerickgenealogy.com (http://www.limerickgenealogy.com/) offering professional genealogical research for those seeking ancestry in Limerick City and County.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:16:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Limerick nominees sought for Down Syndrome Congress</title>
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The Limerick President of Down Syndrome Ireland, Mary O&amp;rsquo;Reilly and the organisation she runs is looking for nominations in Limerick for participants in the upcoming 10th World Down Syndrome Congress, which is been hosted by Ireland. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:11:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Available rental property doubled in the last year</title>
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			<description>There&amp;rsquo;s good news for students looking for accommodation in Limerick as the supply of available rental accommodation more than doubled over the last year, according to Daft.ie
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:09:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Limerick’s Live 95FM toasts a winning listenership rating</title>
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			<description>As Olympic fervour grips the nation, local radio station, Limerick&amp;rsquo;s Live 95FM, has &amp;lsquo;struck gold&amp;rsquo; and is now sitting on the top of the radio listenership podium after the latest JNLR figures were released last Friday.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:07:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Witnesses to fatal RTA sought</title>
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			<description>Garda&amp;iacute; at Askeaton, County Limerick, are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident in which a man was killed last Friday.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:01:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Swimmer rescued from Lough Derg</title>
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			<description>A man aged in his forties suffering from hypothermia was rescued from Lough Derg in Co Clare last Saturday night after getting into difficulty while swimming.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:00:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>New park is a major asset for Castletroy</title>
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A major new outdoor recreational facility was opened to the public last Thursday in Castletroy by Limerick County Council. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:57:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hollie (9) set for stardom</title>
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A Limerick girl could be crowned a television music star if she wins the RTE Ice Star Search, which airs on Tuesday, September 02. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:55:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rain stops play at Milford</title>
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			<description>The 23rd Milford Harvest Fair, which was to take place on August 31, has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns on the grounds of the annual event, following recent bad weather.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Garda probes into deaths of three people underway</title>
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			<description>Garda investigations are being conducted in Limerick following the deaths of three people and the treatment of more than half-a-dozen people in hospital after a weekend of serious road crashes.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:52:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Outbreak of E-Coli bug prompts second boil notice in a week</title>
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An outbreak of harmful bug, E-Coli has sparked a second boil water notice to residents in Pallasgreen, County Limerick by Limerick County Council, following consultation with the Health Service Executive (HSE). 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:50:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>XPOSÉ bound for Limerick</title>
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			<description>National magazine and glamour television show, XPOS&amp;Eacute; is coming to Limerick to do a live special half-hour programme from the City, the Limerick Independent reports.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:48:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Protect floodplains of Limerick, Nix warns</title>
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Local Green Party representative, James Nix, has called on Limerick City Council to protect the city&amp;rsquo;s floodplains, following the disastrous flooding over the past few weeks, which destroyed many homes and businesses in Newcastle West. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:44:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Strabane girl still being interviewed</title>
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			<description>The Limerick Independent has learned that a 13 year old girl who was found by Gardai in Co Limerick last Sunday, after she went missing from her home in the North, is still in the Republic being interviewed by specially trained Gardai.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:37:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Twenty-five years of service to the citizens of Limerick</title>
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			<description>The Limerick Citizen Information Service (CIS) is to celebrate 25 years in service tomorrow, Thursday, August 28, with Minister for Defence, Willie O&amp;rsquo;Dea officiating at the Clarion Hotel Suites on the Ennis Road.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:36:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Almost 400 children killed or injured on roads in a decade</title>
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			<description>Nearly 400 children in Limerick have been killed or seriously injured on Irish roads over the past decade, according to the Road Safety Authority, which has called on parents and school children to head safety warnings.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:35:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gardaí hunt gang of raiders</title>
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			<description>Garda&amp;iacute; were last night hunting three men who carried out an armed and masked raid on a filling station in Foynes, in which at least two shots were fired.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:34:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>County town braced for 'flood report'</title>
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			<description>Householders and businesses in Newcastle West will be told the extent of the damage to premises and properties in the town from freak flooding two weeks ago. A special report into the flood will be unveiled at a public meeting on Tuesday, September 2.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:33:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Laptop theft hits home</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5539&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>It&amp;rsquo;s emerged that several Limerick people have been contacted by the Department of Social and Family Affairs to inform them that personal data belonging to them was contained on a laptop, which was lost in April 2007.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:31:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Castletroy gets its 'skates on'</title>
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Cllr John Gallahue, Cathaoirleach Limerick County Council, with skateboarders John O&amp;rsquo;Connor, Evan Quaid and Danny Shortt during the opening of a new 17 acre public park and amenities at Castletroy in Limerick. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:32:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Minister brings together children of the world</title>
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Limerick TD and Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea visited the Curragh Camp in Co. Kildare this Tuesday, August 26 to meet 40 children from Moyross, Palestine, Israel and Belgium. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Council plays it safe with water in county locale</title>
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Residents in several parts in east Limerick endured a temporary scare last week when a ban was put on their drinking water because of a high level of nitrates in the water. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:00:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>'Second chance' for maths</title>
