THE country’s largest marching band walked away with the top prize at yesterday’s International Band Parade and Competition which attracted more than 30,000 people onto the streets of Limerick.

LIMERICK’S International Band Parade and Competition next Sunday has attracted almost 600 musicians from marching bands who will travel from the US, Germany, Africa and Northern Ireland.

FOUR college bands from the US with more than 500 musicians will take part in Limerick’s International Band competition on Sunday.

LIMERICK city centre has received another boost with confirmation yesterday that work on the massive Opera Centre development is to get underway in the new year.

Gardaí at Henry St in Limerick City are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body in the Abbey River this morning.

Gardaí have confirmed that a body recovered from the river Shannon in Limerick last weekend was that of a missing Co Galway man.

A body has been taken from the River Shannon in Limerick.

THE plan by Limerick City Council to establish a skateboarding rink in Arthur’s Quay riverside park will seriously damage the image of Limerick.

MANAGEMENT at Limerick City Council have been accused of refusing to support the opening of a skateboard park in the city because of the fear of compensation claims.

A 19-year-old murder accused has told a court that every night before he goes to sleep he sees the face of a former schoolteacher who was beaten to death with an iron bar in a public park.

A Garda witness in a murder trial has told a jury that she saw a 42-year-old former school teacher being struck on the head with an iron bar, hours before he died in hospital.

TWO men, accused of assaulting a 43-year-old man who died from serious injuries early on Saturday morning, could face murder charges.