Ian Fitzhenry can thank an alert taximan and a garda patrol crew. Ian, a student at Sexton Street CBS, almost didn’t sit English Paper 1, on the first day of the Leaving Cert, in June, because he misread the bus timetable.

Talking to the men directly involved, there are a couple of common themes when it comes to the factors that have led to a renaissance at underage hurling in the counties of Clare and Limerick — and a reasonable amount of divergence.

A LIMERICK school teacher is preparing for a 4,500-mile (about 7,250 kilometres) motorbike journey to Africa to help boost education facilities at three schools in Ghana.

SPORTSMAN and entrepreneur JP McManus last night handed out scholarships worth €216,000 to eight students from his old school, Sexton Street CBS in Limerick, to help them pursue third-level qualifications.

Limerick GAA is celebrating a €5m Gaelic Grounds gift from JP McManus today.