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

MUNSTER’S red army yesterday got a call to man the home barricades for the big Heineken Cup final against Toulouse on May 24.

LIMERICK’S St Patrick’s weekend festival will showcase sport, culture, community organisations and multicultural groups.

RETAILING in Limerick city centre has fallen behind shopping centres in its suburbs to an unprecedented level, a top urban planner warned yesterday.

LIMERICK’S street ambassadors helped more than 18,000 visitors this summer — almost double the number they met last year when they were introduced.

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

LIMERICK’S positive image makers have been left red-faced after the Riverside street market they promote was found offering Stab City T-shirts for sale.

LIMERICK’S summer street ambassadors resumed duty yesterday with a new enlarged team whose members include tourism guides from Poland, Peru and the US.

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

Limerick City Council is planning to pedestrianise part of O'Connell Street in the heart of Limerick city centre.

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

ANOTHER red-shirted team take to the streets of Limerick tomorrow to celebrate all that is good in the Treaty City.

LIMERICK is embarking on a major ‘be nice’ offensive by deploying its very own diplomatic corps.

DES BISHOP, who last night on RTÉ brought his comedy workshop to Southill, was not amused at the reaction of his visit to Limerick by the city’s ‘good news’ department at the Limerick Co-Ordination Office.

ANOTHER red-shirted team are taking to the streets of Limerick to celebrate all that is good in the Treaty City.

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.

THE Labour party in Limerick will go on general election footing from tonight when delegates select a candidate to stand in Limerick East.

FOR once, Munster rugby star Jim Williams led the way out onto a crowded Limerick arena without feeling any pressure.

BUSINESS and community leaders in Limerick have called a special meeting this morning to discuss the fall-out of last night’s Prime Time special on RTÉ dealing with Limerick crime.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was urged yesterday to set up a special garda task force in Limerick to tackle the city’s growing crime problem.