The managing director of one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group, said yesterday that the scarcity of new housing has held back the performance of its appliance and consumer electronics business.

The Fermanagh hurlers are celebrating for the second weekend in a row. Seven days after winning the Lory Meagher Cup, they earned the right to step up to the higher grade with a four points win over Louth in a Nicky Rackard Cup promotion/relegation play-off at Kingspan Breffni Park.

A teacher forced to leave her job at a training centre after her employers refused to address a number of issues has been awarded €18,000.

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HAVING wowed London’s West End, actress Lisa Dwan brings her acclaimed Samuel Beckett trilogy to Galway’s Taibhdhearc theatre next week, as part of the Galway Arts Festival. It will be a spiritual homecoming.

She was the Hollywood child star who melted hearts in Depression-era America with her trademark blonde ringlets and dimpled smile.

A FORUM has been formed to stem thefts from shops and to fight other city-centre crime in Limerick.

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THE four former directors of drinks group, C&C who left the business last year as part of its management shake-up – including ex-chief executive, Maurice Pratt – shared a combined €4.73 million in compensation payoffs upon their departure, according to the company’s latest annual report.

The Government has scrambled an aid expert to war-torn Sri Lanka to help distribute humanitarian supplies.

C&C Group has announced that finance director, Brendan Dwan will retire in May of this year, after 34 years service with the company.

A TOP Limerick store is prepared to ‘consider’ any request from Euromillions lottery winner Dolores McNamara for exclusive Christmas shopping time.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent