Ireland’s only child-free coffee shop is brewing up a storm, writes Nuala Woulfe

A Tallaght-based crafts blogger and a 99-year-old former Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who now takes to the virtual skies in flight simulators were among those honoured at this year’s Silver Surfer Awards.

Two other drivers have been brought to hospital.

A year ago it was Ireland’s tidiest village but this year Birdhill occupies an even higher perch after winning the overall national title of the country’s tidiest town.

It has beaten 870 towns and villages throughout the country that entered this year's SuperValu National TidyTowns competition.

A motorist has had a lucky escape after their car burst into flames on the M7 Limerick to Dublin Road this morning.

The motorist who died in a pile-up in the M7 on Wednesday evening has been named as Padhraic Moran, a well-known figure in the insurance industry and a cousin of former Kerry footballer Ogie Moran.

Update - 7.48am, Thursday, March 2: Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a multi vehicle crash on the M7 which saw one man lose his life.

Members of the public who are planning to travel to Anthony Foley’s funeral should allow plenty of time for the journey as huge crowds are expected to flock to the church to pay their final respects to the rugby legend.

One man has been taken to hospital following a road crash which closed the M7 Dublin to Limerick road this morning.

Camper vans are no longer dreary, they’re bright, airy, adaptable and cool, says Nuala Woulfe

The main Dublin to Limerick road has been closed after a truck caught fire.

A couple whose home was razed to the ground without any prior notice when a dual carriageway was being built between Limerick and Nenagh has settled a damages action in the High Court.

A couple who discovered their house had been demolished when they went to pick up the post has settled a High Court action for damages.

A few more licks of paint, fewer weeds and a very few points were all that separated the winner of the National Tidy Towns competition from the tantalisingly close runners-up.

Applegreen is to create 360 new full-time jobs through the development of six service stations over the next two years.

Forecourt retailer Applegreen will today announce the creation of 360 jobs.

A road accident which claimed the lives of two Limerick brothers may have been caused by the sun’s glare on a roadway, an inquest heard yesterday.

A woman who was sexually assaulted by a visitor to her home felt dirty and ashamed as a result of the attack, a court heard.

Plans for the €40m Shannon Bridge Crossing are heading for choppy waters after a leading environmental campaigner confirmed his intention to seek a judicial review.

Late 1700s Georgian home in Castleconnell has views over the Shannon with the sound of a weir in the background

A quick-thinking van driver helped to rescue a mother and child from a burning car following a two-vehicle collision in Co Tipperary yesterday.

A vehicle with a female driver inside has been struck by a train in Tipperary.

Matt the Threshers, of Birdhill, Co Limerick, was one of the beneficiaries of the Credit Review Office’s judgments allowing the pub to expand into Dublin.

A DRUGS courier who was caught bringing drugs worth almost €250,000 from the North to Limerick has been jailed for four years.

SUPPORTERS of the Limerick-Ballybrophy railway line are concerned that Iarnród Éireann is expected to seek formal permission to close services on the route over the coming months.

Icy conditions and snow showers have left roads across the country treacherous this morning.

Sunday’s minor final provides Loughmore-Castleiney with a fitting stage to showcase the outstanding work being done in the Mid Tipperary dual club.

Waterford are a tough nut to crack, but they won’t hold a team of Tipperary’s ability

A GROUP committed to keeping open a railway that many believe was under imminent threat of closure has now identified tourism as key to the line’s survival.

MORE than 100 jobs are under threat at Castleisland in Co Kerry.

UP TO 460 jobs could be created in North Tipperary, South Offaly and Clare with the development of two new M7 motorway services facilities in Birdhill and Moneygall and the securing of a US contract by a Shannon firm.

TIPP is tops for art — and that’s official, at least when it comes to our youngest, emerging artists.

CEMENT mixer vehicles yesterday caused disruption during a protest, over allegedly unpaid monies, as a new section of the M7motorway between Limerick and Dublin was opened yesterday.

A new motorway delayed from opening after part of the road sank into a bog finally carried its first motorists today.

RESIDENTS remain under siege on a regional road linking north Tipperary and Limerick despite government assurances the new Shannon Tunnel would improve their quality of life.

PLANS were unveiled yesterday to develop Limerick as a rail-friendly city with its own suburban tram system linking city centre streets.

NINE counties were represented among 20 qualifiers who lined up for the GVM All Ireland €2,500 commercial championship at last week’s Cappamore Show in Co Limerick.