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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
THE chairman of the Friends of St Ita’s said that the fundraising group
is “still very optimistic and positive” that the €2.5m cancer hospice
unit at the Newcastle West hospital will open in 2009 despite reports
to the contrary.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
THE Limerick Independent has learned that Gardaí recovered a car and
arrested a man on Monday for questioning about an armed robbery on
Castleconnell Post Office last Wednesday.
A silver Toyota Celica car, which Gardaí believe was used by the gang, was found partially burnt out in Raheen.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
A THIRTY-year old man became the 18th person to lose their life on
roads in Limerick so far this year, following a three-vehicle collision
near Banogue last Wednesday.
The victim named locally as Paul Lynch, a well-known plumber, from
Kilrush Road, Ennis died when his car was involved in a crash just
outside the village on the main Limerick-Cork Road.
Mr Lynch was killed instantly when the car he was travelling in was in a collision with two trucks.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
A WORLDWIDE games corporation has told the Limerick Independent
newspaper that it is to remove a reference to Limerick as ‘Stab City’
from the next version of one its biggest selling games, which was named
‘Game of the Year 2007’ by the Australian Games Association.
A spokesperson for University Games Corporation in England said that
the American creators of ‘Smart Ass’ were not aware that ‘Stab City’
was a term of offence.
“I believe the game was created by our company in the US and I
understand they were not aware it was an offensive term to use. I
understand that the term will be removed from the next version of the
game,” the spokesperson said.
The controversy began when a family from Fedamore in County Limerick
were playing the game at home when they saw the ‘stab city’ reference
to Limerick on the so-called learning board game for children and
adults.
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
A LIMERICK volunteer working in Haiti for the charity, Concern, has
appealed for local people to take part in the Concern Christmas
Campaign through either the Concern Fast on December 4 or by buying a
Concern Christmas Gift for someone this year.
Today there are nearly one billion people in the world who are starving
and every seven days 120,000 children die from hunger and
malnutrition—a sum which is more than the entire population of Limerick
city and county.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
THE Government has, following the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane
Geoghegan, attempted to send out a strong message to combat gangland
criminals by outlining proposals to ban licensed handguns in Ireland.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
LIMERICK celebrated its third year as a Fairtrade City last Saturday, urging local people to ‘Have a Fairtrade Christmas’.
Mayor John Gilligan helped to mark the occasion at the city library,
presenting prizes to local primary and secondary school students who
entered a poster competition to promote the ethical brand this festive
season.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
HEADWAY, which works with people living with acquired brain injury,
received an early Christmas present on November 15 in the shape of a
bumper profit from their inaugural ball in Limerick at the Radisson SAS
Hotel and Spa.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
OVER 27 towns and villages throughout County Limerick were honoured
last week for their participation in the inaugural ‘Limerick in Bloom’
competition as Patrickswell was named the overall winner.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
CHRISTMAS shoppers in Limerick should, in these bleak economic times,
look online for ‘Seasonal Savings’, according to the CEO of transaction
services company 3V, Kieron Guilfoyle.
Budget cuts and the looming recession has dominated Ireland in recent
weeks and with Halloween now behind us, families and particularly
parents are facing into the Christmas season having to balance a
tightened budget against the wants and needs of children and loved
ones, Mr Guilfoyle explained.
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