A Limerick quantity surveyor left blind and paralysed after a brutal assault, has taken the first steps from his wheelchair following stem cell treatment in China.

I WISH to thank Dr Geoffrey Spratt for bringing the huge company of the Fleischmann Choir and Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra to UL Concert Hall, Limerick, on Wednesday, December 7.

SENATOR Feargal Quinn recently informed his Seanad colleagues that autonomy for Cork and Shannon airports “will be singled out as one of the great follies of our time”.