So a draw then. If you’d offered that to most of the fans at Thomond Park Saturday night around the 50th minute, they’d have likely snatched it off you and sprinted off towards the Shannon Bridge.
Sun, 24 Nov, 2019
Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton is travelling to the Midlands today along with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Heritage Minister Josepha Madigan and Minister of State for the OPW, Kevin Boxer Moran.
Mon, 11 Nov, 2019
Éamonn Cregan is looking through a window in the Hunt Museum Café, out at the Shannon running away with itself, a dull August afternoon rising merely to scurries, writes PM O’Sullivan
Sat, 18 Aug, 2018
New Rowing Ireland High Performance Director, Antonio Maurogiovanni believes his international experience from seven Olympic Games can help develop the sport across the country.
Thu, 24 Aug, 2017
Lifebuoys cannot be placed on a bridge which is one of the country’s worst blackspots for suicides and drownings as it would be against the law, Limerick City and County Council has said.
Tue, 21 Feb, 2017
A man has been taken to hospital after getting out of a taxi on a bridge in Limerick and entering the River Shannon.
Fri, 10 Feb, 2017
After being slashed on the forehead with a knife an 80-year-old retired taximan, recovering from heart by-pass surgery, took on his attacker knocking him to the ground, a court heard.
Fri, 04 Nov, 2016
A student’s body was discovered in an apartment in Limerick by friends, with whom he had shared accommodation.
Thu, 14 Jul, 2016
A violent Limerick criminal has been jailed for six years for attacking and falsely imprisoning a hotel night manager.
Tue, 02 Feb, 2016
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The manager of a Limerick hotel was terrified when a man put a syringe to his neck and grabbed a cash box, a court heard.
Tue, 19 Jan, 2016
One of the childish pleasures of boating on the inland waterways is throwing the crusts overboard after breakfast and watching the melee.
Mon, 14 Sep, 2015
A man has died in another drowning tragedy on the River Shannon this morning.
Tue, 08 Sep, 2015
The company that employed two workers who drowned in a tragic accident on the River Shannon on Saturday has described their deaths as “heartbreaking”.
Mon, 31 Aug, 2015
A teenage girl who talked a man down off a bridge after he threatened to kill himself in the River Shannon has called for greater awareness surrounding suicide and depression.
Tue, 14 Jul, 2015
A teenage girl, who lost a cousin to suicide, has won council backing for her bid to light up bridges in her native Limerick with anti-suicide messages, to try to prevent others taking their own lives.
Sat, 10 Jan, 2015
A Limerick teenager personally affected by suicide has collected thousands of signatures in a bid to light up the city’s bridges with life-affirming messages — reaching out to anyone thinking of taking their own life.
Fri, 09 Jan, 2015
A man has been saved from drowning by firefighters in a dramatic four-minute river rescue.
Tue, 22 Jul, 2014
The body of a man, who entered the River Shannon in Limerick City two days ago, sparking a major search, was found this evening.
Tue, 27 May, 2014
The body of a man who entered the River Shannon in Limerick city two days ago, sparking a major search, has been found.
A major search is underway for a man who entered the River Shannon in Limerick city tonight.
Sun, 25 May, 2014
Limerick gardaí say they are close to identifying the people who were in a car from which a known criminal fell to his death when travelling on the N69.
Tue, 29 Apr, 2014
A controversial decision to rename Shannon Bridge in Limerick city centre after president John F Kennedy has been put on hold.
Tue, 11 Mar, 2014
A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic river rescue.
Sun, 02 Mar, 2014
A major JP versus JFK row has erupted in Limerick over the renaming of a bridge at a secret session of the city council.
Fri, 28 Feb, 2014
DNA samples from people whose family members disappeared without trace in Limerick over 20 years will be used to try and identify skeletal human remains found by the river Shannon in Limerick yesterday.
Wed, 08 May, 2013
It was a huge day for Galway hurling on Sunday, a historic day, Kilkenny beaten and, just as significantly, a first Leinster title for Connacht’s lone top-level flag-bearer.
Tue, 10 Jul, 2012
Goalkeeper for the Clare football team Garda Joe Hayes proved to be a life-saving last line of defence yesterday in a dramatic river rescue in Limerick.
Thu, 07 Jun, 2012
More than €6.6m in funding has been announced for nine outdoor tourism projects.
Fri, 04 Nov, 2011
COMMERCIAL sea plane flights between Dublin and the mid-west were given official approval yesterday.
Wed, 21 Sep, 2011
A MAN in his 50s is still in a critical condition at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after being rescued from the Shannon on Wednesday.
Fri, 26 Aug, 2011
LIMERICK’S accident-prone metal Christmas tree, designated to be a permanent river feature in the Shannon near the city centre, keeled over yesterday.
Thu, 10 Mar, 2011
SAINT Patrick’s Day may just be around the corner but thanks to one “landmark” the Christmas spirit will be staying in Limerick city for the time being.
Tue, 22 Feb, 2011
A LIMERICK man who, with two others, was involved in an alcohol-fuelled attack that resulted in their victim choking to death on his own blood, was yesterday jailed for seven years.
Sat, 23 Oct, 2010
ON the eighth day of evidence, a defendant yesterday changed his plea at Limerick Court and admitted to a charge of manslaughter.
Wed, 20 Oct, 2010
A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man charged with the manslaughter of another man in Limerick in 2006.
Wed, 06 Oct, 2010
The body of a man has been recovered from the River Shannon in Limerick.
Sat, 31 Jul, 2010
AS the funeral takes place today of a Limerick man who died in sinister circumstances, gardaí are believed to have made significant progress in the investigation into the disappearance and death of Francis Greene.
Tue, 09 Feb, 2010
LIMERICK’S 100ft tall floating metal Christmas tree, which was badly damaged in the recent floods after it was swept into the side of the Shannon Bridge, was refloated on the Shannon last night.
Fri, 11 Dec, 2009
Limerick City Council Crisis Management Team has been advised by the ESB that they have reduced the level of water release at Parteen Weir again today by a further 6%.
Thu, 03 Dec, 2009
Towns and communities across the country were today counting the cost of the clean-up operation after being devastated by some of the worst floods in living memory.
Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Up to 150 people are taking part in a massive search operation along the banks of the River Shannon for a 20-year-old man who's been missing since the beginning of the year.
Sat, 15 Aug, 2009
Four people have been hospitalised following a collision between a truck and a car in Limerick this morning.
Fri, 24 Jul, 2009
LIMERICK’S skateboard enthusiasts did twirls of delight yesterday in a new €300,000 skate park, which was opened by mayor John Gilligan.
Sat, 19 Jul, 2008
A CALL was made yesterday for a controversial bus lane scheme to be put on hold in Limerick until the planned new Shannon tunnel is completed.
Wed, 19 Mar, 2008
TWO men were jailed by Limerick Circuit Court yesterday for a total of 17 years for their part in battering a man to death.
Thu, 26 Jul, 2007
Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.
Thu, 28 Dec, 2006
The funeral of the 25-year-old man who was murdered in Limerick last Thursday is taking place in the city today.
Mon, 29 May, 2006
Three men are due to appear in court this morning in connection with the murder of a 25 year old man in Limerick.
Sat, 27 May, 2006
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