A pedestrian has died after he was hit by a truck on the main Limerick to Ennis road.

Kerry and Mayo fans travelling to Limerick for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay are being advised to travel early as the city will be thronged for one of the biggest gay, lesbian and transgender parades ever organised in this country.

LOGITECH is the latest new arrival into the 750,000 sq ft Cork Airport Business Park, where 55,000 sq ft of deals have been finalised since summer, and where book-selling giant Amazon is committing to further space.

Gardaí have been called to the Radisson Hotel in Galway this afternoon where Fine Gael is holding its two-day think-in - after a disturbance involving students opposed to increased college fees.

ALTHOUGH a feature of Dublin life since 1852, the Clarence Hotel was taken over by Bono and The Edge of U2 in 1992.

THE Galway man who claims he owns half of Facebook is in his native county, despite claims by his family that he is not in Ireland.

Properties from as low as €15,000 are going under the hammer today at Munster's first-ever discounted property auction.

THE completion of the 900 metre Limerick tunnel has resulted in the loss of construction jobs.

PLANS are being finalised in Limerick for the biggest simulated emergency exercise every carried out in this country.

BUSINESSES must get their Christmas decorations out as soon as the jazz weekend is over.

TECHNOLOGY, competitive focus and enhanced trading ties with China can speed up Ireland’s recovery, according to leading industry analysts.

EXPOSURE? It is a long way from the exposed West Cork coastline and the scenic Seven Heads to money-mill windfarms in the mid-west of the United States of America, but that’s just one of the journeys taken by John Fleming.

A frozen fountain joined the equally rare sight of sheets of ice on canals and lakes around the country as the cold snap continued today.

Tourism chiefs will reveal plans today to boost the number of visitors to Ireland over the coming months.

More than 120 jobs are set to be created at a new Radisson SAS hotel that is opening in Dublin city centre this June.

THE €370 million contract to build and run a toll road tunnel under the River Shannon has been won by a business consortium which includes a Limerick road construction company.

Socialite Paris Hilton and her latest lover Paris Latsis sparked fury in a Caribbean hotel when guests were kept awake all night - by the loved-up pair's moans of pleasure.

TAX relief driven developments could increase room capacity in Irish hotels by 50% — 22,500 bedrooms — by July 2006, industry experts believe.

ROY KEANE might have to forego the dream of managing Ireland — if the FAI doesn’t pull its socks up a lot further.

"DAD their going to kill me because of you". That was the chilling message kidnappers sent to a prison officer in Limerick after they abducted his son.

EMOTIONS ran high at an extraordinary general meeting of the Munster Branch on Monday night, called to discuss the controversial ticket distribution for next month’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Stade Français at Thomond Park.

A COSY cottage on the Ennis road side of Limerick is for sale through Gordon Kearney of Rooney’s.