The violent deaths of a Co Limerick couple took a new twist last night, as Marie Cassidy, the State pathologist, was unable to identify either victim or the causes of death.

Shocked community say Julia Holmes seemed to arrive out of the blue more than two years ago, writes Midwest Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

A joint Irish naval and coastguard operation has succeeded in securing the safety of 13 crew on board a stricken bulk carrier drifting without power in stormy seas off the Co Cork coast.

Poor conditions have delayed the rescue effort for a cargo ship with 13 people on board that is broken down and drifting off Cork.

Overnight attempts will be made to rescue a 108-metre cargo ship stranded in high seas and strong winds off the coast of Co Cork.

ONE of the biggest landfill sites in Ireland is due to close in the next 12 months, with management planning to grow grass and plant trees on the 236-acre ‘red mud’ pond at the Aughinish Alumina plant.

ACTION has been demanded over traffic lights and a roundabout leading to a ‘ghost estate’ on the N69 which runs along the Shannon Estuary from Limerick.

INVESTIGATIONS are under way into a marine collision in which two bulk tankers sustained minor damage.

LIMERICK suffered another jobs blow yesterday when 130 staff at the Castletroy Park Hotel were let go as the hotel went into liquidation.

I WOULD like to suggest to the NRA and Meath County Council that the report of the EU Petitions Committee is not as they claim: an EU confirmation “that they have behaved entirely properly throughout this process”. They are twisting the words to suit themselves.

A €100M strategic overhaul of shipping facilities on the Shannon Estuary may be funded by the sale of Limerick port for development as a major residential and recreational area.

MASSIVE turbines and generators weighing almost 500 tonnes were shipped into Foynes yesterday for the new electricity power generating station being built by Aughinish Alumina at the nearby Aughinish Island.

Two people have been rescued from a sinking boat in the Shannon Estuary this afternoon.

Farmers expressed shock today at a decision which will lead to a massive rise in the amount of toxic waste deposited near their lands in Co Limerick.