An exhausted Limerick grandmother whose home flooded five times in 72 hours, said she was on the verge of a “nervous breakdown” unless something was done to alleviate flooding near her home.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the project, which includes a 14-storey building at Bank Place, featuring some 13,000 sq m of office space.

Plans to revitalise Limerick's main thoroughfare took a step forward this week.

David Raleigh Limerick City and County Council is to spend in the region of €1m on a brand for Limerick to strengthen its competitive edge on an international scale.

The Government has announced the establishment of a special group to examine the supports afforded to asylum seekers, including direct provision, which will be chaired by a former secretary general of the European Commission.

An environmental watchdog only became aware through media reports that several people had become ill in Limerick from consuming contaminated drinking water, an audit has revealed.

The rich tapestry of Irish rural life is reflected in the 2,500 or so projects nationwide which have been approved for LEADER rural development funding.

More than 300 staff jobs are to be created at University of Limerick (UL) as part of an ambitious five-year investment worth hundreds of millions of euro.

A warning has been issued about reports of scam calls in Limerick.

One of the country's largest treatment centres for people overcoming addiction wants the Government to back a new mother-and-child facility in Limerick.

Dublin City Council is to receive €8m under the plan, Limerick City and County Council will get €2.7m, while Cork City Council will get €1.2m.

The HSE along with Limerick City and County Council have prohibited human consumption of a water supply at Croagh Kilfinny GAA grounds in Co Limerick after it was found to be unsatisfactory with harmful bacteria.

The Camogie Association has made the decision to postpone all fixtures involving Limerick, Kerry and Wexford teams after players fell ill following an outbreak of gastroenteritis at last weekend’s double-header fixtures Croagh Kilfinny GAA grounds.

The Health Service Executive has said it is investigating “an outbreak of gastro-enteritis” among senior camogie squads in Limerick, Wexford and Kerry, after all three counties competed at an event in Co Limerick on June 29 last.

Limerick City and County Council has said it is investigating reports of what it described as "possible issues" with a private water supply at Croagh Kilfinny GAA.

The two drivers who died in the fatal road smash which claimed three lives in west Limerick on Thursday evening were both retired nurses, it has emerged.

An economic report compiled for Limerick City and County Council by consultants EY-DKM Economic Advisory says the rent disparity between Limerick city and county could worsen the so-called “hollowing out” of the city centre.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe have marked the first full year of Project Ireland 2040 by announcing a step forward for the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway.

The project is expected to employ up to 3,000 people and will be the largest inner-city commercial development outside of Dublin.

LIMERICK city’s flagship urban renewal project, Gardens International, is 50% tenanted on its official launch this week, anchored by Nordic Aviation Capital, with the remainder of its c 10,000 sq m under active negotiation.

A €15m contract has been awarded for the design stage of the 100km Cork-Limerick motorway. However, it is unlikely that the planned €900m M20 will be completed before 2027.

Almost 100 OPW properties are lying vacant but only nine have been deemed suitable for social housing.

Latest: Dolores O'Riordan will be laid to rest on Tuesday in her native Limerick.

Limerick is the first European city to pilot the AgeWell service which sees mature adults volunteering to conduct home visits to socially isolated elderly people.

The first draft of an enlarged Cork City to drive the region’s growth for the next half century should emerge within weeks.

Details of the long-awaited extension of Cork’s city boundary could emerge within weeks.

A new €14m engineering- focused campus is to be opened by Limerick Institute of Technology in a year’s time.

A former garda, previously tasked to one of a number of fatal road traffic accidents in the Limerick village of Clarina, has said the 100km/h speed limit on the N69 approach road into it is “dangerous”.

Community groups in the Southill regeneration estate in Limerick have joined forces with gardaí in a new texting initiative launched to help fight crime.

Youths aged 13 down to eight were engaged in a riot during which they burned down a barn owned by former Limerick hurler, Jimmy Carroll, a judge was told.

A tragedy similar to the deaths of a family of five in Buncrana last March could happen at Foynes pier in the Shannon estuary if the pier remains in its current state and is not regularly cleaned, a senior member of the port town’s search and rescue service warned.

Headway, the Acquired Brain Injury charity, has purchased the former AIB Bank branch at 9/11 William Street in Limerick, which AIB shut in 2013.

A former sweet factory is destined to add new vibrancy to Limerick city centre, it emerged yesterday.

It’s just gone 10am on Monday. Not everyone’s best time of the week.

The flooding of 14 houses in Limerick last Saturday night when a canal burst its banks has sparked a war of words between Limerick City and County Council and Waterways Ireland.

Limerick City people are more likely to prefer to walk to work, school, or college than residents in other parts of the country, according to a new report.

The company that employed two workers who drowned in a tragic accident on the River Shannon on Saturday has described their deaths as “heartbreaking”.

The Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA), which expelled an elected councillor for allegedly sending a threatening message to a local activist, said it did not believe there was “any context or justification for such behaviour”.

Heads of agreement signed with Troy Studios for Dell factory plan.

Senior professional staff at Limerick City and County Council claim the structure of the newly formed local authority is “a mess”.

A Kerry businessman involved in a planning dispute has said he intends to pursue “to the bitter end” his campaign for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office had handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

Tributes have been paid to former Labour Party stalwart Frank Prendergast who died on Thursday, aged 81.

Even with technologies such as Skype, Irish emigrants still crave for more news from home, a study has found.