The marathon, which Sinead Kane is running in aid of Cliona’s Foundation, will be her eighth of 2017 and that’s not including the 172km she covered during a 24 hour race on an indoor track in Finland, writes Eoghan Cormican.

Fresh from Olympic glory with his brother, Paul O’Donovan is on course to win another world-beating rowing accolade tomorrow, this time without Gary in the boat behind him.

A Waterford secondary school has apologised to the people of the city after a graduation ceremony for its Leaving Certificate students descended into a “melee” in a public park that has left a mess for the local council to clean up.

Eoin Edwards spends a weekend in Limerick in a Georgian delight and savours all No 1 Pery Square has to offer.

The Queen didn’t do a parachute jump, but Limerick yesterday exuded a spectacular summer glow for the opening of the Special Olympic Ireland Games.

Thousands will line the streets of Limerick this evening to greet torch bearers drawn from An Garda Síochána and the PSNI to herald the opening of the Special Olympics Ireland Games.

The closure of 100 businesses in Dun Laoghaire since 2008 has torn asunder the landscape of my youth, says Dave Kenny

THE Waterford Harvest Festival, which starts tomorrow and runs for nine days, could contribute as much as €2.5 million to the local economy, according to a survey of last year’s festival.

A SERIES of free events will take place during the upcoming Waterford Harvest Festival.

A MAN has been found guilty of the manslaughter of another man who died nine days after being struck with a hurley during a late-night incident in a city park.

A POSTMORTEM examination on a man who died in hospital after being hit with a hurley revealed he had drugs in his system at the time, a court heard yesterday.

A MAN accused of inflicting a fatal head injury with a hurley told gardaí he did so because he was afraid the victim was going to plunge a knife down his throat, a court heard yesterday.

AN old drinking spot in Limerick has been closed down over fears it might lead to antisocial behaviour.

TWO men have been charged with the assault of a 25-year-old man who remains critical in hospital.

LIMERICK is to join the marathon cities of the world for its 2010 May bank holiday Riverfest festival.

LIMERICK lingo is a rule onto its own.

IMAGES of Limerick as seen through the eyes of 400 schoolchildren went on show last night.

Rugby fans will be in a scrum for tickets for a sports-filled comedy due to hit stages across Ireland.

A LIMERICK property developer yesterday dismissed claims by Junior Health Minister Tim O’Malley that new apartments built by him do not qualify for tax breaks due to mapping irregularities.

A TOP architect yesterday defended a proposed new studio/office building that’s been designed for Limerick’s Georgian Pery Square.

A PLANNING controversy is erupting over the proposed development of a four-storey glass building in the heart of Georgian Limerick.

WATERFORD is bracing itself for an influx of 50,000 plus extra visitors over the busy Christmas shopping season with plans for its ‘Waterford on Ice’ festival stepping up a gear.

A body has been found in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim this afternoon.

LIMERICK is looking for the country’s youngest St Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshals for its big March 17 celebration.

AS FESTIVAL starts go, it doesn’t get much better, louder or more spectacular. Fog horns sounded, captain’s bells rang aloud and thousands of confetti-like blue and white shards of light plastic were catapulted into the air as Waterford marked a six-year wait for the official launch of the Tall Ships Race 2005.

CHILDREN’S festival organisers in Waterford will be finding out who’s nautical and who’s nice over the coming days as the fifth annual Hullabaloo Festival kicks into action.

A PARK which was voted the best in Ireland in 2004 may now be a health hazard for Limerick people.

A MAN will appear in court this morning charged with assault following the discovery of a body at an apartment block in Waterford.

Mícheál Lehane looks at victims of crime who have to suffer the justice system to get justice.

MARY O’CONNELL was granted her dream Valentine’s wish when her Nigerian fiance Martin Defokwu was released from prison yesterday.

A Limerick man who admitted stabbing a 22-year-old man in a park in 1999 was found not guilty murder, but guilty of manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court today.

A 22-year-old man who had been stabbed in the chest scaled a park railings before collapsing on the ground from his injuries, a murder trial jury heard today.

Protestors in Dun Laoghaire will march this Sunday calling for the re-opening of Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock sea baths. The protest is also aimed at opposing any future plans to privatise the baths.