Details of the long-awaited extension of Cork’s city boundary could emerge within weeks.

Construction has begun on a 100,000sq ft office development in Limerick city centre — kickstarting the €500m Limerick 2030 economic plan.

More than 230 jobs are to be created through the construction and operation of a €14m engineering training centre of excellence at Limerick Institute of Technology.

Rural Ireland is not being left behind in a new jobs boom, according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

Heads of agreement signed with Troy Studios for Dell factory plan.

A public outcry in west Limerick led yesterday to a local authority being asked to take steps to revoke a deal to lease land to a US corporation for the development of a gasification plant.

Limerick’s reign as Ireland’s first National City of Culture generated almost €44m for the local economy, according to an economic impact study to be published today .

A €6m deal signed yesterday will see a major film studios set up in Limerick.

Amalgamating Limerick city and county councils has had its issues, but it should result in better local administration, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

The biggest 10-year real estate project in a city centre, outside of Dublin, was given the go-ahead in Limerick yesterday.

Tánaiste Joan Burton is standing over a Labour minister’s decision to appoint a special adviser who left Limerick’s City of Culture project amidst controversy.

Local government auditors have launched an attack on internal bookkeeping practices at Limerick City and County Council.

The cost to the taxpayer of sending a select number of senior local government officials to an exclusive management course at Harvard University tops €315,000 for the past seven years, figures show.

Limerick’s City and County Council yesterday voted to create a second mayor’s role in a move to end confusion over chains of office.

Plans for a multi-million euro film production hub in Limerick are in motion following confirmation that the local authority is working in partnership with Ireland’s top film and television studios.

The Fianna Fáil chairman of Limerick City and County Council was yesterday accused of misrepresenting the council’s position on water charges.

The man who turned down the plan for five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park is the top earner among local authority staff.

Limerick City and County Council chief executive Conn Murray is finalising the setting up of a new company called ‘Innovate Limerick’ which will drive the Limerick 2030 economic plan for the city, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Limerick City Council, one of the oldest local authorities in Ireland and Britain, having first met in 1197, sat for the final time yesterday.

Limerick City will be divided into the northern and southern hemisphere this summer — and on either side of this line the food, culture, and music of some of the world’s greatest rugby provinces and clubs will be celebrated as part of its first-ever world club sevens festival.

Some 270 new jobs have been announced for Limericas part of an €80m investment by Ethicon Biosurgery Ireland.

Limerick will next month lead the way in transforming state support for homeless families who are currently on rent supplement.

Limerick city and county manager Conn Murray is grappling with one of the most challenging tasks in local government.

A replacement to head up the Limerick City of Culture year-long project has finally been advertised, over two months after the resignation of former CEO Patricia Ryan.

Two Limerick secondary schools have been left reeling after losing their long-awaited artificial hockey pitch to Saturday’s floods.

About 2,000 people living in 300 homes in have been swamped by floods not seen in Limerick in living memory.

The three board members who resigned from Limerick’s troubled City of Culture team are amongst the many people warmly welcoming the appointment of an acclaimed figure in arts education to salvage the troubled programme.

Limerick City of Culture chairman Pat Cox has said he must accept that people think there was political influence at work in his organisation, but has denied that this was the case.

Pat Cox said he had “nothing to do with the appointment” of Patricia Ryan, so it seems safe to assume the matter didn’t come before the board of Limerick City of Culture, which he chairs.

Limerick City of Culture’s former chief executive, Patricia Ryan, said the decision to quit was hers alone and that she was not forced out following the public and media backlash.

It seemed like a great idea — build on the success of last year’s national Gathering, harness a growing movement to think and act locally and encourage Ireland’s arts community to focus their efforts in their own back yard.

The CEO of Limerick’s City of Culture has resigned.

The unification of Limerick city and county at next year’s local elections has already yielded a huge boost for city centre businesses — a 16% rate cut.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has come out in support of the beleaguered CEO of Limerick City of Culture 2014, Patricia Ryan, whose appointment earlier this month has caused a storm of protest.

The appointment of the chief executive of Limerick City of Culture 2014 could cause reputational damage to the city, a councillor has claimed.

Limerick city’s manager has defended the fast-track appointment of Pat Cox’s former special advisor as the chief executive of Limerick City of Culture 2014.

Limerick’s City of Culture 2014 programme will generate over €100m in additional visitor revenue, the Limerick city/county manager, Conn Murray, predicted yesterday.

Limerick city’s regeneration plan, launched in 2007 with a €3bn goal of transforming four black- spot estates, was reignited yesterday with a revised €250m package over 10 years.

Limerick is planning to double its visitor numbers following the establishment of the first marketing company for a city in Ireland.