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The Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Limerick is offering a second chance of entry into some of its courses to Leaving Certificate Students who did not achieve a grade C3 in their honours maths papers. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:55:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>GOAL announces details of its annual fundraising ball</title>
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			<description>The fifth annual GOAL Ball, a fundraiser for the humanitarian aid agency&amp;rsquo;s relief and development programmes worldwide, will take place in the Radisson SAS Hotel on Friday October 10.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Limerick strengthens its links to aid for Africa</title>
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A new international aid agency with strong links to Limerick was launched this week to better tackle the poverty crisis in Africa by supporting grassroots food production and rural communities. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:48:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Youths link with Polish peers</title>
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In July, a group of 12 young people from the outgoing West Limerick Youth Bank Committee headed off to Poland for eight days to catch up with their counterparts there who came to Ireland in January of this year. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:46:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Talented athletic duo does Limerick proud</title>
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Promising local athletes Fiona O&amp;rsquo;Shea and Nathan Jege did Limerick proud at the recent International NSCA Index Invitational competition in Las Vegas. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:43:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Help for pensioners’ fuel bills</title>
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Pensioners in Limerick should ensure that they are receiving the full benefits of fuel allowances, which increased at the start of August, according to Minister Willie O&amp;rsquo;Dea TD. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:36:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Dentists can meet the demand, HSE insists</title>
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The Health Service Executive confirmed last week &amp;ldquo;that it is satisfied that there are sufficient dentists currently operating within the Dental Treatment Services Scheme to meet demand&amp;rdquo; in Limerick and nationally. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:34:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>'Thomond stands do not block light!'</title>
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			<description>The Chairman of the Thomond Park Stadium Company has denied claims that the new stands at the stadium are blocking light to adjacent houses and when operational, it will cause a parking &amp;ldquo;nightmare&amp;rdquo;.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Munster ready to inspire with large scale fashion</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5477&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>Munster&amp;rsquo;s biggest fashion event &amp;ndash; Inspire &amp;ndash; will return to Limerick for the third successive year when it turns on the style at the Crescent Shopping Centre from September 18 to 20.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:31:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Irish rower Eimear concludes €21k charity row in Limerick</title>
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			<description>Irish rower Eimear Browne definitely went with the flow to raise &amp;euro;21,000 for a small charity in rural Cambodia as she rowed the length of the River Shannon to Limerick.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gardaí urge caution on motorists, after oil spill</title>
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			<description>Gardai at Bruff in County Limerick were urging motorists this Tuesday to take care on roads after an oil-spill yesterday.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:29:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Mourners comfort former Mayor and his family</title>
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			<description>Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral mass of Patrick Hourigan, son of former Mayor of Limerick, Councillor Michael Hourigan, this Tuesday morning, after the young man died tragically last Friday night.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:27:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Welcome for BA fuel-stop at Shannon</title>
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			<description>One year on from Aer Lingus&amp;rsquo; turbulent pullout of Shannon Airport, British Airways have selected the airport as its stopover for the first ever long-haul service from London City Airport. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:26:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Castletroy Park set to open</title>
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			<description>One of the largest purpose built parklands in Limerick is to be officially opened to the public tomorrow, Thursday, August 21, at a cost of more than &amp;euro;2m.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Emotional tributes to Ger</title>
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			<description>Over 2,000 people turned out in the sleepy village of Kilcornan last weekend to pay their final respects to Limerick mountaineer Gerard McDonnell who died tragically after his historic climb of the K2 mountain earlier this month.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:24:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hospital group's 'u-turn'</title>
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			<description>The medical group which has attained planning permission to build a private hospital on the grounds of the public Mid-Western Regional Hospital has issued an apology to Limerick Labour TD, Jan O&amp;rsquo;Sullivan in a statement seen only by the Limerick Independent.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:23:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>War of words over register</title>
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			<description>A war of words has broken out between Sinn Fein and Limerick City Council officials after Sinn Fein representatives yesterday hand delivered, to City Hall, a list of almost 200 people from St Mary&amp;rsquo;s Park it claims have been omitted from the electoral register.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:22:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Dynamic duo does Limerick proud</title>
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Limerick fitness coach Dave Sheahan with (left) Nathan Jege and Fiona O&amp;rsquo;Shea, the Limerick-based Irish team who took third prize in the respective men&amp;rsquo;s and women&amp;rsquo;s competitions at the NSCA International Index Championships in Las Vegas. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:29:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>An Inspired Take on Fashion</title>
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Aoife Gallagher, Miss Clare; fashion consultant Celia Holman Lee; and Lorraine Turner, first runner-up in Irish Miss Universe Qualification Competition in the Crescent Shopping Centre last Friday, at the launch Inspire, Munster&amp;rsquo;s Biggest Fashion Event, to take place from September 18-20. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:28:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>After the Deluge</title>
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Cllr Michael Collins, chairman, Newcastle West   District Chamber Of Commerce with Jim Grady, ICE Broadband, survey some of the devastation wrought on the county capital by the recent floods. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Limerick one of funniest counties</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5407&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Limerick has been ranked as one of the top five 'funniest' counties in Ireland, according to a new study. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:41:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Clean our coasts, An Taisce urges public</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5405&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

