THE main office holders of Limerick County Council have clocked up a huge amount of air travel over the past four years, with foreign trips costing the taxpayer a total of €41, 671.

THE exciting Gold Mein can land the Smiley Murphy A4 Stakes final, the feature at tonight’s benefit meeting at Youghal, in aid of Rathcormac Game & Wildlife Club.

A Fianna Fáil general election candidate has accused members of her own party of staging a campaign of dirty tricks against her.

FIANNA Fáil elected members have appealed to a colleague to remain as their leader within Limerick County Council after a “stormy” emergency meeting.

A MAJOR split among the 12 Fianna Fáil members on Limerick County Council led to the snap resignation at the weekend of the group leader, Cllr Kevin Sheahan.

RING ME SPARKY, the fastest of the heat winners, can go in again in the opening semi-final of the Droopys Stud Tri-Distance Sweepstake at Curraheen tonight.

A SMALL community in Limerick has started a name-change battle to restore its old Irish title which, loosely translated, branded the village the stronghold of “loose women”.

AN IRISHMAN was among the 49 people killed in a plane crash in Kentucky, USA, on Sunday.

THE first major row of the next general election campaign has erupted in Limerick East following the decision by FF headquarters to add Cllr Nóirín Ryan to the party ticket — in preference to former TD, Cllr Eddie Wade.

MEMBERS of Limerick County Council claimed €157,076 in conference expenses during the first six months of the year.

A FINE GAEL move to get Limerick County Council involved in the campaign to open up Croke Park for soccer and rugby was voted down yesterday at a special meeting.

LIMERICK County Council yesterday dismissed a demand by the city council for a boundary extension as nothing more than a money-grabbing exercise.

A Russian technology company is to to create 50 new jobs in Limerick after setting up its first Irish facility in the mid west.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

THE promising Movealong Bertie is one to note in heat three of the Key Entertainment Sprint Stake at Curraheen Park this evening.

Fianna Fail has made it to 80 seats in the 29th Dail.

Michael Noonan and Willie O'Dea look set to comfortably keep their seats in five-seater Limerick East.

Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan has been given a considerable boost by two new constituency opinion polls.

Fianna Fail could win three seats in Limerick east in the upcoming general election, according to an opinion poll broadcast on TG4.