ADVENTURER Gerard McDonnell, who died on his descent from K2 last August, has been nominated posthumously for the Limerick Person of the Year Award.

A CORKMAN was last night honoured by his adopted city of Limerick for driving forward the foundation of the University of Limerick.

STUDENTS in fifth year will not need to change their Leaving Certificate subject choices to meet new entry requirements for medicine being introduced in 2009, Education Minister Mary Hanafin has insisted.

THE country’s first standalone graduate medical school at the University of Limerick opened its doors to 32 late-vocation-aspiring doctors this week.

I DISAGREE with the views expressed by Professor Paul Finucane regarding medical school admission (Opinion, September 5).

SCHOOL leavers seeking entry to medical school should be selected based on an interview as well as their Leaving Certificate results, the head of the country’s newest medicine course said yesterday.

MEDICINE graduates have problems dealing with simple clinical problems, because the education system is too focused on rote learning rather than getting students to “use their brains”, two leading doctors have warned.

MORE than 500 late vocation aspiring doctors have applied for the 60 graduate entry medical school places being made available from next September at the University of Limerick (UL) and the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin.

DOCTORS are to be trained in the mid-west for the first time at University of Limerick.

THE forthcoming decision on the location of a new graduate entry medical school could have major implications for Health Minister of State Tim O’Malley.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been accused of holding up the tendering process for the proposed graduate entry school of medicine which the Government plans to open next September.

THE Government’s plan to open a graduate entry medical school was cast in confusion last night amid claims that the University of Limerick had been rejected without a hearing.

POLITICAL and academic leaders in the Mid-West formed a united front yesterday amid fears that the government is going cold on a proposed graduate-only medical college for the University of Limerick.

LIMERICK FC have beaten off the challenge of at least two other clubs for the signature of central defender Paul Finucane.

Limerick striker Colin O’Brien forced extra-time with a 92nd minute penalty before missing one in the shootout as Cobh went through 3-2 on penalties after another thriller in this FAI Carlsberg Cup second round replay.

Limerick 1 Kildare County 1

LONGFORD TOWN and Kildare County progressed to the FAI Carlsberg Cup quarter-finals on Saturday with victories over Limerick and Cherry Orchard, respectively.

Shane Barrett scored twice early in the second half to kill-off cash-strapped Limerick's cup hopes at Flancare Park.

Longford Town 2 Limerick FC 1