A call went out yesterday to Bono and the band to return to the Limerick venue where they first performed in public as U2, and help give the troubled City of Culture programme a new impetus.

Several businesses have pledged to display parts of a massive art installation in memory of murdered rugby player Shane Geoghegan, after it had to be moved out of City Hall, Limerick yesterday.

A senior Garda has said officers will be “coming after” others involved in the brutal murder of Shane Geoghegan.

A PINT of porter cost one shilling and four pence around the time Bansha Show was founded in south Tipperary 50 years ago.