Ahane clubman Mike Carr is the one change to the Limerick team for tomorrow night's Allianz NHL Division 1 game against Cork at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 7.30pm).

SPIRITED performances by two young teams in this entertaining Waterford Crystal hurling tournament quarter-final in Kilmallock yesterday, the students eventually out-pointing a plucky Limerick side by three points, thus qualifying to meet UL on Sunday next.

OFF the field, the raging inferno that is the Limerick hurling crisis burns on, yet between the white lines Justin McCarthy is attempting to plough on with the preparation work for the 2010 season.

A new study aims to investigate the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells in combating the loss of vision in diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

ALMOST 1,000 people across Ireland are suffering from blindness caused by glaucoma, it emerged yesterday.

COUNCIL officials who switched off the audible warnings on pedestrian crossings to “safeguard” sighted people have settled a case taken by a blind user left stranded at the side of the road.

A TREATMENT is now available that can halt the development of the leading cause of blindness in Ireland.

Budget airline Ryanair today revealed plans to end restrictions on the number of blind or partially sighted passengers it could carry on a single flight.

Budget airline Ryanair is to change its policy on carrying sight-impaired passengers following criticism of its decision to eject blind travellers from a flight.

Ryanair says it will change its policy on the carriage of visually-impaired passengers.

NO-FRILLS airline Ryanair may face legal action for allegedly discriminating against blind passengers, a British charity said yesterday.

A new speaking phone will allow blind people to access text messages on their mobile phones for the first time.

Labels on medicines will soon have to be provided in Braille under a EU directive, it emerged today.

Employers are obliged to provide eye tests for staff that use computers for more than an hour a day.

PUPILS at St Mary’s School for the Visually Impaired have an uncertain future when their school closes for the summer today.

Web sites are being adapted for visually impared people in Ireland. A leading supermarket has reformed its web site for the visually impaired.