Limerick City and County Council has said it gave €1,100 to the Richard Harris International Film Festival and not €200 as claimed by the organisers.

The promoters of a film festival which celebrates Richard Harris in his native Limerick, has accused the city’s cultural establishment of snubbing the event after the city council gave it just €200.

Maeve McGrath is a once-familiar face to viewers of Irish soap Fair City but has since carved out a career in production.

A daredevil stuntman from Limerick is to be ‘burned at the stake’ this weekend as part of the city’s inaugural Elemental Arts and Culture Festival.

A NOISY motor workshop is threatening the future of professional theatre in Limerick, a top actor and a leading producer warned yesterday.