Mercy University Hospital Cork confirmed it is treating three inpatients who have tested positive for Covid-19 — all are associated with travel to an infected region.

The HSE has set up a dedicated team to trace everyone who came into contact with the coronavirus patient in Cork University Hospital (CUH) amid the first signs of panic buying in the city.

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.

Ireland’s first baby of the new year and the new decade was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital just 12 minutes after midnight.

The country’s three main children’s hospitals have begun postponing elective procedures due to mounting pressure on the system ahead of the peak winter months.

There are 426 patients waiting for a bed in hospitals around Ireland, with University Hospital Limerick the worst hit.

More gardaí may come under the scrutiny of an internal probe into alleged corruption following the dramatic arrest of three members, including a high-ranking officer.

The Taoiseach has said holding an investigation into claims by consultants that dead bodies were left decomposing on a mortuary corridor at University Hospital Waterford is not one of his priorities.

The 57-year-old woman arrested this morning by detectives investigating the murder of Lyra McKee has been released unconditionally.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Britain's request to extend Brexit has to be considered but rolling extensions are not tolerable.

Latest: A parcel bomb found at a Limerick postal depot appears identical to a series of devices sent to Great Britain, gardaí have said.

For the past 18 years Aengus ‘Gussie’ Shanahan remained a ghostly image on a missing persons poster.

Minister for Health Simon Harris said today he is “worried” about the impact on patients attending hospital over the coming winter period, as the trolley crisis remains frozen in place with little sign of it thawing out.

The Department of Justice has this evening acknowledged a "regrettable and isolated incident" in which staff at direct provision centre close to the Limerick Clare border refused to give a mother and ill child bread and milk because the centre’s canteen was closed for the night.

Ireland’s “first official breastfeeding-friendly church” has joined a calling for greater understanding of breastfeeding in public places.

"It was only as an adult that I learned how to deal with it," said Leona. "It came back to haunt me when I was about 28 and I was very stressed and had panic attacks.”

Latest: Firefighters spent several hours tackling a major fire at a building which previously housed the old Limerick Leader newspaper printing press works.

The Liam MacCarthy Cup has paid an emotional visit to the family of the late rock star and frontwoman of Limerick band the Cranberries.

PLANS for a 120-bed replacement in-patient block at St John's Hospital, Limerick - to help tackle long-term patient overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick - are said to be “progressing”.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a double stabbing allegedly occurred at a house in Limerick in the early hours of yesterday.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a boy was seriously injured after a car collided with the child’s scooter in Limerick City yesterday evening.

A West Cork missionary priest serving in South Sudan has given a chilling account of the moment a mob attacked his compound as a civil war rages in the country.

Organisers of an annual charity rugby match held each year in memory of “fallen” rugby stars, are to dedicate this year’s event to two young rugby players who lost their lives in a double drowning tragedy.

A young couple took the train to their wedding today six years after falling for one another on one of Iarnroid Eireann’s Dublin to Limerick services.

The Taoiseach said it is fine for Micheál Martin to engaging in negative personalised attacks on him, but he won't be responding.

The triplet sister of a Limerick teenager who lost his life in a tragic fall from a hotel balcony in Spain has described his death as an “absolute tragedy”.

A husband and wife from England, who died Wednesday in a head-on collision between their car and truck in Co Limerick, have been named as Christopher Scullane (84), and his wife Mary Ellen, aged 70.

Tributes and prayers have poured in for a “top class” trainee electrician and skilled soccer player, from Co Limerick, who suffered serious head injuries following a fall at a hotel in Spain.

A Co Limerick community is "numb and deeply saddened" at the sudden death of a teenage girl from the area.

Budgets allocated for the Health Service Executive (HSE) are unaffected by financial settlements paid out in cases of alleged negligence brought against the HSE, the solicitor for Vicky Phelan has said.

A Garda manhunt is underway after a man sexually assaulted a female student in Limerick city.

Gardaí have raided homes and professional offices in Limerick and Galway, in a planned operation targeting the alleged laundering of money generated from the proceeds of crime by a Limerick-based organised criminal gang.

A man had a miraculous escape after his car was impaled with a large rod in a horrific two-car collision, in Co Limerick. Wednesday.

The HSE has urged adults under 40 to get themselves vaccinated against measles as the highly infectious disease spreads across the country.

Update 9.18pm: Gardaí investigating the alleged sexual exploitation of children in Munster have released a man without charge.

The number of cases of measles in Limerick has jumped to 20 since the start of the new year, including one linked case in Dublin.

A Limerick teenager who risked her own safety to help rescue younger children after their school bus crashed into a field said the dramatic incident has inspired her to one day become a paramedic.

The HSE is to offer free doses of the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine, after confirming six new cases in Limerick city today, bringing to 10 the total number of cases in the city since January 3.

Latest: Gardaí have launched an investigation after more than €70,000 worth of drugs, believed to be cocaine, was discovered at a fire station in Tipperary.

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

"She was allowed to be herself here."

A garda and a civilian were both taken to hospital as a precaution after their cars were involved in a crash today, gardaí said.

The body of Willie Lynch has been removed from his house in the village of Pallaskenry, Co Limerick this afternoon.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Limerick pensioner, Rosie Hanrahan, who was murdered in her home last week.

Gardaí were granted an extra 48 hours by the courts today to continue to designate the home of a murdered pensioner a crime scene, following her killing last Friday.

Latest: Gardaí have upgraded the death of 78-year-old Rose Hanrahan to a murder investigation.

A man was discovered dead in his car following a minor road traffic collision in Co Limerick this morning.

European banks are to invest €170m in a major plan by Limerick City and County Council to transform the city centre into one of biggest commercial districts outside of Dublin.

A charity is poised to distribute Christmas food hampers to some 2,500 needy families across Cork city and county this festive season.

Part of the Dublin to Limerick rail line has been closed after a woman died after being struck by a train this evening.