It’s just gone 10am on Monday. Not everyone’s best time of the week.

The Clare hurlers’ bachelor mission to the Mexican resort of Cancun is a man down yesterday after captain Pat Donnellan confirmed he popped the question to Limerick girl Edel Leahy.

Thousands of euro worth of food product at a west Limerick company had to be destroyed because of the pollution of the River Deel.

Limerick County Council has said some households in the West of the county may have no water for several days, as efforts continue to fix a contamination problem in the River Deel.

UP to 1,500 homes in west Limerick face a weekend of water rationing after an oil spill polluted a 20km stretch of the river Deel.