Jan O’Sullivan, a Labour TD for the past 23 years and her 4,667 votes, in the end, brought Leddin into the fourth and final seat ahead of Independent Frankie Daly.

The non-residential holding is located in the townland of Ballyanrahan near the village of Patrickswell, which is within a kilometre of the property.

A Limerick Councillor whose home was attacked by masked men has said he will “not be intimidated”.

Residents in a quiet corner of Co Limerick now live in fear of dangerous heavy traffic caused by thousands of motorists who use the neighbourhood boreens as a 'rat run' to avoid Adare, one of the country's worst bottlenecks.

Aaron Gillane revealed that he lined out for Patrickswell in Sunday’s Limerick SHC final against medical advice.

Cian Lynch’s last two All-Ireland final weekends couldn’t have been more different.

The father of Limerick hurling star Cian Lynch has launched an astonishing attack on his home parish, the GAA and Fianna Fáil.

Tributes were paid to Patrickswell and Limerick legend Leonard Enright who passed away on Friday at the age of 65.

At the end of the match yesterday, I shook hands with Dave Punch, the former Limerick hurler, who works for RTÉ. He asked me if I saw the attendance. I did, I said — 71,000. Dave corrected me. ‘No, Dalo, 71,073.’

At the end of the match yesterday, I shook hands with Dave Punch, the former Limerick hurler, who works for RTÉ. He asked me if I saw the attendance. I did, I said — 71,000. Dave corrected me. ‘No, Dalo, 71,073.’ 

"She was allowed to be herself here."

The four members of the Alexander family who were killed in a car accident in Co Wexford earlier this month were laid to rest in Illinois on Saturday.

Gardai have issued a warning about a scam in which victims are asked to wire money to a third party to prevent a theft on their account, only to discover their money has been taken.

A Cork-Limerick motorway is “an absolute imperative” if Government wants to balance out the thriving Dublin economy and ensure the financial recovery spreads to all parts of the country.

The proposed M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick could trigger up to 5,400 jobs for the region and prevent almost 120 crashes every year.

A farmer has sustained gunshot wounds in a suspected dispute with another farmer over access to land.

Trish Dromey views a fine architect-designed home in Co Limerick with graceful proportions and sculpted gardens.

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe tells how the proposed Foynes-Limerick road scheme may, after years of frustration, offer relief of a bypass for the town Adare.

Limerick mother Aine Laffan cooked up a New Year’s Day storm in her kitchen as she delivered her son Odhran on the kitchen floor.

Limerick mother Aine Laffan cooked up a New Year's Day storm in her kitchen as she delivered her son Odhran on the kitchen floor.

A busy corner of Limerick City is transformed into a space of quiet reflection and prayer during Christmas as people converge to remember absent loved ones.

A three-year-old girl has died after sustaining catastrophic injuries in a horrific crash on the M20 near Patrickswell, Co Limerick.

A seven-hour rampage in which three Limerick criminals struck fear into rural communities on the outskirts of the city, “smacked of the Wild West”, a judge said yesterday when jailing all three.

Munster SHL, Cork 0-18, Limerick 3-17.

Rugby dreams for Conor Murray began on a Derrynane beach, a summer cocktail of soccer, Gaelic football, tennis and on Saturday mornings, a platoon of kids spilling onto the sand to play tip rugby after watching the Tri-Nations, writes Brendan O’Brien    

Aer Lingus transatlantic cabin crew member Olive Murphy will turn pilot at the upcoming Cheltenham race meeting.

The wife of Limerick billionaire JP McManus has bagged €35,000 in race winnings, after a greyhound which had beaten her dog to second place in the Irish coursing Derby tested positive for doping.

Armed men broke into a house near Patrickswell, beat up the man who lived there, then tried to strangle him with an electric cable, and hit him over the head with a handgun.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a third serious aggravated burglary in Co Limerick in a little over a week.

Poet Catherine Phil MacCarthy is in Minnesota this week.

It was like a scene straight from a Las Vegas crime caper.

Poor weather conditions have caused major traffic problems around the country in the past 24 hours as a two-car collision in Co Mayo claimed the first road fatalities of 2014.

THE protection of class sizes may be heralded as a success for Ruairi Quinn but with more than 30 children being taught in six of its 10 classes, Budget 2014 is no reason to celebrate at Ballybrown National School.

A new Festival of Traditional Irish Breeding will be held as part of the horse section at next weekend’s two day Limerick Show.

A child has been killed in a road accident.

A Cork Institute of Technology student has won a prestigious engineering award for preventing bottlenecks in a manufacturing process, while a student from IT Carlow was also recognised for his work to allow straw quality and moisture to be constantly evaluated.

A child sex offender ordered by an English judge not to leave Britain was found staggering in a drunken state on a Co Limerick road, a court heard yesterday.

A late night escapade involving two men, a woman, and a teenage girl escalated into a fierce confrontation after they tried to raid the home of a detective superintendent, Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A farm leader warned yesterday that solicitors cannot be allowed to introduce regulations that will ultimately benefit their own members at the expense of people who wish to transfer their property to the next generation.

In a dramatic about turn last night, the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) withdrew it’s threat to move the Irish Cup blue riband fixture from Co. Limerick, its traditional home for over 100 years.

Peace talks are due to take place in Clonmel tomorrow between the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) and County Limerick Coursing Club (CLCC) over the future running of the Irish Cup meeting, the traditional blue riband of the sport.