A Fine Gael senator has said gardaí should be paid more after witnessing a member of the force racing to the aid of a two-year-old boy who was hanging out of an apartment block window.

AN isolated lonely visitor to Limerick has found love by the Shannon.

THOMOND Park had to come to terms with a break in tradition last night when the Republic of Ireland lined out against Australia in a soccer friendly.

A MURDER investigation was launched by gardaí in Clare and Limerick last night after DNA tests showed that the skeleton found in a lake in Co Clare over a week ago was that of Richard “Happy” Kelly.

SPECULATION increased last night that Limerick gardaí may be faced with a third murder investigation in the space of just over a week, after the discovery of human remains in a Clare lake.

ONE of the south-east’s most popular restaurants — Coast Restaurant & Townhouse in Tramore, Co Waterford — is up for sale.