Limerick City planners have been left red-faced over their objection to two neighbours restoring their roofs to their original red slate colour.

A local authority has called in the country’s top planning referee to decide if two suburban neighbours should get a yellow card over painting their roofs red.

As most households look towards cutting down on water usage with a new tax next year, Limerick pensioner Paddy Mullins has splashed out on a large pond for his growing family of goldfish.

One of Munster’s best known bar/restaurant premises, which was sold in 2006 for around €3 million, is back on the market with a guide price of €875,000.