Colette Sheridan speaks to the two men who built the Popemobile for his visit to Ireland, which can now be rented for stag or hen parties.

EVERYONE gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the gentlemen from BP and the federal government.

A sense of foreboding enveloped the American coastline from Louisiana to Florida today as the massive BP oil slick spewing from a ruptured well kept growing.

WHEN Affif Belgecham, the European Union middleweight champion, arrived in Limerick on Thursday for tonight’s fight with Andy Lee at the University Arena, he was quick to point out that he wanted to make it a big double for France, whose footballers meet Ireland earlier in the evening at Croke Park in the crucial World Cup play-off.

THE middleweight champion of France, Affif Belghecham, breezed into Limerick yesterday confident of playing his part in a French sporting double against the Irish tomorrow night.