Having kicked his heels in frustration for the last 12 months as he recovered from a serious neck injury, 25 year-old New Zealander Tyler Bleyendaal is finally ready to make his first appearance in front of the Munster supporters when he lines out against French club Grenoble in this evening’s pre-season friendly at Thomond Park.

Des O’Sullivan says the work of several Limerick artists are featured among the 249 lots on offer.

Des O’Sullivan unfolds a treasure trove of art sales that include a rare Joseph O’Reilly and work by modern artists

Paul Henry’s Old-Age Pensioners comes up at Bonhams in London on November 14. It is estimated at £100,000-£150,000.

Rare treasures, writes Des O’Sullivan, will feature at Limerick Fine Art Fair

It doesn’t seem long ago but it’s more than a decade all the same. Paul O’Connell, raw and big-boned, was 21 when I first set eyes on him. It wasn’t long before I wanted to throttle him.

THE Government should order the ESB to cut electricity costs by 4.2c per unit to bring Ireland in line with Britain, according to ICMSA president Jackie Cahill.

THE Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) and co-ops are negotiating reduced interest loans with non-Irish banks in the eurozone, the society revealed at its annual conference in Limerick yesterday.

NICKY ENGLISH, eat your heart out! A few weeks ago, English slagged off Alan Quinlan, a good friend and fellow Tipperary man, telling him ‘you’ll never play at Croke Park’. Not surprisingly for a native of the Premier County, that struck a nerve.

FOUR college bands from the US with more than 500 musicians will take part in Limerick’s International Band competition on Sunday.

UTV owners of Limerick Live 95 FM have successfully fought off a bid by a new Limerick consortium to acquire the licence the station held for 10 years.

IT was like old times during a special reunion in Limerick last night. Bertie and Celia together again, both doing that routine for the cameras they did thousands of times as an international couple.

BELEAGUERED Bord na gCon chairman Paschal Taggart last night again went against the publicly declared request by Sports Minister John O’Donoghue to refrain from public statements about the sacking of Bord na gCon chairman Aidan Tynan.

REMEMBER the Siege of Limerick in 1690? Cromwell's army was on an all-conquering rampage through Ireland when it came to this fortress town on the banks of the Shannon with very high expectations.

HAVING waited most of her life for the man of her dreams, 86-year-old Limerick bride Mary McGrath did not keep her 83-year-old groom waiting too long at the altar on Saturday.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney came under fire last night as a Limerick-based multinational began the shutdown of a plant where she announced hundreds of 'ghost' jobs last year.

A Special Branch detective told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that he believed that Des Long, the vice president of Republican Sinn Fein, was carrying out an anti surveillance measure in driving a circuitous route through Limerick.