A Limerick tally at 1pm has predicted that Sinn Féin will return four to the new 40-member Limerick City and County Council.

Limerick City West is shaping up for a tight battle for the last of the seven seats.

Local politics along the banks of the Shannon is entering uncharted waters due to the unification of the city and county to form a united assembly.

Residents who forked out €270,000 for their homes seven years ago have been told they do not actually own the driveways to their houses.

Little did they realise when they set up a mortgage for their €270k three-bed semi seven years ago that they could be heading for a legal battle for the very driveways to their homes.

A soccer fan who flung a banana in the direction of Manchester City player Gael Clichy during a friendly against Limerick FC at Thomond Park last August is not to face an incitement to hatred charge.

Limerick’s image as the European City of Sport suffered a blow yesterday after Manchester City’s Gaël Clichy claimed he was subjected to racism in the city on Sunday night.

Thousands of jobs can be created for Shannon Airport and the wider mid-west if the Government moves to establish a debt-free, independent Shannon Airport.

The home repossession controversy has taken a macabre turn in Limerick.

The most comprehensive socio-economic review ever conducted in North Tipperary, Clare and Limerick will be launched in Co Clare today.

THE home of an elderly Limerick woman was ransacked and set alight shortly after she moved to live in a nursing home.

JP MCMANUS has received many racing trophies but when he was bestowed with a special medal yesterday, his response was “I’m embarrassed.”

Fine Gael's Michael Noonan has been elected on the first count in Limerick City.

FECK your EU bailout, we’ve got a plan outside. It wasn’t quite far off what Eamon Gilmore was saying as he marched through the Rubberbandits’ stomping grounds of Limerick.

A DISTINCTIVE green An Post van has gone missing on a delivery round in Limerick.

THE Labour Party MEP for Ireland South Alan Kelly wants to leave Brussels less than two years after he was elected and win a Dáil seat in Tipperary north instead.

LIMERICK City Council has been called on to carry out an urgent inspection of the site of the on-hold Opera (Shopping) Centre in the city centre as may of the buildings there are over 100 years old and have been unoccupied for years.

THE death has occurred of Jim Leddin, a member of a well-known Limerick political family.

THE recent comments by Denis Brosnan, chairman of the Mid-West Jobs Taskforce, concerning the lack of action by the Government on the 20 recommendations listed in the taskforce interim report published last July is a shocking indictment of the Government’s attitude to or concern for the huge challenges facing Limerick and the greater mid-west region.

THE mayor of Limerick last night expressed his “sadness” that a full meeting of the city council could not agree to award the Freedom of the City to a man described as one of the finest Limerick men of his time.

PLANS were unveiled yesterday to develop Limerick as a rail-friendly city with its own suburban tram system linking city centre streets.

OUTSPOKEN Limerick priest Fr Joe Young yesterday compared drug dealers to paedophiles.

AN OFFER to beat most in the rented shop market still cannot attract takers in Limerick city centre.

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny had held private talks with Labour to try and help his party secure the mayoralty of Limerick, it emerged yesterday.

THE owners of the Crescent Shopping Centre warned yesterday that opposition by Limerick City Council to a giant Marks & Spencer store at the Dooradoyle complex could force the giant retailer to Galway with the potential loss of 450 jobs.

PLANS are expected to be lodged with Limerick City Council shortly for the demolition of a historic sports club building where Richard Harris is reputed to have consumed his first pint of Guinness.

I WISH to reply to the letter from Cathal McCarthy (June 20) headlined ‘Priest is right about city problems.’

THE mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Leddin, recently availed of the news columns of a local newspaper to chide a priest for setting out some uncomfortable truths.

I WOULD like to commend the former Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Leddin, for his good intentions (Letters, June 27), but I deplore his method of defending our city. It is not wise to shoot the messenger for reminding us that the barbarians are still inside the gates.

LIMERICK’S huge Riverfest which drew up to 40,000 revellers into the city over the holiday weekend finishes today.

AS temperatures soared yesterday Limerick unveiled its forthcoming Riverfest during which the country’s biggest barbecue will sizzle over two days.

A UNIQUE community- based scheme to tackle issues such as anti-social behaviour was launched in Limerick yesterday.

Residents in some of Limerick’s troubled housing estates will no longer have to turn directly to gardai in the battle against anti-social behaviour.

A €50 MILLION plan to reshape Limerick city centre was unveiled yesterday.

A TICKET scrum for Saturday’s Thomond Park showdown between Munster and Leicester saw prices rocket on the internet yesterday.

BROADCASTER Pat Kenny was accused yesterday of hyping up Limerick’s crime image.

A TAPE containing a secretly recorded business conversation has been handed over to Shannon Foynes Company (SFPC) as part of a probe into allegations made against the company.

THE investigation underway at the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) involves a number of verbal allegations made to the board of the company.

DETAILED proposals for the sale of Limerick docks will be brought before the board of Shannon Foynes Port Company next month.

AFTER a “frank” exchange of views on the proposed sale of Limerick docks, an emergency meeting of Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has agreed to hold more inclusive talks with port users and Limerick City Council.

ANGRY exchanges flared at an emergency meeting of the Shannon Foynes Port Committee (SFPC) yesterday over the proposed sale of Limerick docks for commercial development.

AS the battle for the future of Limerick docks intensifies, the Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Leddin, yesterday called on the board of Shannon Foynes Port Company to suspend their plans to sell off part or all of Limerick docks.

A HOST of Hollywood movie stars have been invited to Kilkee for the unveiling of a statue to celebrate the late actor, Richard Harris.

MEMBERS of Limerick City Council threatened yesterday to block plans to turn Limerick docks into a major retail and commercial centre.