A father has developed new channels of communication for his autistic daughter with an invention which may revolutionise one-to-one contact with people who have non-verbal disabilities.

City centre traders in Limerick yesterday lodged an objection to a planning application for a €100m shopping centre proposed for the Dublin Rd suburbs.

A mothballed retail project on the outskirts of Limerick city, which was abandoned mid-build during the property crash, is set to undergo a €100m redevelopment, with the potential to create 2,000 jobs.

An increasing number of businesses are closing down in Limerick.

PLANS for a private day care hospital have been given the green light by Limerick City Council.

BOTH Andy Lee and Willie ‘The Gladiator’ Gibbs promised to end Saturday night’s Ladbrokes.com showdown at the UL Arena by knockout when they squared up before hundreds of fight fans at a public training session in Limerick yesterday.

THE life of a Limerick teenager went into a downward spiral after he witnessed his father being murdered near the family home when he was just eight years old, Limerick District Court heard.

A Limerick off-licence has been awarded the 2007 National Retail Store of the Year award.

A 24-year-old man has been given a life sentence for the murder of a Limerick bouncer by a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

The defence counsel for one of the four men accused of shooting a Limerick bouncer standing trial at the Central Criminal Court has told the chief prosecution witness that he could not have gone to collect a gun from his client at any point on the day of the murder.

A young motorist is recovering in hospital after being stabbed by a teenager who tried to steal his car in the car park of a busy shopping centre.

A 19-year-old Limerick man at the centre of a collapsed murder trial has been jailed for a further three months.

A DISTRICT court judge has ordered the arrest of Liam Keane, whose trial for murder collapsed at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday.

STAFF at a Dunnes Stores outlet in Limerick are threatening to strike amid allegations of bullying by management.