The Bruce Springsteen concert at Thomond Park in 2013 contributed last year to a marginal increase in operating profits at the firm which controls the Limerick stadium.

Operating profits at the firm that runs Thomond Park stadium last year reduced by 20% to €284,000 due to a reduced number of Munster matches at the stadium.

Limerick City will be divided into the northern and southern hemisphere this summer — and on either side of this line the food, culture, and music of some of the world’s greatest rugby provinces and clubs will be celebrated as part of its first-ever world club sevens festival.

Limerick is preparing for a tasty €10m economic French dressing as thousands of Toulouse supporters throng the city today in advance of the Heineken Cup quarter-final clash with Munster in Thomond Park tomorrow.

Teams including Saracens, New South Wales Waratahs and Stade Français have confirmed their participation as World Club 7s comes to Ireland for the first time this summer.

Glory days are back in Limerick hurling, so who better to ring in the Treaty City’s GAA celebrations, than The Boss?

Munster are set to name a new main shirt sponsor, the province said yesterday, on a day the Thomond Park Stadium Company Ltd reported its operating profits had almost halved last year to €354,000.

A sell-out crowd is expected at Thomond Park when Premier League champions Manchester City take on Limerick FC in a friendly on August 5 (7pm).

The company that operates the €40m Thomond Park in Limerick increased its operating profit more than threefold last year to €612,000 in spite of revenues reducing by 5% to €2.65m.

Limerick publicans have their fingers crossed that they are not facing into another Good Friday drink court battle with the huge Munster versus Ulster Heineken Cup quarter-final set for the Easter weekend at Thomond Park.

THOMOND Park is worth the equivalent of 565 full-time jobs to the Limerick economy where it gives business to more than local 40 suppliers.

FORMER Leinster coach Michael Cheika has been fined €20,000, half of it suspended until June 2013, for his conduct on the night of the Amlin Challenge final when his Stade Francais side was defeated by Harlequins.

REVENUES at the company that operates Limerick’s €40 million Thomond Park increased last year by 40% as the firm recorded a post-tax loss of €1.5 million.

THOMOND Park has given a boost to the Limerick economy equal to an industry employing 565 full-time workers since it opened in October 2008.

MUNSTER are confident the Thomond Park pitch will beat the cold snap and be in great shape for this Sunday’s Heineken Cup clash against Ospreys.

THOMOND PARK chiefs last night revealed they may again cover the pitch with 140 bales of straw to ensure the pitch is playable for Munster’s Heineken Cup clash with Ospreys on Sunday.

IT’S the spiritual home of Munster rugby and although much has changed at Thomond Park, the name will remain the same.

SUNDERLAND AFC chairman Niall Quinn is bringing his premiership side to play at Thomond Park for the first major venture by a trust, set up to honour murder victim Garryowen rugby captain, Shane Geoghegan.

AS Thomond Park rugby tickets get hotter, along comes news of the biggest concert gig in Ireland this year.

AS MUNSTER squeezed past Northampton last night in Thomond Park, the business community in Limerick were toasting a €10m bonanza to lift the New Year blues.

THE European Rugby Cup’s decision to fix Munster and Northampton’s crucial Heineken Cup Pool One showdown for Friday night has been slammed by both clubs.

THOMOND PARK officials are confident that there will be no repeat of last year’s traffic chaos when Munster open their Heineken Cup campaign against Perpignan at the Limerick venue on Friday night.

THOMOND PARK’S automated turnstiles will not be in operation for the next two games at the stadium.

THOMOND PARK is set to stage its second international soccer friendly after it was announced yesterday that the Republic of Ireland will face World Cup hosts South Africa in a friendly on Tuesday, September 8.

The Republic of Ireland will play Australia on August 12 at Thomond Park Stadium, the FAI has announced today.

THOMOND Park, the site of heated rugby battle, is preparing for a new era of social harmony and bliss.

THOMOND PARK officials last night expressed disappointment with the ERC decision to schedule their crucial Heineken Cup clash with Sale Sharks on Friday, January 16.

THOMOND PARK has hit a second concert jackpot with confirmation yesterday that Rod Stewart will perform there on July 4.

The €40m redevelopment of Thomond Park has created additional capacity, corporate options and traffic problems. However, the one thing that mustn’t change is the stadium ‘feel’, says Michael Moynihan.

THE new €40 million Thomond Park stadium has hit the concert jackpot with Elton John signing up to perform in the Limerick rugby venue next June.

LIMERICK will feature on New Zealand prime time television next month as part of the build-up to the November 18 Munster v All Blacks game in Thomond Park.

THE Limerick skyline has been changing over the last 20 months.

TALK of a looming recession hasn’t deterred big spenders from scrambling to buy corporate space at the revamped €40 million Thomond Park, which opens next month.

ALL BLACKS coach Graham Henry has re-applied for his job following the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) decision to make the position contestable after the team’s failed World Cup campaign.

A MAJOR root and branch safety investigation is being conducted by one of Cork’s newest shopping centres following the miraculous escape of a three-year-old child in a fall from an escalator.