Thousands will line the streets of Limerick this evening to greet torch bearers drawn from An Garda Síochána and the PSNI to herald the opening of the Special Olympics Ireland Games.

A fireman who jumped from a bridge to rescue a woman from drowning in a river is to be nominated for a bravery award.

A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic river rescue.

A fireman has jumped from a bridge into a raging river to perform a dramatic rescue of a woman in Limerick this evening.

Well, this is the cleanest video of the storms we've seen.

Parts of Ireland are being ravaged by stormy weather with forecasters warning of severe coastal flooding and gales of up 120kph.

Homes and business owners are beginning to count the cost as the latest 120km/h winds batter the west and south coasts.

The Banner roared last night as 30,000 supporters turned out in Ennis to give a tumultuous welcome to the victorious All-Ireland senior hurlers with the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

They're trying to break a world record in Ennis this month for the largest ever gathering of people with the same first name.

Forget about the blushing bride. It’s the groom you have to worry about.

Primary school kids and real doctors at a teddy bear hospital in Limerick today. You're welcome.

O’DONOVAN JOHN, owned by Richard Keane, Goolds Cross, Co. Tipperary, and trained by David Flannigan, who could be backed at 10-1 before the stake commenced, proved a surprise winner of thefeatured Fitzgerald Cup, the All-Aged event, at the second stage of the Glanworth Coursing meeting.

WORLD famous authors, with more than 50 million sales to their names, have joined forces with Limerick city students to produce a unique literacy and enterprise project.

MAGIC wands, football games played with the brain and fossils from millions of years ago are drawing gasps of wonder from children at a Science Week event in Cork city.

ONE of the country’s leading regional newspapers, the Limerick Leader, has informed staff that it was closing down its pre-press department with the loss of 19 jobs.

CALLING on all their experience and brilliantly marshalled by outstanding centre-back Pat Mulcahy, 14-man Newtownshandrum edged out Midleton, 1-10 to 0-12 in Castletownroche on Saturday in an opening round permanent tsb Cork County SHC contest.

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