A BUSY Limerick riverside street will sizzle over the coming holiday weekend as hundreds of barbecue chefs gather from all over the world to pit their skills in an international cook-off.

THE story behind the burial of two Norwegian children in a Limerick city cemetery nearly 140 years ago will be recalled at the Belltable Arts Centre tomorrow.

Independent Dáil TDs today meet the Norwegian ambassador to push their case for the release of the Rossport Five opposed to a Shell gas pipeline in north Co Mayo.

A GALWAY auctioneer is to be knighted by Norway for his services to that country.