Gardaí are investigating after a second suspected arson attack in less than 48 hours at an apartment block in Limerick city.

Permission for the redevelopment of a former textile factory in Youghal has been overturned by An Bord Pleanala.

A second multi-million euro Waterford sale — the AIB bank branch in the heart of the city for close to €2.25 million to a private investor - is imminent. It comes on the back of the just-concluded sale of the Fitzwilton Hotel, to an Austria-based investor, for €3.2m.

Two gardaí facing assault charges were further remanded on bail at Limerick District Court yesterday.

A major extension of facilities at a pharmaceutical plant near Cork harbour is the subject of a recent planning application.

As one plan to transform Limerick City got its baptism yesterday, another framework with a vision for the Shannon Estuary gave birth to its first big investment at the port of Foynes.

A 29-year-old man has been injured in a stabbing attack.

A LIMERICK businessman has come up with a novel idea to make the city more customer friendly for Saturday shoppers.

A RETAIL incentive scheme to encourage businesses to move into vacant shops in Limerick has been given the green light by the city council.

AS Limerick City Council embarks on a huge plan to win back business into the city centre, one trader has come up with a mix of history and a cuppa to boost trade.

INCENTIVES are being offered to attract retailers into Limerick city centre which has suffered continuing shop closures.

INCENTIVES are being offered to attract retailers into Limerick city centre which has suffered continuing shop closures.

A LIMERICK man, aged 26, was fighting for his life last night after a fall.

Frankie Sheahan attempts to answer some of them.

PROSTITUTES are moving into Limerick city centre in increasing numbers, Garda figures for the first eight months of this year confirm.

Three men were charged today after an attack on an Orange hall in Limavady, Co Derry.

THE death has occurred of Jim Leddin, a member of a well-known Limerick political family.

A MAN described as one of Limerick’s most vicious criminals has died suddenly in jail while serving life for the brutal murder of a barman in the city.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are continuing an investigation into claims by a Junior Cert student she was raped, midweek, near the city centre while out celebrating her exam results.

JUNE 7, 1996, was back in the news yesterday when two IRA killers walked free from Castlerea prison.

A SOLE objector has succeeded in halting a massive €40 million commercial and retail development in Limerick city centre which would have given work to 600 people.

AFTER their son was named as captain of the British and Irish Lions, Michael and Sheila O’Connell quickly kick-started their celebrations — with a quiet cup of tea.

A HUGE city centre retail development has been given the go-ahead in Limerick. However, a sole objector may hold up the project indefinitely.

A WOMAN who saw Brian Rossiter being arrested on the night before he fell into a coma said in her statement after the incident that “the gardaí did not hit anyone” when the arrests were being made.

HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from Waterford courthouse and surrounding buildings yesterday after a “viable, explosive device” was found in a car outside the fire station, a mere 10 metres from the court building.

The Defence Forces have said that a suspect device found in Waterford city earlier this afternoon was viable.

Five men are being held by gardaí tonight after the discovery of an explosive device in a car in Waterford city.

THE recession was given a rest in Limerick last night as thousands of Irish and French rugby fans saturated the city for Munster’s first Heineken Cup game at the new €40 million Thomond Park.

PLANS to decentralise 200 civil servants from Dublin to Waterford moved a step forward yesterday with news that the Office of Public Works (OPW) has bought a building in the city for €8 million.

PLANS for a €40 million development in Limerick city centre will be lodged with council planners later this week, it was announced yesterday.

AS endings go, it was purr-fect.

Jimmy Woulfe recalls the shocking day two gardaí were shot.

WATERFORD is on the brink of a jobs and services bonanza as plans emerge for a new €100 million Government Quarter in the city centre.

WATERFORD’S courts facilities are to receive a major revamp with plans to double the capacity of the existing courthouse complex in the city.

BREAKFAST time diners at a Limerick coffee shop were sent scattering yesterday morning when one regular went into a tailspin of excitement.

A 75-YEAR-OLD Limerick businessman told yesterday how he tackled a gunman who tried to rob his shop.

A POLISH pub just opened in Limerick is already the toast of the city.

A 55-year-old woman has been killed after being hit by a truck in Waterford.

Figures compiled today by gardai show that officers made 407 arrests in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day.

Gardaí throughout the country have arrested scores of people during drunken disturbances related to the annual St Patrick's Day celebrations.

THE witty ditty known worldwide as the Limerick has been banished from a poetry festival launched yesterday in the city that gave the famous poem its name.

A 35-year-old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city.

A SENIOR health board official, who was doused in petrol and set alight, remained in a critical but stable condition in Cork University Hospital last night.