On the night Cork beat Clare in the 1999 Munster final, Johnny Callanan, the former Clarecastle and Clare hurler, and a great personal friend, told me a funny story. A few pints had helped to siphon some of the pain from the defeat but Cal wanted to try put more perspective on the day’s events.

In the same way that Ireland has always relied on a strong core of Munster players — forwards, in particular — Munster has always been at its belligerent best with a core of influential Limerick forwards on board, writes Donal Lenihan 

The Munster team who beat the then world champions Australia at Musgrave Park in 1992 will be feted tonight. Barry Coughlan caught up with captain Terry Kingston and goalkicker Charlie Haly to relive the excitement of the day

THE Power Report, which was commissioned by developer Ger Clohessy, warns against any row-back on the huge regeneration plan to transform Limerick’s deprived council estates.

LIMERICK is escaping the brunt of the housing slump and is destined for what a leading economist yesterday described as a “silent revolution” over the next decade.