“ASTOUNDING” — that was the verdict of Malachy McCourt as he walked back into his family’s impoverished childhood, as depicted in Angela’s Ashes.

THE Frank McCourt Museum in Limerick will feature in a St Patrick’s Day TV special which will go coast to coast in the US.

AS the family of Frank McCourt finalise plans to bury his ashes in Connecticut, the Mayor of Limerick asked them to consider sending some of his ashes back to Limerick to be scattered on the Shannon.

MIKE O’DONNELL believes his Angela’s Ashes walking tour of Limerick is a good barometer of the state of the tourism industry around the country.