TRIBUTES were paid to one of the country’s best known solicitors, Gordon Holmes, who died in Limerick.

TWO major museums have launched a link to make them more accessible to visitors.

AN ancient stallion has turned out not to be the thoroughbred he was believed to be.

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A CAMPAIGN was launched yesterday to promote Limerick as a cultural break destination.

THE president of the University of Limerick Professor Roger Downer has decided to step down from his post on health grounds. He made the announcement at a meeting of the UL governing authority yesterday.

AS a former seaman who has sailed around the world, I am putting a proposal to the Hunt Museum for an exhibition on the maritime history of Limerick.

The former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, and the late art historian and philanthropist, John Hunt, have been awarded honorary degrees at the University of Limerick.

PRICELESS antique furnishings and tapestries in Bunratty Castle are being assessed to ensure they do not contain works stolen by the Nazis.

The art historian, author and reviewer, John Hunt has died. The 47-year-old had been ill for some time.

THE Hunt Museum is to ask a senior judge to begin an investigation into claims that some artefacts in the precious collection are treasures looted by the Nazis.

THE Board of the Hunt Museum has announced that Virginia Teehan has been appointed as the new director of the Limerick-based museum.