SEVEN firefighters have joined Limerick city’s fire service, the first group in 20 years to have been trained in Ireland.

MUNSTER’S red army yesterday got a call to man the home barricades for the big Heineken Cup final against Toulouse on May 24.

A BUSY Limerick riverside street will sizzle over the coming holiday weekend as hundreds of barbecue chefs gather from all over the world to pit their skills in an international cook-off.

LIMERICK received a potential €30 million tourism boost yesterday with news that the city will host the All Ireland Corporate Games for the next five years.

LIMERICK’S St Patrick’s weekend festival will showcase sport, culture, community organisations and multicultural groups.

A LEADING sculptor hit back yesterday at criticism of his bronze statue of Richard Harris in Limerick city centre.

WHAT may turn out to be the country’s most spectacular Christmas tree was switched on in Limerick’s O’Connell Street last night.

The mayors of the Mid-West today called for thousands of people to join a weekend rally in the continuing battle to save the vital Shannon-Heathrow air link.

THE taxpayer will not be out of pocket over a decision to abandon plans for a new greyhound stadium on a site purchased for more than €1 million near Limerick, the chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board said yesterday.

LIMERICK yesterday honoured its most celebrated son, Richard Harris.

LIMERICK is to salute a city community for the manner it has tackled litter.

THE mayor of Limerick Cllr Ger Fahy yesterday called on the Government to support the Ryanair EGM resolution to reverse the transfer of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow routes to Belfast.

THE mayor of Limerick Cllr Ger Fahy yesterday called on the Government to support the Ryanair EGM resolution to reverse the transfer of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow routes to Belfast.

MORE than 650 young Catholics from 23 countries are expected to travel to Limerick next week for the first-ever Redemptorist Youth Congress to be held in Ireland.

A PIECE of Ireland’s World War One history was re-written last night in Limerick when the Freedom of the City was restored posthumously to the Fourth Earl of Dunraven, who died in 1928.

CITIZENS of the country’s three main cities had new lord mayors elected last night.

AS the Munster team captured the heart and admiration of the country, a local Limerick sporting legend was cast onto the national sports scene by last weekend’s events.

SHANNON Foynes Port Company (SFPC) could sell land for development at Limerick port and still retain the facility as a working dock, it was claimed at yesterday’s meeting of Limerick City Council.

IT’S going to be a warmer winter ahead for many of Limerick’s elderly residents, particularly those living in rented council houses.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

AS armed patrols keep the lid on the Limerick feud, the tried and trusted tactic of gardaí pounding the beat is turning the tables on the city’s more traditional trouble maker.

Two members of Limerick City Council have abstained from a vote on a motion which called on the Government to deny early release to the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.