Terminally ill Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul who sued over her CervicalCheck smear tests were today awarded a total of €2.1m by the High Court in her landmark action.

A High Court judge will tomorrow morning hand down judgement in the case of terminally ill Ruth Morrissey who has sued the HSE and two US laboratories over the alleged misreading of her CervicalCheck smear slides.

The High Court judge hearing the action by terminally ill Ruth Morrissey against the HSE and two US laboratories over the alleged misreading of her CervicalCheck smear slides hopes to give his judgement in the test case in early May.

STOP and easily developed land for house builders and entrepreneurial types, in Limerick’s suburb of Monaleen, Castletroy, is guided at €300,000 an acre in advance of its planned private treaty sale next month.

Limerick sprinter Ciara Neville (18), from Monaleen, is already the joint seventh fastest Irishwoman in history and was seventh in the European junior 100m final last summer. Today she is hoping to maintain her unbeaten record in the Irish Schools T&F Championships where she will be competing, for the last time, for Castletroy College, four days before she starts her Leaving Cert?

Hurling’s managerial carousel had already picked up considerable pace by the time Kilkenny returned up the steps of the Hogan Stand in early September, several high-profile figures opting off the merry-go-round.

Gardaí in Limerick remain on a heightened state of alert amid fears a gang feud in the city could reignite following the attempted murder of Christy Keane.

Gardaí in Limerick have appealed for information about two burned out cars found after the shooting of well known criminal Christy Keane in Limerick this morning.

A US astronaut has divulged a litle known secret about space travel to a Limerick schoolboy.

A Kerry student beat almost 10,000 entrants in a fantasy writing competition with his story about a tense chase through an airship.

Taximan Anthony Mc-Mahon who shot himself after firing at gardaí on Monday night was said to have been very agitated in recent days over a family matter.

ST MARY’S Caherciveen chairman John Alan O’Sullivan has slammed Croke Park officials over the chaos surrounding the choice of venue for Sunday’s All-Ireland JFC club semi-final win over Manchester club St Peter’s.

A LIMERICK-born student who died in a motorway accident in England was yesterday described as a person any parent would love to have as a daughter.

IT is believed Limerick businessman Roy Collins was able to give vital information on his assailants as he lay dying to a detective who rushed to his aid.

ALMOST 7,000 people will become city residents in Limerick as a result of a significant redesignation of the county council boundary.

A LIMERICK woman is spending 12 nights sleeping in her car to ensure she is top of the queue for a house in a new estate being built in a city suburb.

IN response to PJ Feeney (Irish Examiner letters, July 24), the post-truce and indeed pre-truce killings of Protestants had an ethnic basis and were the outcome of a sectarian anti-Protestant strategy pursued by the IRA during the War of Independence.

AN international conman and sex attacker was feted by dignitaries in Limerick, including the mayor of the city, after he donated a dud £100,000 cheque to a local charity group.

This coming Sunday the TG4 Underdogs side, managed by former Offaly boss Pat Fleury, will take on the might of Kilkenny's senior hurlers on the hallowed turf of Nowlan Park (throw-in 1.45pm).

GEORGIE FITZPATRICK was always a popular man in Kilkee. His easygoing manner and a phenomenal football service record for club and county is the type of stuff that gains you kudos in this part of West Clare.

A LIMERICK criminal shot a teenage barman on Sunday night because an associate was refused a drink at the pub earlier that evening, gardaí believe.

Former Mayo star forward Maurice Horan is set to copper fasten his inter-county switch to Limerick by lining out for the Treaty County in the McGrath Cup on Sunday week.

Nemo Rangers 4-15 Monaleen 0-6