Client confidentiality was most definitely in ‘safe keeping’ at a Co Limerick legal practice as frustrated burglars wasted an entire night in the run-up to Christmas, trying to crack a 56-year-old safe.

A remarkable art project at a Co Limerick school has combined bronze sculpture, Newton’s theories and local apple trees, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Despite threats to his personal safety, Limerick State solicitor Michael Murray never flinched from his duty and responsibility to uphold the rule of law through difficult times in the city, a judge said yesterday.

It is hoped that the successful outcome of a High Court action by the Co Limerick parents of a child against the HSE will save the family home from repossession by a bank.

Two lucky punters defied odds of 33,000/1 to win €16,500.50 from Irish bookmaker BoyleSports recently.

The daughter and grand-daughter of a well known Co Limerick horse racing figure were killed in a road accident in Lithuania yesterday afternoon.

IT’S ALWAYS good for any architect to win an award, but the Best Emerging Practice Award recently given to Co Limerick-based Liston Architecture is particularly sweet. 

Des O’Sullivan says Silver Springs Moran Hotel will be a mecca for treasure hunters this weekend.

Waterford Castle, a hotel and resort on an island in the River Suir two miles from Waterford City, has just been publicly placed on the international market guiding over €4.5m.

Almost 20 years after her body was found in an apartment in Dublin, a cold case investigation autopsy has been carried out on the remains of a Co Limerick woman.

Cork 3-13 Kerry 3-8

Library services will enter a new hi-tech chapter today when members of the Cappamore facility in Co Limerick will get access to Ireland’s first new age literary centre.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has confirmed that 126 manhole covers have been replaced on the M18 since last summer at a cost of €100,000.

Jockey Ruby Walsh believes young pretender Our Conor has something to prove when he takes on Hurricane Fly in the Ryanair Hurdle at Leopardstown on December 29.

Eric McNamara is looking to Questions Answered giving him a fourth win in the Guinness Kerry National.

A judge has ordered gardaí to arrest the parents of a 12-year-old girl after hearing she has missed more than 80% of the school year.

A Kerry Fine Gael TD has been told by his party colleague Richard Bruton, the jobs minister, that his county cannot have a dedicated jobs plan.

Operating profits at the country’s largest independent car rental firm rose 15% last to €675,749.

The promotion of a claims culture could result in higher insurance premiums, it was warned today.

They are All Ireland champs — and that’s not up for debate.

The traditional rivalry between Cork Constitution and Garryowen alone will push today’s Ulster Bank League clash at Temple Hill into the must-see category.

There will be no cake or candles but a rich helping of determination at the gate of Seamus Sherlock today when he and supporters mark the 100th day of his barricade.

An impressive show of beef animals at Cappamore Show saw William R Gubbins of Kilfinane, Co Limerick winning both the GVM All Ireland€ 2,500 Commercial Beef Championship and the commercial championship of the show.

Many soccer fans heading to the European Championship in Poland face revisiting Joxer’s 1988 journey to Stuttgart, as immortalised by Christy Moore.

ICA has a new national president elect, Liz Wall, after her election last week.

Dangerous and highly mobile gangs can gather more intelligence on villages and rural communities than the gardaí, the chairman of a policing committee has said.

Good luck wishes go to China in its bid to establish a multi-billion dollar thoroughbred breeding and training facility, with Irish help.

A young Co Limerick GAA star has come out of a week-long coma after a horrific roof top fall at the family farm.

It’s another busy weekend coming up in Macra.

BUSLOADS of people from West Cork travelled to Dublin yesterday to protest outside Leinster House at the possible closure of garda stations.

ONE of the largest employers in Co Limerick, Andersen Ireland Ltd, more than doubled its pre-tax profits last year to €1.1 million, figures show.

WHO was the first person to learn the Ireland team to face Australia once Declan Kidney had signed off on his first XV?

LEADERSHIP distinction awards were presented to 54 Macra members during the Bank of Ireland-sponsored county officer training.

THE National Roads Authority has been criticised for taking almost three years to install emergency phones on a motorway in Co Clare while the authority still stands accused of failing to complete the route to the “highest safety standards.”

A Co Limerick man whose dangerous driving caused the death of his teenage friend has had a year suspended from his three-year jail term on appeal.

ONE of the largest employers in Co Limerick, Andersen Ireland Ltd, increased its pre-tax profits ten-fold in 2009 to €536,925.

THE record books of the Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup were weighted heavily against Glenstal Abbey at Temple Hill yesterday, but the Murroe, Co Limerick school fashioned a magnificent first ever victory over cup specialists Christian Brothers College Cork.

THE placing of large flashing road signs to promote Co Limerick independent candidate, John Dillon, the former IFA president, was yesterday condemned as irresponsible and a threat to road safety.

JHM Crops Ltd have announced an agreement with Bank of Ireland on a new funding structure for miscanthus growers.

CONNECTIONS of Kauto Star report the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup hero to be in fine shape for his first run in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal today.