Ireland’s first ‘Rainbow Housing’ initiative for students who live on campus has been launched at University of Limerick.

The property supplement to a recent issue of the Irish Examiner contained a piece by Tommy Barker about the sale of Monkstown Castle House — ‘House of the week’ (June 8) — home of the late Charlie Hennessey and Abby Scott.

Coca-Cola has confirmed it is in "regular discussions" about enhancing its presence in Ireland but remained tight-lipped about reports it is looking to create a dairy plant in Cork.

STOP and easily developed land for house builders and entrepreneurial types, in Limerick’s suburb of Monaleen, Castletroy, is guided at €300,000 an acre in advance of its planned private treaty sale next month.

Norah Patten is on course to be Ireland’s first person in space.

Johann van Graan wasn’t concealing his own personal disappointment and the deep frustration in the Munster camp as players and management reflected on the error-ridden first half hour in Bordeaux on Sunday that condemned the province to yet another semi-final defeat in the European Champions Cup.

Qualification for the Champions Cup knockout stages for a record 17th time last week may have sent head coach Johann van Graan off for a week’s holiday in fine fettle.

Munster took time to meet their number one fan following their training session ahead of tomorrow's Pro14 match against the Cheetahs at Thomond Park.

The electrochemist and lecturer is one of only three Irish-based researchers overall to be awarded an ERC starting grant in 2017.

A University of Limerick (UL) researcher has been given €1.5m for pioneering work on generating clean energy through photosynthesis — the only Irish scientist granted by the European Research Council (ERC) in the physical science field this year.

Two new sports buildings worth almost €15m were officially opened at the University of Limerick today by Minister of State, Patrick O’Donovan, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

The rowing boom has seen an explosion of interest in next Saturday’s Irish Indoor Rowing Championships at UL, the largest indoor rowing event in Ireland.

It was the hope that killed him. At the end of the most important race of his life, Thomas Barr leaned for the line with every fibre of his being, hoping but not knowing whether it was enough for a medal in the men’s 400m hurdles yesterday afternoon.

If Jerry Flannery believed his close association with Paul O’Connell was at an end when the great second-row ended his Munster career prior to last year’s World Cup, he was badly mistaken.

A local authority is expected to approve planning for a new film studio complex in Limerick tomorrow.

The State is paying out €34m a year to fund anti-depressants prescribed to people who do not need them, according to a leading psychologist who instead called for greater access to counselling.

Irish companies are losing millions in intellectual property assets, a leading law academic has claimed.

A major Limerick criminal who gardaí suspect was involved in the failed murder attempt of convicted crime boss Christy Keane, previously tried to burn to death members of Keane’s family in an arson attack, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Gardaí in Limerick remain on a heightened state of alert amid fears a gang feud in the city could reignite following the attempted murder of Christy Keane.

A €6m deal signed yesterday will see a major film studios set up in Limerick.

Limerick minor manager Leo O’Connor has described the instant turnaround from colleges hurling to intercounty championship as “crazy”.

Clare County Council is to make an audacious bid to have the University of Limerick (UL) renamed the University of County Clare and Limerick.

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Clare will meet Cork in the Waterford Crystal Cup semi-finals next weekend, following a slender 0-16 to 0-15 win over Tipperary at Sixmilebridge.

Five Research Centres are being set up across the country, with combined Government and industry funding of €245m.

The day-to-day impact of the First World War on the lives of a Co Tipperary family is captured in an unique archive project opened at the University of Limerick.

Before Kerry faced Galway in Croke Park, their coach was scraped up, stretched out, then eased across the back seat of a car.

Sensory technology will soon allow lonesome grandparents, separated from their loved ones by geography, to touch and embrace via the internet.

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A man has gone missing in the River Shannon after entering the water on horseback.

Preliminary autopsy results on the body of a student who collapsed suddenly at a lecture hall on one of her last days at college have proved inconclusive.

A book of condolence has been opened at the University of Limerick for a 22-year-old student who collapsed and died on the second last day of her final year at college.

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

Business, sporting and media figures yesterday joined forces in a rallying call for Special Olympics Ireland — a registered charity — which has to raise €1.9m in the coming months to fund its national games.

A position of ‘Chair in Creative Writing’ at University of Limerick — in memory of author Frank McCourt — has been advertised with a starting salary in excess of €100,000.

The proud, beaming smiles of the Franklin family yesterday hid the painful reality of a terrible tragedy.