A LIMERICK City bank building, on O’Connell Street and Bedford Row, is being sold for as much as €10m — a recent Munster-bank investment sale price record.

PETER COLLINS is from Westport, Co Mayo, and presents soccer, athletics, MotoGP, etc, for RTÉ.

A second multi-million euro Waterford sale — the AIB bank branch in the heart of the city for close to €2.25 million to a private investor - is imminent. It comes on the back of the just-concluded sale of the Fitzwilton Hotel, to an Austria-based investor, for €3.2m.

Downpours be gone — this week Esther N McCarthy is all about the outdoors — lazing in the garden with a sizzling barbecue, billowing table linen, a chilled glass and a cosy blanket for eventide — bliss.

One of the few Irish St Patrick’s Day celebrations that matches the splendour of those in America, a mix of paint, performances, pageantry, parades and parties, promises to make this year’s Dublin festival one of the most spectacular ever.

THOSE in need of a fix at this fallow time of year for auctions can always head west.

A FATHER of three who found his ex-partner in bed with another man got two knives from her kitchen and stabbed the other man while one of the children was still asleep in the bed, a murder trial has heard.

FOR fashionistas, Waterford is the place to be from Friday when the city will play host to a variety of stylish events and tempting offers.

A POTENTIALLY lethal bug has been discovered in a west Cork town’s water supply, forcing a local authority to tanker in water for up to 800 homes.

AIB has secured court orders for possession of three properties in Waterford to meet a €4.3 million judgment secured by the bank last June.

LINKS to the past come with a tax incentivised development in Cloyne east Cork, while links to the future come with another, separate scheme in west Cork.

PLANNING permission was granted yesterday by Cork County Council for a 204-house development in Crosshaven, while an application was received for an equally large development in Castlemartyr.

A CITY street in Waterford which was cobbled seven years ago is to be remodelled and some stones removed as part of works which could cost up to €250,000.

AN office worker wept openly yesterday as she told how she went from one phone box to another, collecting explicit hand bills featuring her name and telephone number and claiming she offered sex for sale.

Eighteen people are being treated in hospital after a bus hit the pavement at a stop in Waterford city.