LIMERICK City Council yesterday closed a deal for the purchase of a €270,000 home for the Murray family over the objection of local residents.

IRELAND’S leading children’s hospital honoured a Cork school yesterday for a decade of fundraising.

THE incoming chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has sought funding for four additional posts at the hospital where he works prior to accepting his new job.

A HOST of rock, pop, TV and radio stars turned out last night to honour one of the Irish music industry’s “living legends”, Larry Gogan, at a special function in Dublin.

PAUL could bend it like Beckham. He was tall, slim and his double-jointed physique meant he always had a few party tricks up his sleeve. He died suddenly aged 24.

CHARTOPPER Simon Casey drove hundreds of children wild when he made a surprise visit to their school to highlight a nationwide fundraiser.