Battle lines are being drawn up in west Limerick over a plan by a US company to build a €240m facility which will convert municipal waste into gas and electricity.

It was relatively quiet in University Hospital Limerick’s accident and emergency department yesterday morning.

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.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s home village was directly affected by the closure of its three nearest AIB bank branches, which shut yesterday along with 41 others across the country.

The funeral Mass will take place today of Florence Noonan, the late wife of the Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

The political world has expressed its sympathies to Michael Noonan following the death of the finance minister’s wife, Florence.

VIEWS of the Shannon and well finished modern accommodation are the main attractions of 1 Asgard Cove, Loughill in West Limerick.

A GRIEF-stricken uncle of Miriam Reidy yesterday spoke of the family’s devastation at her death.

WHEN Gus Ganda was planning his escape from war-torn Liberia, his first thought was of America, but fate and faith intervened.

WITH a site on the banks of the Shannon estuary, Asgard Cove in Limerick’s Loughill West is a place to come home to, by car, ferry, boat or by seaplane — the nearby village of Foynes made its name for just such an aircraft.

THE building of a €400 million gas terminal near Ballylongford on the Shannon Estuary has moved a step closer following the agreement of a comprehensive package of measures between farmers and the terminal construction company Shannon LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

18-year old Longford student Rose Toolan from Loughill, Coolarty, was announced as the overall winner of the 52nd Texaco Children's Art Competition today.

A convicted drug dealer is expected back behind bars tonight after getting temporary release over the weekend to run a 52-mile charity marathon.

YOU can’t argue with success, but how the hell do you talk to failure? How do you face down over a century of submission, of abject failure?