BATTLE lines are being drawn by planners and councillors over the controversial rezoning of sites for new housing in Adare.

OF the €100 million being sought by the mid-west from the Government’s Gateway Innovation fund, up to €70m has been earmarked for improving Limerick city centre.

The Dáil’s first husband and wife duo will be re-united this week after spending a month apart on the general election campaign trail.

It could be the first time in almost half a century that a TD from the O’Malley dynasty will not be in the Dáil, while other political families prospered in the General Election.

A GOLD rush type sale of house sites in Adare has forced Limerick County Council to order an environmental study amid fears that overdevelopment could damage one of the country’s idyllic tourism villages.

A HUGE planning row is looming in idyllic Adare after it was confirmed yesterday that local politicians agreed, at a private meeting, to push for the rezoning of farmland near the village for housing.

LEGENDARY gambler and racehorse owner JP McManus has secured a deal with a junior Limerick GAA club to swap its three-acre playing fields for a state-of-the-art sports complex on a 20-acre site nearby.

DESPITE management claims that there is no great demand for the removal of refuse charges from low-income households, the Fianna Fáil group on Limerick County Council are to press ahead with plans to introduce a refuse waiver scheme.

LIMERICK County Council have taken a lead from the gardaí, who deploy a helicopter to help fight crime in Limerick city, by taking to the skies to tackle illegal activity in isolated rural areas.

A FIVE-YEAR waste management plan for a region covering Limerick (city and county), Clare and Kerry, launched yesterday, contains incineration targets, which the compilers of the plan admit cannot be achieved.

Damien Richardson has confirmed that he wants former Cobh Ramblers manager Dave Hill as his assistant at Cork City.

Macho Mayo Man. I want to be a Macho Mayo Man. The testosterone levels were high among the Blueshirts in The West at the weekend, resulting in a peculiar odour in the packed auditorium for Enda Kenny’s triumphant match on his near-enough-to-home turf.

Young women are living in fear that a serial killer is stalking the east coast of Ireland, the Dail has heard.

Opposition TDs in the Midlands have lashed out at the Government and the IDA following the loss of almost 200 jobs in Co. Offaly.