A man had a miraculous escape after his car was impaled with a large rod in a horrific two-car collision, in Co Limerick. Wednesday.

Eight of the very best Leaving Certificate grades would be the pinnacle of any young person’s achievement, but it doesn’t beat an All-Ireland camogie medal for one Limerick student.

Dublin schools have cleaned up with seven out of 13 students receiving eight H1's in today's Leaving Cert results.

From laying down the roots for dairy groups to establishing credit unions, it’s time to also honour the pioneers who helped this island to flourish, writes Kyran Fitzgerald. 

Deirdre O’Reilly first began to notice the pain in her hip two years ago. Having made her senior championship debut as a 15-year-old, 14 seasons in the Cork shirt had finally caught up with the St Mary’s defender.

Given its location and logistical challenges, Tournafulla doesn’t appear naturally conducive to setting up a business, but two local entrepreneurs are bucking that trend in very different ways.

Cork will contest their 11th Division 1 National League title in 12 years having denied Kerry in Dromcollogher yesterday.

A four-bed hardwood house shipped from Sweden nine years ago is now up for sale, writes Trish Dromey.

You have to reach back almost 40 years for Shannon Rangers football fairytales. The division — so far into north Kerry that Clare is closer than Tralee and Limerick is as close as Listowel — have more stories about carping than cups.

An tIonad Glas, The Organic College in Dromcollogher, Limerick,is hosting an open day tomorrow, Sunday, July 20, from 2pm to 5pm.

Local politics along the banks of the Shannon is entering uncharted waters due to the unification of the city and county to form a united assembly.

Cork 3-13 Kerry 3-8

Ballinacourty 2-07 Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-11

Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-13 Newcastle West 2-07

Dromcollogher-Broadford 1-10 Fr. Caseys 0-9

It will be a time for bridging gaps as the Dr Harty Cup gets underway today, albeit with a more truncated fixture list than usual.

Water warnings have been issued by Limerick County Council this evening.

Cyclists are saddling up for a fundraising tour through one of the most scenic regions of Cork to help fight homelessness.

GARDAÍ in Charleville believe a missing octogenarian probably died of hypothermia in his car after becoming disorientated and getting lost in a remote area on the Cork-Limerick border.

THE bodies of Sarah Hines, 25, and her children Reece and Amy were brought to a west Limerick church last night in a single oak coffin.

THE family of Sarah Hines, stabbed to death with her two young children and one of her closest friends, spoke yesterday of their worst nightmare.

A man suspected of murdering his ex-lover, her two children and friend allegedly took a kitchen knife from his rented home before the attack, it emerged tonight.

IT looks like a former parish priest’s house to the casual viewer – and that’s close enough, because Kilbolane House at Milford, Charleville, Co Cork, was built as a creamery manager’s house.

THE ESB has been urged to improve safety in relation to pylons following the death of a 20-year-old man who was electrocuted after he received a shock from a pylon on the southside of Cork city.

A PRESTIGIOUS dresden figurine manufacturing company in Co Limerick is to close with the loss of about 15 jobs.

LET’S get this in right at the top, because in all the excitement of weeks like this in a small parish, it’s something that’s far too easily overlooked.

DROM-BROADFORD captain Tom McLoughlin insists his side’s shock Munster Club SFC triumph over Nemo Rangers will be devalued if they fail to win the provincial crown.

AN ELDERLY Co Limerick priest did not perish in an arson attack early yesterday because he was afraid to stay overnight in his parochial residence after a previous night of terror.

Ard Scoil Rís 3-19 Midleton CBS 2-7

Carrigaline CS 2-23 St. Caimin’s 1-11