Two children have been injured after a car apparently collided with their buggy in Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick this morning, gardaí said.

A High Court challenge has been brought over a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant an industrial emissions licence to a chicken rearing plant in Co Limerick.

A 29-year-old man's due in court this evening charged after a gun and drugs seizure in County Limerick.

I won’t lie, the first time my wife took me to Ballybunion, I wasn’t blown away, writes Tommy Martin

Kerry U20 manager Jack O’Connor has hit out at the ban on inter-county challenge games, a rule he believes is totally lacking in common sense.

The GAA have been forced to upset their designation of April as a club-only month by staging the Allianz Football League Division 4 final on April 6 or 7.

Latest: A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in his 30s in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick.

All seven of Elizabeth and Jim Lenihan’s children have been immersed in sport growing up in Deliga, near Milford.

Gardaí have recovered 11 vehicles and made seven arrests in three operations over two days targeting organised burglary gangs.

Chambers of Commerce in Cork and Limerick have firmly quashed rumours they are in favour of routing a motorway between the two cities via Mitchelstown.

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A postmaster, whose son was kidnapped at gunpoint and taken hostage, has lost his appeal over the subsequent termination of his employment.

More than 400 jobs are promised by supermarket group Aldi with the opening of seven new stores next year.

In his Newcastlewest play, Kerry writer Dick Walsh is again pushing the ’post-dramatic’ boundaries, writes Padraic Killeen

Garda manpower resources in the southern region, which covers Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, fell by 2.2% last year with 48 fewer gardaí stationed in the three counties compared to 2013.

A George III style three pod dining table sold for €1,650 at Lynes and Lynes in Carrigtwohill. 

A Victorian horse trap in superb condition is among the offerings at the sale by O’Donovan and Associates in Newcastlewest, Co Limerick on Saturday February 14.

An off-duty garda is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in New Orleans in the US.

There are reports that an off-duty garda has been shot while on holidays in New Orleans.

A woman going shopping last night spotted what turned out to be a pipebomb attached to her family car in Limerick in what is believed to be an escalation of a drugs feud.

The colours are nailed to the mast with this horse farm sale at Coolyroe, Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick.

A local election candidate has called for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

An independent local election candidate has received the support of six TDs and a number of senators in his bid to have the ombudsman reopen his case against Limerick County Council.

A young cyclist from Waterford raced to the top at the Student Enterprise Awards National Finals in Dublin yesterday with his invention — an upright bike stand.

Two people have been arrested as a result of Garda drink-driving checkpoints in Waterford and Thurles.

ESB management report fewer than 8,000 homes and businesses are still without power this morning, following last week's storms.

Additional manpower has been drafted in from overseas to assist in the mammoth task of restoring power to the thousands of households and businesses still without electricity in the wake of Storm Darwin.

The surprises continued unabated at the National Coursing meeting at Clonmel yesterday, another host of them to add to the first day tally.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan has signed an order creating a new layer of local government that will replace the old town councils and cut the number of elected representatives.

All homes that have been without power following the Christmas storms have been told their electricity will be restored by the end of today.

Power is expected to be restored to nearly all ESB customers this evening.

Woodwards will offer a large stamp collection on November 30 in Cork city.

There are lots of Philomena Lees in Ireland, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

The Tralee bypass, one of the few major national roads projects to be undertaken since the economic downturn, and the biggest-ever roads project in Kerry, opened shortly after 2pm yesterday, to coincide with the annual Rose of Tralee festival.

To achieve something in your home place that has never been done before is something very special.

A regency rent table is among the feature lots at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon on Sunday week (Apr 7) at 4pm. The auction will feature a collection from Ummera House, Timoleague, home to the Cresswell family. It was amassed over two generations.