A senior police chief has called for "all those with influence" to help bring an end to the violence in Belfast as officers came under attack during a third night of disturbances.

Fifteen police officers have been injured in a second night of serious disorder in Belfast.

Nine police officers were injured during a second night of serious disorder in North Belfast.

THE return of Stock Aitken and Waterman at a Hyde Park festival this July will, for some, confirm that we are living in an Eighties timewarp, reliving all the worst aspects of the decade: namely the recession.

SEVEN singing priests from the Diocese of Limerick are about to serve up a special celebration, with a Christmas CD and a concert later this month.

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

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.

Rugby fans were raising a toast in Limerick today to a groundbreaking decision to lift a ban on Good Friday pub opening for a crucial match.

IT will certainly be a very good Friday for the punters in Limerick this evening.

A NIGHTCLUB which indicated its intention to seek an exemption from Limerick District Court to open from 12.01am on Saturday after the Good Friday pub exemption finished in the city for a big rugby game, did not proceed with its application.

SEVEN Limerick friends will gather to wet the Shamrock on St Patrick’s Day in a city pub, clocking up thousands of flight miles in the process.

A DIGITALLY generated newspaper advert with Pope Benedict and two bishops wining and dining at a Limerick pub is to be checked out by the Advertising Standards Authority.

AS the funeral took place yesterday of a well-known Limerick hurler, it emerged that a young mother his age also died in Limerick at the weekend from sudden adult death syndrome.

A 29 year-old man with a history of mental illness who stabbed a homeless alcoholic in Limerick had his 10-year jail sentence reduced by three years today.

THE spiralling carnage on the roads has led to the formation of a new support group in Limerick to help bereaved parents cope with the death of loved ones.

A NEW support group has been formed in Limerick to help people who have been bereaved by violent death.

A man, who was taking medication for schizophrenia, bought a knife for his own protection the same day that he fatally stabbed a homeless man, a murder trial has heard.

Sectarian street violence erupted on the streets of north Belfast as rival gangs clashed in a flashpoint area.

Gardai have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in Limerick yesterday evening.