House costs may going up, but the price of this riverside folly in West Limerick has just come down dramatically.

THERE’S 60 acres of miscanthus (elephant grass) growing on this 114-acre farm at Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, and this energy crop is due to be harvested next March.

The garda and firefighter killed after being struck by a car in Co Limerick at the weekend are due to laid to rest today.

A file is being prepared for the DPP in connection with the deaths of a garda and a firefighter who were struck by a car near Foynes in Co Limerick yesterday morning.