WORKERS at Limerick’s biggest manufacturing plant gave more than 25,000 hours of their own time last year — the equivalent of 3,125 working days — helping local community initiatives.

AN abused Limerick mother spent just one night away from home in seven years - and that was to have a baby, a pilot study on domestic violence revealed yesterday.

MORE than 100 female victims of domestic abuse have been helped by a Limerick-based group since it began operating three years ago.