PLACE on a plate — it’s more than just a foodie catchphrase, you know.

OPINIONS on the Good Friday opening of Limerick pubs ranged from “sensible” to “scurrilous” among worshippers arriving for the 3pm Passion and Veneration of the Cross ceremony at St Joseph’s Church in the city centre.

A 29-YEAR-OLD office manager from Lucan, Co Dublin, mixed high street fashion with tasteful accessories to win the best dressed lady award at a sun drenched Bloom ’09, the country’s premier gardening showpiece.

HEALTH and Safety Authority officials will visit the scene of a tragic family farm accident which claimed the life of a teenager on Saturday afternoon.