The former Mayor of Limerick Jim Long has conceded defeat on 303 votes after Count Two in the Limerick City West seven-seater.

THE HSE in Limerick yesterday apologised after an ambulance took almost half an hour to attend a pensioner who lay injured just 200 yards from the emergency control centre.

IT IS Saturday evening in downtown Calgary.

A RETIRED US couple were preparing yesterday to return home to New York after a nightmare holiday – but also a positive experience they want to remember for the rest of their lives.

RED-FACED Health Service Executive bosses were last night embarrassed into calling off a drinks and buffet party for staff at a Limerick hospital who worked through the recent nurses’ dispute.