It started by accident. Shane Clifford quit his job in Tesco and went travelling in Asia. On his return, while waiting to enrol in a programming course at Tralee IT, he started making short comedy videos for his own entertainment and posting them on social media.

A UCC law graduate yesterday spoke of her “bitter sweet” emotions when she was co-opted onto Limerick City and County Council.

The metropolitan mayor of Limerick, Jerry O’Dea, is being asked to step aside from his position until an internal Garda inquiry into the handling of a car crash he was involved in has concluded.

An emergency meeting of the Fianna Fáil members of the Metropolitan District of Limerick City and County Council was held last night to assess the position of the metropolitan mayor of the city following revelations that he is at the centre of an internal Garda probe into the failure of officers to investigate his involvement in a motoring incident.

Fianna Fáil, the biggest group on the new 40 member Limerick City and County Council may do a deal with Sinn Féin to take control of the new authority, it has emerged.