Place: Effin

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Charleville Credit Union concerns stretched back years

ITS membership of approximately 11,000 is drawn from Charleville, Ballyhea, Newtownshandrum, Ballagran and Effin, taking in parts of Co Cork and Co Limerick, but it seems few knew about the precarious state of Charleville Credit Union’s (CCU) finances.

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Cormac MacConnell: Time to build a wall to keep out the Dubliners

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Bar refuses elderly teetotal couple lemonade

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Pressure on but confident Meeke ready to bounce back in Rally Finland

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QUIZ: Can you guess where in the world these rude-sounding places are?

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Farms vie for National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards

10 reasons why you can’t miss this Munster final

1. Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Thu, 10 Jul, 2014

National Dairy Week to highlight the quality and versatility of products

The excellence of Ireland’s pasture-based dairy farming and produce will be showcased during National Dairy Week, which begins on Monday and continues until May 18.

Sat, 10 May, 2014

Cover story: Golden Vale €750,000

Size: 470 (5,020 sq ft)

Sun, 02 Mar, 2014

An Effin good range of cheeses

A FIRM operating from a former creamery with a famous name in Limerick is now tickling the tastebuds of cheese consumers across Ireland and abroad.

Mon, 25 Feb, 2013

’Small town, good hurlers’

They’re from different divisions and renowned traditional hurling towns, so it’s hard to believe this is the first time Kilmallock and Adare meet in a Limerick SHC final.

Sat, 06 Oct, 2012

Sheehan strikes late as CIT see off Erin’s Own

Cork IT 2-14 Erin’s Own 1-13

Mon, 10 Sep, 2012

Lake search for missing kayaker enters fourth day

An increasingly desperate search for a father-of-one who went missing while kayaking on a lake in Kerry on Friday morning continued over the weekend.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2012

For Eff's sake - locals petition Facebook to recognise Limerick town

A woman from Effin in Co Limerick has started an online campaign to have the place name recognised on Facebook.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2011

Facebook tells Ann Marie to ‘Effin off’

AN Effin woman has been forced to start an online campaign to get Facebook to accept the name of her native place after the social networking giant branded her homeplace’s name as ‘offensive.’

Fri, 02 Dec, 2011

Charleville hoping for one final high

THEY’RE not done yet – a little matter of a Munster club JHC final on December 11 still to come – but already it has been a season to remember for Charleville.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2011

O’Grady hoping Na Piarsaigh win can lift spirits

BRIGHTENING up some very dark days and putting a smile on people’s faces while keeping the recession at bay: that was the sentiment being expressed in Effin this week as they celebrated their Munster Club IHC title — their first provincial crown.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2011

It’s going to be a warm winter for Effin

EVEN the most rural of parishes has its GAA pub, a local hostelry where players past, present and future meet, an informal community centre where supporters of all generations congregate after victory and defeat to mourn or to celebrate as the occasion demands.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2011

53-acre Charleville farm sure to spark interest

UP for grabs tomorrow, this 53-acre farm is sure to draw interest from local farmers, and those throughout the Golden Vale.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2011

Field of dreams

The formidable Patrickswell husband and wife team of Michael and Marie Field have prepared a powerful team to contest the Derby and Champion Stakes at Powerstown Park, Clonmel next week. They spoke to Diarmuid O’Flynn about their training regime- and how they struck up their partnership 47 years ago.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2011

Cities asked to bid for off-the-wall Paddy Olympics

BEIJING could shortly host another Olympics, if the Chinese authorities agree to back a wacky version of the games.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2008

Effin Eddie rides again

IT MAY be one of the most famous commentaries in the history of GAA match broadcasting, transmitted all over the world, sold in video format, on DVD, copied onto the web; so famous, in fact, that it has several dedicated websites where copies can still be purchased.

Sat, 28 Oct, 2006

Waiting for an Effin sale

‘WAITING for the Effin bus’ was a staple of Hall’s Pictorial Weekly. That innocent humour is now an anachronism 30 years on, but the parish remains.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2005