Lifebuoys cannot be placed on a bridge which is one of the country’s worst blackspots for suicides and drownings as it would be against the law, Limerick City and County Council has said.

Limerick politicians united to block a move by Irish Water to draw huge amounts of water from the Parteen Basin to augment supplies to the greater Dublin area.

Limerick City people are more likely to prefer to walk to work, school, or college than residents in other parts of the country, according to a new report.