Noel Walsh and Gabriel Keating didn’t set out to become pioneers in the early 1970s, rather both men were simply unhappy with the set-up in front of them.

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.

ADVENTURER Gerard McDonnell, who died on his descent from K2 last August, has been nominated posthumously for the Limerick Person of the Year Award.

ANGRY residents and business people in Newcastle West claimed they are being “fobbed” off by Limerick County Council over the reason behind the flooding that devastated the town.

THE elderly woman plucked from the Newcastle West floods by a rescue helicopter early yesterday morning has revealed how her barking terrier “Speedy” saved her life.