City and county councils are biased in favour of granting planning permission to developments due to the revenues completed projects bring in, a new report concludes.

A Latvian woman and her Pakistani fiancee have secured leave to bring a High Court challenge against the Limerick County Registrar's refusal to allow their marriage, following a Garda objection.

A PROPERTY development company could avoid paying almost half a million euro in development levies due to a simple typo in a planning document by Galway City Council.

UTGOING Limerick boss Justin McCarthy has secured a nomination for the position of the county’s senior hurling manager despite a controversial two-year reign in charge on Shannonside.

THE Limerick hurling crisis looks likely to come to a head shortly with the news that next Tuesday, March 23, is the date set for a special meeting of the Limerick county board at which the position of senior team manager Justin McCarthy will be the major topic for discussion.

GAA PRESIDENT Christy Cooney says that an external facilitator will not solve the Limerick hurling impasse.

LIMERICK wing-back Michael Carr has been ruled out of action for a number of weeks after dislocating his knee in Saturday night’s NHL Division 1 tie against Cork.

LIMERICK chairman, Liam Lenihan, has described confirmation that the Gaelic Grounds will host the first test of the International Rules series on October 23 as ‘great news’.

GAA president Christy Cooney has insisted that the Association has not lost out financially despite having to change one of its three football championship sponsors mid-deal.

A ‘MOUNTAIN’ of waste farm plastic which has accumulated on farms throughout the country over the past few years is proving a challenge for farmers and for Government re-cycling arrangements to deal with the problem.

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A LIMERICK man with cerebral palsy has been given hope of walking through revolutionary surgery pioneered in the US.

The Limerick county board are to wait until next week before announcing the final candidate to go forward for ratification as the county's senior football manager for 2006.

The Limerick county board is due to meet on Tuesday night to discuss who will take charge of county's senior hurlers for next season.

Former inter-county defender Declan Nash has today resigned from his position as selector with the Limerick hurlers.

The Fianna Fáil party has selected two candidates to contest the next General Election in the West Limerick constituency.

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LIMERICK hurling selector Joe McKenna is a candidate for the managerial position vacated by manager Padjoe Whelahan.

The Limerick county board revealed their new strip for the coming season last night.

LIMERICK senior hurling coach Dave Keane is seeking to have Friday’s Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final between UL and WIT put back to next Tuesday.