Anthony Foley would be impressed.

A seven-hour rampage in which three Limerick criminals struck fear into rural communities on the outskirts of the city, “smacked of the Wild West”, a judge said yesterday when jailing all three.

A seven-hour crime “odyssey”, in which a Limerick gang targeted homes in outlying areas of the city, ended in a chase through fields, a court has heard.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be a jockey?

To misquote lunar astronaut, Neil Armstrong.... Royal de Luxe’s giant gran took another small step in her global travels yesterday, delivering a giant boost to Limerick’s City of Culture celebrations.

A mansion in Co Limerick with a private lake has sold for nearly €2m less than its asking price three years ago.

Wexford’s three times world champion Martin Kehoe was hailed as “a ploughing icon” by the Agriculture, Food and Marine Minister Simon Coveney when the programme for next week’s festival was announced on the site at Heathpark.

FARMLAND prices have been decimated by four years of nationwide decline, a report out this week shows.

A NICE Christmas present for Tom Crosse of GVM Limerick came a week early, when he sold a 35-acre holding at Crecora, within a week. The property, on a “posh” edge of Limerick city, was purchased by a businessman for €350,000 — €10,000 per acre.

A 49-year-old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged with possession of drugs worth around €300,000.

TWO gardaí were hospitalised yesterday when their patrol car was reportedly rammed during a high-speed pursuit on the outskirts of Limerick.

NOTHING like it had been seen at The Ploughing since a pair of lively cattle, of the male and female species, exchanged knowing glances across a grassy knoll at Crecora, Co Limerick, back in 1991.

A TOP seaside resort has been at the centre of a major health scare.

A 60-COW dairy herd from Co Clare is the 2006 champion herd in the Limerick and Clare Friesian breeders’ club awards.

A Limerick-based developer of information systems for the waste industry has acquired a €1.6m investment in the company.

SHOW JUMPER Sarah-Kate Quinlivan went one better at Newcastle West in Limerick yesterday, when winning the Spring Mount Grand Prix, having finished runner-up last year.

A PROPERTY developer is seeking to buy one of the country’s oldest golf clubs in a €35 million deal which would net the members in excess of €20,000 each.

ARMY rider Lieutenant Brian Curran-Cournane notched up his second IJM TimberFrame League grand prix win on Carraig Dubh yesterday at Millstreet Horse Show, having only teamed up with the bay gelding less than two months ago.

MEMBERS of Limerick County Council will today try and alter a blueprint for housing in rural areas, which they adopted just two months ago.

A TEAM of scientists, physicists and engineers at the University of Limerick is working on a new approach to help save children with leukaemia.

TWO Government ministers conceded yesterday that the proposed site for the State’s first €93m toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in County Cork was “inappropriate.”

Billy Twomey, the rider whose stunning clear round that guaranteed Ireland the Aga Khan trophy last week, has lost his reserve spot on the Irish Olympic show jumping team due to an injury to his horse 'Luidam'.

BRUFF have added the Munster Junior League to the Munster Junior Challenge Cup they captured just before Christmas - and they’re still not satisfied.

GOOD, very good and even better — that could be the summation of this year’s Limerick property market including a forecast for the next year.

THE rise and rise of the big, stand-alone house continues unabated, despite continued bleating from economists and dire warnings from sectional interests.

THE uplifting stories at these Special Olympics continue to multiply. Another came to light at the RDS yesterday as Ireland’s female rhythmic gymnasts paraded their haul of medals and ribbons after the awards ceremony.

THERE’S pastiche and then there is this house at Crecora in Co Limerick - a detailed and finely executed tribute to the Irish country house.