Willie Duggan has been on the Mitchelstown CBS staff since 1982 and, with over 30 years of service in the classroom and in promoting GAA amongst the school’s small student populace, today marks CBS’s biggest day in sport– its inaugural appearance in an All Ireland colleges final.

James Heffernan has a formidable election team at his home base, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

Colm Collins and Ephie Fitzgerald are putting shape and purpose on Clare’s football ambitions. An interesting test awaits tonight.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann hopes ‘a sense of unity’ in the county will be the cornerstone for success in 2015.

A Limerick farmer was fined €3,000 and ordered to pay €2,000 in costs after he pleaded guilty to six breaches of Department of Agriculture regulations designed to prevent the spread of bovine TB.

A father and daughter who are both awaiting kidney transplants have made a heartfelt plea for people to carry a donor card.

A father and daughter who are both waiting for a kidney transplant have made a heartfelt plea for people to give the gift of life and carry a donor card.

To fine a woman who was found guilty of having her car parked dangerously on a road where a fatal accident occurred would be obscene, a judge said yesterday, as it might be seen to put a value on the life of a man who died in the incident.

Two motorists were blinded by the lights of a car parked near a bend on the side of a country road which resulted in a three-car crash that claimed the life of an 80-year-old man who was standing alongside the parked car, a court has heard.

A fatal crash was caused by the manner in which an elderly woman parked when visiting the family of the man who was subsequently killed, Limerick Circuit Court has heard.

A dental surgery set up a year ago and offering clients discount prices is to expand it services outside of a small rural village on the Cork/Limerick border.

LEADING greyhound trainer Pat Gordon has decided to emigrate to Australia with his family and expects to depart in the new two months.

ELEVEN closure orders were issued against food businesses last month, including four in Cork and a cafe in the University of Limerick.

THE funeral takes place today of one of the most notable figures to bestride local politics in Co Limerick over the past 20 years.

I WAS interested in your report on the proposed dental factory in Ballylanders, and the reply from Mr Fintan Hourihan of the Irish Dental Association.

AS a dental technician for the past 35 years in Limerick, this dental factory in Ballylanders will put me and other dental labs out of business.

WE note the opening of a Hungarian-operated clinic in Ballylanders, Co Limerick, as reported in the Irish Examiner (March 7).

PRAYERS are likely to be offered for the success of a dental clinic in a tiny Co Limerick village.

OVER 4,000 student nurses and midwives staged lunchtime protests at hospitals across the country yesterday over Government plans to cut their pay.

A post-mortem examination is to take place today on the body of an elderly pedestrian killed in a collision in County Limerick two days ago.

WATER supplies across the country are still at critically low levels, with more than 1,500 homes in Cork city alone still without water.

THE man who has been on hunger strike for a week over redundancy terms has vowed to continue his protest through Christmas.

A MAN began a hunger strike yesterday in an effort to force a better redundancy package from his employers.

THE man who pioneered the development of Croke Park stadium is to be honoured in his native Co Limerick.

HUNDREDS of mourners yesterday attended the funeral of a retired couple who died when their car collided with a lorry on the Knocklong/Mitchelstown road.

A COUPLE who died yesterday in a head-on crash with a truck were originally from England, but retired a few years ago to live in south Limerick.

BUILDING greater co-operation between two local authorities is to be a priority of a newly elected council leader in Limerick.

A BUSINESSMAN has been warned by Limerick Co Council to cease using an old church ruin as a bus depot.

PENSIONER Maura Tobin, describing herself as a 24/7 carer, says she would never have a break if there wasn’t a facility such as the Towers in Ballybunion.

GOODWILL to all men — even those of a Fine Gael or Labour persuasion — has broken out in the office of a leading FF strategist in Limerick.

A MAN was being questioned by gardaí last night after a baby girl received a broken leg when a hit and run driver knocked down a young mother and her two children on a Co Limerick road.

Ballylanders 0-9 Monaleen 0-7

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Coláiste Chríost Rí 2-9 Limerick City Colleges 2-6

Brendan Larkin

LIMERICK West Fianna Fáil Deputy Michael Collins remained defiant last night despite calls for his resignation.

NEVER got the whole motor car thing. Us blokes are supposed to be uniformly fascinated by football, breasts and engines, in that order, but cars leave me cold, couldn’t tell me Lexus from me Lada.