A new environmental programme has been launched to urge Limerick people to do their bit in keeping our coastlines tidy.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:40:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Women's Mini Marathon launch</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5404&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
The 2008 Limerick Women's Mini-Marathon – the biggest annual sporting participation event in the city – will take place at the University of Limerick campus on Sunday October 5 next.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:37:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Three and eight are lucky numbers for UL graduates</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5403&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Graduates of the University of Limerick whose graduation year ends in the number three or eight are being invited to attend their official reunion by the UL Alumni Association on the UL campus on Saturday September 13.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:35:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Alarming results for city women in new survey of nation's public health</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5402&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A new public health survey reveals that Limerick has the lowest life expectancy for women in the country.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:34:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Aoife is crowned the Bruff Rose</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5401&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

Aoife Barron has been crowned as this year's Bruff Rose as the local family festival bested adverse weather conditions to attract crowds from city and county.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:33:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Nix seeks 'not for profit' operator at new hospital</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5400&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A local Green Party election candidate has called for a not-for-profit operator to run the new co-located hospital at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital because international studies suggest this is the best strategy.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:31:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Young Limerick man brings a little magic to the city</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5399&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

A young Limerickman opened the first Irish school dedicated to teaching people the art of magic last week and he hopes that it will teach youngsters values as well as a little trickery.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:30:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Limerick GAA fans to join e-campaign to make Croker greener</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5398&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Limerick GAA fans can win All-Ireland Final match tickets and win &amp;euro;20,000 for local juvenile clubs by logging on to the new website www.c&amp;uacute;lgreen.ie to help make Croke Park carbon neutral.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:28:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Power hails Govt &amp;euro;2.9m pledge in aid for Iraq</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5397&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Limerick Minister of State for Overseas Development, Peter Power, announced last week that the Government will pledge funding of over &amp;euro;2.9 million towards meeting the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:27:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Thomond Park to host Saffron Ball fundraiser</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5396&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

