A pair of incredibly rare Kinsale silver trefid spoons which Weldons will bring to the National Antiques and Vintage Fair in Limerick.

Des O’Sullivan says this two-day event can be tremendous fun and can bring out the hunter in collectors.    

Limerick will be the centre of the Irish antiques trade next weekend. More than 100 dealers, antique shops and galleries will be represented at the National Antiques Art and Vintage Fair at the South Court Hotel on June 20 and 21.

Ireland’s health system is in crisis and requires immediate surgery, according to a new group undertaking a nationwide campaign demanding that patients have more of a say in the system.

THE European Capital of Culture will host the National Antique and Art Fair today and tomorrow (March 15-16).

A large sporting event has been organised in memory of teacher Alan Feeley who died of a brain haemorrhage last November.

Following their party leader’s humiliating defeat in the Seanad referendum, for the 2,000 or so Fine Gael party faithful who gathered in the modest surrounds of the South Court Hotel in Limerick, it was very much a “back to basics” weekend where Fine Gael was determined to return to its core values.

“We are told that medical cards are not being taken away, that there is no cull. But when you look at what is happening, to my son and to other children with Down’s syndrome, it is hard not to feel that they are being targeted as the most vulnerable.”

For determined collectors all roads lead to Limerick this weekend.

COLLECTORS from all corners of Ireland will converge on Limerick this weekend.

Rare treasures, writes Des O’Sullivan, will feature at Limerick Fine Art Fair

WILL milk price hold up, with supply expanding internationally, and the world in the grip of recession?

Limerick boxer Andy Lee has nearly 2lbs on his opponent Mamadou Thiam at today's weigh-in for Saturday's Yanjing Fight Night in Limerick.

A FUND of almost €23 million set up to assist former Dell workers and others who lost their jobs as a result of the closure of the computer giant’s Limerick plant will become available today after the workers’ programme was signed off by the EU Commission.

FORMER Dell workers were warned that the millions of euro allocated to help them return to work should not be regarded as winning the Lottery.

LIMERICK CHAMBER,in association with Peninsula Business Services, is to host an employment law evening on Thursday in South Court Hotel from 6.15pm to 8pm, focusing on employment legislation in the workplace, specifically aimed at owners and managers in the area.

DELL workers who are set to lose their jobs over the coming months have called a meeting tomorrow night to consider taking their fight for better redundancy to the Labour Relations Commission.

PIETA House, set up to help prevent suicide and self-harm, plans to open a centre in Limerick.

SOME Dell workers are in open revolt at the redundancy package offered.

THE nominations for the next Limerick senior hurling manager are set to be announced tonight at a specially convened meeting of the Limerick County Board.

AN American airline hostess was viciously assaulted in a four-star Limerick hotel by a man who had been with a party of mourners returning from a funeral.

TEENAGERS from 34 countries are set to gather in Limerick to show off their ballroom dancing skills.

LIMERICK Chamber of Commerce has organised a day long seminar to help companies keep up to speed with employment legislation.

A WIFE and girlfriend kept the celebrations going yesterday in the Munster rugby team camp.

Cork defender John Gardiner picked up yet another Hurler of the Year award at the Munster Council Awards ceremony in Limerick last night.

Discussing Sunday’s Munster Championship clash at the South Court Hotel, Limerick were former Tipperary hurler, Liam Sheedy, Diarmuid O’Flynn and former Limerick hurler, Gary Kirby.

JACK O’CONNOR’S remarkable achievement in leading Kerry to National League, Munster and All-Ireland football championship titles in his first year in charge last night earned him the ‘Manager of the Year’ by the Munster Council.

KERRY achieved a notable double at the presentation of the Munster Council GAA awards at the South Court Hotel in Limerick last night.

CAMPAIGNS to combat suicide may not be targeting the right people, according to a leading psychiatrist.