The executive directors of Kerry Group Plc have been on the receiving end of a 14% pay cut despite the fact that the company recorded pre-tax profits of €449.1m.

The €600,000 to be spent by a local authority rounding up stray horses over the next four years has been described as “outrageous”.

THE mid-west region is facing a waste crisis, with only a single landfill facility fully operational after Clare County Council ceases accepting commercial waste at its Inagh landfill today.

A MASSIVE scrap metal enterprise operated by a number of families on the outskirts of Limerick city was yesterday dismantled in a clampdown on unauthorised waste facilities.

HOUSEHOLDERS in Co Limerick are to face fines of almost €2,000 if they fail to show they have a waste collection service in place.

KERRY Group’s top four executives were rewarded by a combined pay and pension package totalling €5.2 million in 2010 the annual report for last year shows.

I REFER to Jimmy Woulfe’s article under “Flashing election signs’ threat to road safety”. In particular I refer to the comments of Gerry Behan, Director of Environmental Services at Limerick County Council.

THE placing of large flashing road signs to promote Co Limerick independent candidate, John Dillon, the former IFA president, was yesterday condemned as irresponsible and a threat to road safety.

PRIVATE refuse collection companies are queuing up to acquire a huge county council-owned landfill site in west Limerick.

A MAJOR investigation is continuing after thousands of salmon and trout, mainly juvenile stock, were wiped out in west Limerick following a reported farmyard accident.

KERRY Group’s executive directors enjoyed remuneration increases of 15% to 18% on the back of a strong year’s performance the annual report, posted out to shareholders yesterday, reveals.

A third person was being questioned tonight by detectives probing the murder of a Limerick businessman.

MORE than 50 houses in the suburbs of Limerick are to undergo an immediate inspection to ensure toxic fumes are not escaping from faulty flues, posing a risk to the occupants.

ONE of the largest purpose-built public parks and amenity areas in the mid-west region was opened yesterday in the Limerick suburb of Castletroy.

A NEW public park will be opened in the Limerick suburb of Castletroy later this week.

Up to 10,000 jobs in 28 multinational companies throughout County Limerick are threatened by Aer Lingus' decision to withdraw its daily Shannon-Heathrow service.

LIMERICK County Council is about to start on a €16.38 million extension of its landfill site at Gortadroma in west Limerick.

LIMERICK County Development Board (CDB) yesterday launched a strategy which directs renewed focus on a variety of issues ranging from youth services to water quality.

THE State may have to financially help public servants to do night courses which have no relevance to their work, following a ruling involving an employee of Limerick County Council.

LIMERICK people have the highest disposal incomes in the Mid-West, a report published yesterday revealed.