This October a ball with a difference will be thrown in Thomond Park as the annual CARI Foundation fundraiser, the Saffron Ball, is set to take place in the revamped sports venue.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:26:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Senior council figure hits back at claims</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5395&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A senior member of staff with the Limerick City Development Board has hit back at claims that a sub-committee working on a local anti-poverty strategy &quot;has not produced a report in almost two years&quot;.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Republican Grave committee honours the late Captain Michael Danford</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5394&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
The Limerick Republican Graves committee remembered a local man murdered in 1922 with the unveiling of a restored memorial at the Ballysimon Road last Sunday.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:24:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Concerns over Shannon's transatlantic services</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5393&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Limerick TD, Kieran O'Donnell, expressed fears for Shannon Airport's transatlantic service last week on the first anniversary of the Aer Lingus announcement that it was pulling its Shannon to Heathrow route.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:23:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Power to 'move heaven and earth' for JFK&amp;hellip;</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5392&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Minister of State and past pupil of John F Kennedy Memorial School, Peter Power, said that he will &quot;move Heaven and Earth&quot; to ensure that the school gets its new building after it was granted planning permission by an Bord Pleanala last week.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:22:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UL in a spin with twirlers</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5391&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
The 29th World Baton-twirling Championships had the University of Limerick in a spin last week as 800 competitors from 22 countries and thousands of spectators descended on the Plassey campus for the prestigious event.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:21:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Call for amnesty for L-drivers</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5390&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A Limerick community activist has called on the Government to offer learner drivers an amnesty whereby learner permits are upgraded to full driving licences because new laws affecting learner drivers are too harsh.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:20:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The (Limerick) show must go on!</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5389&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
As the summer comes close to being declared a complete wash-out, 'The show must go on!', is the view of the chairman of the upcoming Limerick Show which comes to Greenmount Race Course on August 23 and 24.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:19:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Skate Championships at new Steamboat Quay Park</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5388&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Limerick's brand new skatepark on Steamboat Quay will play host to the All-Ireland Skate Championships and the Irish Skater of the Year Competition this weekend.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Treasure trove of local history now available on-line</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5387&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

Hundreds of historical records from Limerick's past can now be accessed on the internet thanks to a unique project which has seen the development of an online digital catalogue of the Limerick City Archive.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:17:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Objection to market development</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5386&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
The community activist who successfully lobbied for a Limerick skatepark has lent his support to objectors to the proposed multi-million euro redevelopment of the Milk Market.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:13:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Results revellers urged to celebrate sensibly</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5385&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
Leaving Certificate students in Limerick are being advised to take the right steps to ensure their result celebrations are memorable for all the right reasons this weekend.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:13:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Cool reception in city for third level fees reports</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5384&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A local representative has slammed the suggestion by the education minister that third level fees should be re-introduced for students locally and nationally because &quot;education is a right not a 
privilege and it is the responsibility of the state to ensure its provision&quot;.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:12:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>All systems go for 23rd Milford Harvest Fair</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5383&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

The twenty-third annual Milford Hospice Harvest Fair - the largest single fundraiser of the year for the palliative care centre - will take place on Sunday August 31.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:11:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>West Limerick rep blasts 'deafening silence' from Dublin on Limerick floods</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5382&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
A Newcastle West councillor has said that he hopes that the chaos caused by flooding on the east coast last weekend might spur the Government to end its &quot;deafening silence&quot; and provide more aid to Limerick areas devastated by similar adverse weather conditions.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:09:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Alan laid to rest</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5381&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>
There was a massive outpouring of grief yesterday as a young army private and well-known sportsman was buried in the city after he died in an accident eight years after his brother also passed away in tragic circumstances.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:08:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Memorial service for mountaineer</title>
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Hundreds of mourners are expected to attend a memorial service in Kilcornan, County Limerick this weekend for heroic Limerick mountaineer Gerard McDonnell who died after his historic climb to the summit of the K2 mountain.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:06:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Private hospital developers rebuff Deputy's claims</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5379&amp;Itemid=82</link>
			<description>

The medical group aiming to build a private hospital on the grounds of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital has appealed for public representatives to discuss the benefits of the controversial plans with them rather than engaging in &quot;unbalanced&quot; criticism. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:04:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quiz helps make headway for charity</title>
			<link>http://www.limerickindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5378&amp;Itemid=82</link>
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Pictured at a table quiz held in Russells, Dooradoyle recently to raise funds for Headway, the organization for people with aquired brain injury, were: Pat O'Gorman, Headway; Freddie Dore, Head Chef, Russells Bar; Kevin McCarthy, BTW; Eddie Deedigan, Manager, Russells Bar; and Donal Ryan, Headway. 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:30:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Advice is at hand for students</title>
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Limerick students receiving their Leaving Certificate results today (August 13) are advised that the Exam Helpline is on hand to provide advice and information.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:29:53 +0100</pubDate>
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