At the present time, plans for marking the centenary events of this year, notably the Armistice on November 11, 1918, which ended the First World War, compete for attention with the coverage given to the possibility of a general election.

Trainer Timmy Hyde completed a bumper double with Feelin’ Groovy and Kelp Forest on a memorable day for his family in Limerick yesterday.

That time of the year: Glenstal Abbey and Presentation Brothers College face off in today’s Munster Senior Cup final (Thomond Park, 4pm, live on eir Sport).

In the middle of his hardest sessions, right when the pain gets close to intolerable, Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe imagines a very specific scenario.

The ladies of Innishannon ICA Guild get about. In the last decade, members have travelled the length and breath of Ireland by bus. 

A gallery of photographs from the GloHealth Munster Schools Cross Country, held at Tramore Valley Park, Cork City on Thursday, February 11.

How would you spend a day in Limerick? We asked our readers to share their favourite hidden gems in the Treaty city and we’ve included the best in this list.

More than 10,000 volunteers of all ages clad in hi-vis gear swept through Limerick city and county yesterday leaving a trail of spick-and-span neighbourhoods in their wake.

Limerick rolls up its sleeve today as a 10,000-strong volunteer army sets out to tackle tons of rubbish strewn along streets and by-ways in the city and county.

ABBOTT Mark Patrick Hederman, who was principal at Glenstal Abbey until 1991, is the latest in a long line of admirable commentators to point out that our educational system can hardly be described as such.

WEIGHT management is a numbers game and Operation Transformation’s clinical psychologist Dr Eddie Murphy is no exception, writes Irene Feighan. 

Comedian Oliver Callan yesterday defended his lampooning of Michael D Higgins in the wake of criticism by Mark Patrick Hederman, abbot of Glenstal Abbey and a friend of the President.

Family and friends of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney have gathered with his contemporaries and dignitaries to pay last respects to one Ireland’s literary greats.

William Ryan has written a third crime novel featuring Captain Alexei Korolev and he tells Declan Burke why the series is set in Russia

An auction at Fota House in aid of conservation work on Cork’s iconic St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, saw a Maternité etching by Pablo Picasso make €2,300 and a Picasso engraving make €500.

Highlights include Derek Mooney's new nature series and The Apprentice.

Highlights include Derek Mooney's new series and The Apprentice.

The humanist ceremony that marked the death of Irish farming giant Paddy O’Keeffe took place in a North Cork mart and, in the words of his friend, Dawn Meats chairman Dan Brown, “that he chose this unconventional setting for his service is true Paddy”.

GLENSTAL ABBEY WALK, CO LIMERICK

The mayor of Limerick, Cllr Gerry McLoughlin, was among the many public figures who attended the funeral yesterday of Limerick journalist Arthur Quinlan.

There was a time not so very long ago when an AIL clash between Shannon and Young Munster under the Thomond Park lights on a Friday night would have attracted a crowd of 10,000.

It was Brideshead Revisited meets Gregorian chants — a send-off fit for a lord.

Monks from Glenstal Abbey will officiate at a fully sung Tridentine Latin mass for the funeral of the 11th Baron Carbery in Rathbarry today.

Break out the butter beer.

Presentation Brothers College, Cork may have home advantage in today’s Avonmore Munster Schools’ Senior Cup semi-final against St Munchin’s College at Temple Hill (3pm), but they have learned enough over two previous traumatic encounters with Glenstal Abbey to make them feel it could be another hard day at the office.

I WAS positively enthralled listening to the Abbot of Glenstal Abbey speaking on the Marian Finucane show recently.

DISGRUNTLED Fine Gael TDs are set to vent their frustration over the party’s miserable presidential election result as well as the failed Dáil powers referendum later today.

PAUL CARBERRY produced a typically confident ride as Muirhead captured a dramatic Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick yesterday.

Royal Reveille landed the odds in some style to make it four wins from five starts in the Greenmount Park Novice Hurdle at Limerick.

A MONK at Glenstal Abbey boarding school in Limerick has been removed from contact with students following an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in England.

Glenstal Abbey maintained his unbeaten record over fences with a ready victory in the John F. McGuire Novice Chase at Listowel.

A defiant pensioner is rallying Irish women to boycott Sunday Mass for one day because she feels the Catholic hierarchy is treating them like second-class citizens.

WILLIE MULLINS’ Earls Quarter gets the nap to land the Bumper at Roscommon tonight.

DERMOT WELD can start the final two days of the Galway Festival in style this afternoon by landing the opening Jockeys’ Association Maiden Hurdle with Gentleman Jeff.

GRA Geal Mo Chroi has a leading chance in the Mayo Advertiser Handicap at Ballinrobe tonight.

The Holy Thief

PULITZER prize winning US poet Jorie Graham will lead distinguished literary figures who will take part in a festival to honour Co Limerick poet, Michael Hartnett.

Osana booked his ticket for a Christmas trip to Leopardstown with a comfortable victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Chase at Navan today.

THE million dollar question at Listowel today is can I win my fourth Kerry National?

NORTHERN ALLIANCE is fancied to give Tony Martin a first ever success in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel this afternoon.

BERTIES DREAM can defy top weight in the Irish Stalllion Farms’ EBF Novice Hurdle at Killarney this evening, should the meeting pass an 8am inspection.