The rebuilding of Limerick City centre advanced to a new stage yesterday with the commencement of the planning process for another huge segment of the urban renewal plan.

Owen O’Callaghan is one of the few property developers who is still trading successfully five years after the property market first fell off a cliff.

A 31-year-old South African woman, who suffered serious head injuries when she fell down the stairs of her apartment in Limerick at the weekend, has died in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.