"Why people would not follow the best public health advice and close pubs and desist from congregating in groups is beyond belief.”

The storm, which was named by the Spanish Met Office, will bring winds of up to 85km per hour, with gusts potentially reaching 130km per hour.

A motorcyclist has been killed after a crash between two motorbikes and a van in County Limerick.

Six Irish restaurants have become new recipients of the Michelin Star.

For gardeners, visiting a plant fair is like being a child in a sweetshop, says Peter Dowdall.

A 29-year-old man's due in court this evening charged after a gun and drugs seizure in County Limerick.

Celebrity hoteliers John and Francis Brennan come to the rescue of Ireland’s first purpose-built dementia community.

Just like you're one of the 2,687 students.

A Limerick man has been found guilty today at the non-jury Special Criminal Court of assaulting another man.

Two Limerick men who pleaded guilty to a "depraved and barbaric" assault during which a 53-year-old man was nailed to a kitchen floor have both been jailed for three years.

A viable improvised explosive device has been made safe near Askeaton, County Limerick.

Successful over a shorter trip at the May meeting, Le Vagabond returned to Killarney to land the featured, €50,000 At The Races Kingdom Gold Cup on the second day of the August Festival last night.

One of Ireland’s leading providers of homecare has taken inspiration from Holland to create this country’s first purpose-built dementia community, writes Evelyn Ring

A young Irish woman has died and Garda Ombudsman Commissioner Kieran Fitzgerald is in a critical condition after separate holiday accidents in Spain.

THE Poacher’s Curse is so action-packed and fast-paced one wonders if it was penned with the big screen in mind.

Tributes are being paid to a Fianna Fáil Councillor who died while campaigning for his party in County Limerick.

Risk Of Thunder, owned by actor Sean Connery and credited with stimulating interest in cross-country races in Ireland, has died at the age of 27.

Are you stuck in the office staring out at the the beautiful sunshine today?

Champion amateur Derek O’Connor recorded 1,000 wins in point-to-points when successful on Death Duty at Cragmore in County Limerick, yesterday.

Motorsport

The snow was a bit if a hassle for many people and caused a lot of transport problems around the country, but it did leave us with some stunning imagery.

A man has been killed in a road traffic collision in County Limerick in the early hours of this morning.

Exciting young chaser Defy Logic is back in training with Paul Nolan after recovering from a broken blood vessel at owner JP McManus’ stud in County Limerick.

Paul Carberry was seen at his patient and masterful best on board Xsquared in the featured Fast Shipping Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle last night.

"RIGHT girl, are you ready?"

An initiative by interim Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan to accommodate newly promoted superintendents by moving them back to districts close to where they served as inspectors has been welcomed.

Quirke with Gabriel Byrne debuts on RTÉ One, while Moone Boy makes a welcome return to Sky 1.

Many parts of the country is bracing itself for further flooding today as yet another Atlantic storm looks set to hit.

The emerging force in global bloodstock, Qatar Racing have bought a 100 acre farm in County Limerick to nurture young horses.

An online database of 70,000 people buried at one of Ireland’s largest cemeteries is nearing completion and will be officially launched next month.

FIANNA FÁIL councillor Kevin Sheahan is not a racist — some of his best friends are foreign nationals. He’s had a few over to dinner.

Gardaí have tonight renewed their appeal for information about the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohue last week.

Three races in France are among the possible options for Solwhit following his victory at Naas on Saturday.

Astronomers are alerting sky watchers to be on the lookout for evidence of what appears to be meteor showers.