A Cork-Limerick motorway is “an absolute imperative” if Government wants to balance out the thriving Dublin economy and ensure the financial recovery spreads to all parts of the country.

Ireland Women’s Rugby captain Niamh Briggs was mobbed by young fans in Limerick earlier today as she arrived in the city by boat for the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy tour.

Latest: Newly elected Mayor of Limerick City and County, Stephen Keary has said he "will be Mayor of Limerick for all of the people of Limerick."

Hundreds of people have signed a petition asking Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to block the election of one of his party's members as Limerick mayor over "racist" remarks.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to condemn “racist” comments made by a Fine Gael councillor.

A total of 94 compensation claims have been taken against Limerick County Council over the past five years by people who had trips and falls on public footpaths.

A study on Rathkeale, claiming the Co Limerick town has its own form of apartheid due to the divide between Travellers and the settled community, has been dismissed by community leaders as “total rubbish”.

Gardaí impounded over 30 cars belonging to visiting Travellers in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, over the Christmas/New Year holiday.

Armed gardaí will patrol Rathkeale this Christmas when thousands of transient Travellers descend on the west Limerick town from all over Europe.

RESPECTING the dead is strictly by appointment at a cemetery in Limerick county.