Single-practice GPs are struggling to find locums, so it is difficult for them take summer holidays.

A Limerick GP has revealed he sent Alan Shatter pictures of bruised patients that he claims were beaten in Garda custody, and that the then-justice minister told him more CCTV would be installed in Garda stations.

A big drop in admissions to the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick at weekends may be attributed to people putting health concerns aside rather than missing out on social or recreational pursuits on Saturdays and Sundays, a spokesperson for the hospital said yesterday.

A LIMERICK holiday- maker may have contracted TB from contaminated air in the plane that took her to a sun destination.