THE country’s first major festival of the summer generated an estimated €20 million in visitor spend for the Limerick region.

STYLE guru Celia Holman Lee busily married the best of Irish fashion with the royal wedding yesterday as more than 300 — mostly women — crowded Limerick’s Milk Market for a public screening of the nuptials.

ROYAL wedding watchers will get to see the British royal wedding on a big screen being erected in Limerick for the occasion.

FOLLOWING a bumper rugby season, Limerick’s hotel and catering sector is set for another huge windfall over the bank holiday weekend when up to 5,500 participants take to the streets for the inaugural Great Limerick Run on Sunday.

THE island of Cyprus has taken on such importance for Irish travel company Concorde that they have released a new dedicated brochure featuring a full range of products.

LIMERICK is to join the marathon cities of the world for its 2010 May bank holiday Riverfest festival.

A GREAT celebration of Irish rugby?

MUNSTER fans are already winners in advance of next Saturday’s eagerly awaited Heineken Cup semi-final against Leinster at Croke Park as they will be able to see the big match on a giant TV screen in the centre of Limerick.

RUGBY fans who can’t make it to Croke Park for the epic Heineken Cup semi-final clash between arch rivals Munster and Leinster can rest easy — the organisers of festivals in Limerick and Kinsale have come to their rescue.

YOUNG people in Limerick yesterday embarked on a challenge to generate a new feelgood factor about the city and its attributes.

AN ICE-CREAM van which travelled to festivals around the country was used to launder drug money, Limerick District Court heard yesterday.

A BUSY Limerick riverside street will sizzle over the coming holiday weekend as hundreds of barbecue chefs gather from all over the world to pit their skills in an international cook-off.

LIMERICK’S huge Riverfest which drew up to 40,000 revellers into the city over the holiday weekend finishes today.

AS temperatures soared yesterday Limerick unveiled its forthcoming Riverfest during which the country’s biggest barbecue will sizzle over two days.

A LIMERICK city festival website was launched yesterday to give the public the latest comprehensive information on city festivals planned for this year.

CHILDREN’S festival organisers in Waterford will be finding out who’s nautical and who’s nice over the coming days as the fifth annual Hullabaloo Festival kicks into action.