Thousands of euro worth of food product at a west Limerick company had to be destroyed because of the pollution of the River Deel.

Householders in West Limerick affected by ongoing water restrictions from last week's oil spill in the River Deel will be able to call a special helpline from today.

UP to 1,500 homes in west Limerick face a weekend of water rationing after an oil spill polluted a 20km stretch of the river Deel.

CORK accountant Finbarr Buckley and former K Club director of golf, Paul Crowe, have been ordered by a judge to pay the Ryder Cup resort almost €18,000 in service charge arrears.

A FATHER whose two children were hospitalised after drinking tap water that is under a boil notice has appealed to Limerick County Council to bring in water tankers to their private estate in Croom.

THE planned N21 bypass of Adare village faces further delays as Limerick County Council has to change the route it opted for four years ago because of recent alterations in national road policy.

LIMERICK County Council yesterday removed a boil water notice affecting 340 households connected to Rockhill supply scheme.

TWO Newcastle West teenagers narrowly escaped death when a riverside seat collapsed into the river Arra, the night after it overflowed and surged through streets of the town causing massive damage.

WORK on a sewerage scheme in Co Limerick has come to a halt after a contractor decided to go into liquidation.

THOUSANDS of homes and farms in Co Limerick, which had been on boil water warnings, have a safe, secure supply following the completion of remedial works.

LIMERICK city’s senior transport official declared yesterday that he is determined to see an end to dedicated bus lanes which go nowhere.

UCD and Waterford United have only one league win between them this season, so this is a must-win game for both sides at Belfield Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

FOUR water scheme protesters are willing to go to jail rather than allow a pipeline to be laid in Limerick, it emerged yesterday.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON, believes the team can go on to dominate the match - and that Ireland could have four or even five players in the side at The K Club in September, 2006.

THE new South Course at the K Club will officially open today, with some of the biggest names on the European Tour participating in a gala Pro Am with the proceeds going to the Special Olympics.

JER O’DONOGHUE (Leevale) once again highlighted his liking for the Nenagh Indoor Arena with another sparkling performance in the 60m at the Munster indoor championships yesterday, clipping six hundredths of a second off the time he ran at the AAI Games a week earlier.

THE PRIDE and sense of expectation in the two men was palpable as they cast their gaze over terrain that up to a couple of years ago was dull pasture land but is now rapidly developing into one of Ireland's great golf courses.