LOCAL authorities in the mid-west are ‘aflutter’ over state plans to designate the entire lower Shannon estuary a special protected area for birds such as the black-tailed godwit and redshank.

HOUSEHOLDERS in Co Limerick are to face fines of almost €2,000 if they fail to show they have a waste collection service in place.

DATA protection laws may prevent councils with backlogs of student grant applications from having them cleared by other local authorities, TDs have been told.

A third person was being questioned tonight by detectives probing the murder of a Limerick businessman.

THE message needs to go out about a new-found confidence in Catholic education in this country, a clerical educationalist said yesterday.

A LIMERICK man who died shortly after becoming the first Irish person to climb K2 — the world’s most dangerous mountain — was honoured yesterday by his native county.

PATRICKSWELL has left other towns and villages in Co Limerick in the shade after securing an important community environment award.

A NEW public park will be opened in the Limerick suburb of Castletroy later this week.

A ban on drinking water issued in Co Limerick has been lifted.

A drinking water conservation notice is in place in Limerick following overnight flooding.

A NEWLY formed community council in Adare met last night to commence work on a significant submission to a draft development plan for the picturesque tourist village.

A BUSINESSMAN has been warned by Limerick Co Council to cease using an old church ruin as a bus depot.

LIMERICK County Council yesterday granted planning permission for a kidney dialysis unit at a retail park.

WORK on a sewerage scheme in Co Limerick has come to a halt after a contractor decided to go into liquidation.

POOR broadband access in Co Tipperary could result in the loss of up to 150 jobs, the Dáil heard yesterday.

THE owners of a site in the centre of Rathkeale which has been contaminated by a pile of asbestos rubble are facing a clean-up bill of up to €300,000.

MIKE LISTON, the 47-year-old firefighter and father-of-four killed in yesterday’s horror road accident in Co Limerick, had lost a brother two years ago in another double fatality.

THEY’LL be talking peanuts in Limerick today! But it will be serious business.

BIG companies in the Mid-West have agreed to give a helping hand to smaller ones in their area by sharing their expertise on how best to tackle waste management.

A FAMILY who claim they are being forced from their home because of plans to extend a landfill say they were never told about works commencing on the site in the next few weeks.

Limerick Co Council is investigating allegations that county officials are engaged in 'nixers' outside of work.