THE Government has approved funding for the Limerick regeneration programme which will kick-start construction work on new homes and other projects in four run down parts of the city.

THE head of Dell’s global operations will today visit the company’s Limerick plant amid concerns about the long-term future of the facility, which employs 3,000.

LIMERICK City Council will today be asked to give the go-ahead for a portrait of the late Richard Harris to be hung in City Hall.

A waiver scheme for waste collection in Limerick City is set to be axed in January and up to 4,000 disadvantaged people could have to pay in full for rubbish collections.