As Limerick CivicTrust launches its annual series of lectures, chief executive David O’Brien tells Pádraig Hoare about its work forging business and community partnerships.

The scheduling of controversial columnist Kevin Myers as a moderator at a talk on censorship in Limerick strikes as a “provocative, calculated” move by the organisers, a professor at the University of Limerick has said.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he is "shocked and appalled by the brutal and horrific killings" at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.