A bewildered Sal Slattery stood in the rain by his wife’s desecrated grave yesterday and wondered what the world had come to.

THE Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray’s expected resignation from his post could be announced today, as attention turns to who will succeed him in the short term.

A sentence of ten years, with the last two years suspended, was imposed today on a man who was caught in a €100,000 ecstasy transaction in a remote area of County Cork.

THIRD-level scholarships worth up to €160,000 and financed by JP McManus were last night presented to eight students who completed their Leaving Certificate exams at CBS Sexton Street in Limerick.