While bridges have featured in famous war films The Bridge over the River Kwai and a Bridge Too Far, a former mayor of Limerick yesterday warned battle lines are being drawn up over a planned €15m “bridge to nowhere” on the Shannon.

A 365m stretch of the Shannon running by Limerick city centre between Sarsfield Bridge and Thomond Bridge will be critical to how flooding develops or abates over coming days in the lower Shannon between the city and Parteen Weir, 13km up river.

A suicide prevention group patrolling the River Shannon has saved almost 300 lives since setting up three years ago. And a reported 30 of those were children aged between 12 and 18.

In this week’s column we are looking at stereotypes within Ireland and why Limerick City has a bone to pick with Donal McIntyre, writes , Kehlan Kirwan.

A Limerick teenager personally affected by suicide has collected thousands of signatures in a bid to light up the city’s bridges with life-affirming messages — reaching out to anyone thinking of taking their own life.

With long distance running becoming more and more popular, Robert McNamara brings you some of the best Irish marathons to look forward to in 2015.

A man had to be cut out of his van after three vehicles collided in the centre of Limerick City this morning.

Limerick retailers and hoteliers are gearing up for a business bonanza worth in the region of €20m-€30m this weekend as the biggest event of the year rolls into town.

The biggest outdoor art event ever witnessed in this country takes its first, spectacular step today when a giant grandmother commences a three-day odyssey through the streets of Limerick.

The PRO of Limerick Marine Search and Rescue has slammed the actions of a person who allegedly phoned in a bogus alert that, a woman had jumped into the River Shannon earlier tonight.

A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic rescue.

A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic river rescue.

A fireman has jumped from a bridge into a raging river to perform a dramatic rescue of a woman in Limerick this evening.

BEST view of Limerick City? From The Strand hotel’s elevator. Launching from a sleekly-styled lobby, its glass walls zoom upwards to a panorama over Sarsfield Bridge, the mighty River Shannon and Limerick Castle.

More than €6.6m in funding has been announced for nine outdoor tourism projects.

SPECIALIST divers have been called in to carry out repairs to flood-damaged support structures of Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick.

A LIMERICK criminal who tied a rope around his neck and threatened to throw himself off Sarsfield Bridge, sparking traffic chaos, said he was in fear due to evidence he gave at a murder trial.

AN isolated lonely visitor to Limerick has found love by the Shannon.

A LIMERICK mother last night made an emotional appeal for help in tracing her 17-year-old daughter who was last seen in the city centre early on Saturday morning.

A search is continuing this morning for a teenage girl seen falling into the River Shannon in Limerick city yesterday afternoon.

A major search operation is underway in Limerick city for a teenage girl who fell into the River Shannon this afternoon.

SOME hotels in the Limerick region could close in the coming months.

PLANS are expected to be lodged with Limerick City Council shortly for the demolition of a historic sports club building where Richard Harris is reputed to have consumed his first pint of Guinness.

‘LAST orders’ were called for the final time last night in the private club bar in Limerick where Richard Harris supped his first pint of Guinness.

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THE €370 million contract to build and run a toll road tunnel under the River Shannon has been won by a business consortium which includes a Limerick road construction company.

A YOUNG Limerick man underwent major facial surgery yesterday following a vicious assault earlier in the day.

THERE was traffic chaos for thousands of motorists in Limerick city yesterday after part of one of the main approach roads to Shannon and Ennis subsided and was closed off.