Brexit, Trumpism, developers, censorship, architecture, and integration are among topics that will be explored during Limerick Civic Trust’s six-week autumn lecture series, beginning this month.

The scheduling of controversial columnist Kevin Myers as a moderator at a talk on censorship in Limerick strikes as a “provocative, calculated” move by the organisers, a professor at the University of Limerick has said.

University of Limerick (UL) needs to improve its world ranking if it the region is to realise its potential economically, its incoming president has said.

Gardaí are to examine security camera footage from locations around Limerick city as they investigate an act of vandalism at the site of the 325-year-old Limerick Treaty Stone, which was defaced in blue paint overnight, David Raleigh.

Some of the oldest and rarest trees destroyed in Limerick’s People’s Park by Storm Darwin are being given a new lease of life by being transformed into works of art by the City and County Council’s Parks Department.

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.

A BARE-KNUCKLE fight between two youths in a Limerick graveyard was watched by a crowd of nearly 20 teenagers.

AN old drinking spot in Limerick has been closed down over fears it might lead to antisocial behaviour.

A HISTORIC Limerick church is forging a new unity between students and the old city.

LIMERICK’S pioneering street ambassadors yesterday began work for their third tourism season.

TERRY Wogan and portrait artist Tom Ryan have agreed to accept the Freedom of Limerick.

POLISH student Evelima Biedrzycka seemed lost as she wandered up O’Connell Street in Limerick.

LIMERICK City Council has given planning approval for a massive shopping complex in Limerick City centre.

IN response to the Limerick Civic Trust proposal that a new gate to the People’s Park be named in honour of a Limerick figure, I propose the priest who became the first Catholic bishop of Owerri in Nigeria.

LIMERICK is set to play host to a €200 million shopping centre that will be one of the biggest city-centre complexes in the country.

TWO internationally acclaimed Limerickmen were last night given the thumbs down when the city’s first ever Hall of Fame was announced.

Irish Examiner Political Reporter Mary Dundon is to take up a new post as Communications Executive with the Limerick Co-ordination Office next month. She outlines why she looks forward to the challenge.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea yesterday announced a €33.5 million upgrade programme for army barracks around the country.

RICHARD HARRIS and Frank McCourt have achieved international recognition.

LIMERICK’S much-maligned image got an unexpected boost this week when the city won an international tourism award.

TALL trees are spoiling one of Limerick’s best city views and should get the chop, according to local tourist guide Ann O’Malley.