THE Health Service Executive (HSE) in Limerick has declined to comment on the future of the Accident and Emergency Unit at St John’s Hospital even though the Minister for Defence has confirmed that there is no threat to the facility.

A PUBLIC Trainee-Teacher forum took place in Mary Immaculate College last night to discuss how to help fight the education cutbacks, which students believe will also attack ther job prospects.

A LIMERICKMAN has smashed the Guinness World Record at last week’s Dublin Marathon by completing the grueling race on crutches in six hours and 47 minutes.

ACTIVE retirement groups in Limerick are to continue to question the Government on so-called “cost savings” to be made by imposing a means test on older people to assess their eligibility for a medical card.

GARDAI are appealing for information after a children’s shoe store was broken into and robbed of hundred’s of shoes in Dooradoyle late on Halloween night

LIMERICK County Hall and Library Headquarters have become the first state-owned buildings in the country to install photovoltaic solar panels to reduce their carbon footprint and energy usage.

SIX people arrested by Gardai based at Roxboro Road last week in connection with the death of a teenager in Limerick have been released without charge.

LOCAL activists for Amnesty International have welcomed reports of a new approach adopted by the Irish Government on the issue of extraordinary renditions and the associations of the practice with Shannon Airport.

A CRAFT Fair will be held at the Catherine McAuley School, Ashbourne Avenue (the Long Avenue) on Sunday November 16 next.