More than 10,000 volunteers of all ages clad in hi-vis gear swept through Limerick city and county yesterday leaving a trail of spick-and-span neighbourhoods in their wake.

Irish hotels are back in business - they’ve sold like hot-cakes during 2014, with over 50 finding new owners, with €450m changing hands in the process.

Mitchells & Butlers — the British-based pub and restaurant owner, in which John Magnier and JPMcManus hold a significant stake — has reported a 4.4% year-on-year increase in sales for the first 17 weeks of its current financial year.

AFTER their glitzy €3 million wedding today in Co Limerick, newlyweds Sue Ann McManus and Cian Foley plan to make a new life in California, it was learned last night.