Tonight’s Lotto jackpot of €4,914,724 has not been won.

It is now estimated that 12,000 households and businesses nationwide are without power after last night's high winds.

THE referendum on the fiscal treaty has exposed growing divisions among groups of voters.

Former Kerry All-Ireland winner Pat Spillane last night mounted a defence of the right of ex-players to criticise inter-county GAA matches after Director-General Padraic Duffy had called on past stars to show more support for the association in his annual report last month.

A US military plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport.

One of the Mid West's largest employers is expected to confirm a cut in its workforce this morning.

LIMERICK FC are furious that plans to host a glamour friendly against La Liga giants Barcelona at Thomond Park have been scuppered by the FAI as it emerged that the Association has itself been in negotiation with the Catatlans to bring them to the new Aviva Stadium.

NURSES at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, who are staging a lunchtime stoppage tomorrow due to emergency department overcrowding&, said cases have spiralled to 1,156 over the past six months, compared to 831 for the same period last year.

THE redevelopment of Thomond Park has generated a staggering €12m per match to the local economy, according to a new study commissioned by Munster Rugby.

UP TO 2,000 houses are being rented in Limerick to families whose rents are being paid for by the Health Service Executive.

It could be the first time in almost half a century that a TD from the O’Malley dynasty will not be in the Dáil, while other political families prospered in the General Election.

GROSS value added (GVA), a measure of economic prosperity, increased by just €27 million between 2003 and 2004.

PEOPLE with arthritis are suffering needlessly in the Mid-West due to inadequate specialist care, it was claimed yesterday.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea was yesterday accused of failing to fight the Mid-West corner at the cabinet table when the Transport 21 plan was being put together.

Digiweb, Ireland's fastest expanding broadband services provider, achieved another milestone today with the simultaneous launch of live licensed broadband services in Cork City and County, and the official opening of its new office in Cork City.

There was one winner of the weekend lotto jackpot worth just under €2m.

Pamela Anderson is hoping she will be able to retire from acting on the profits from Stripperella, an adult television cartoon series she is creating with veteran animator Stan Lee.

THE number of people signing on fell last month ending a six-month rise in unemployment.

The Manchester Evening News was today waiting to hear whether Attorney General Lord Goldsmith would take action over an allegation that the newspaper breached a High Court injunction to protect the anonymity of James Bulger’s killers.