There are extraordinary/emergency provisions which, to date, have mostly been seen in relation to the threat of armed force/terrorism.

University of Limerick (UL) is likely to become a location for a Covid-19 “field hospital” in the event that hospitals in the region become “overwhelmed” by cases of the virus, announced the University’s President, Dr Des Fitzgerald.

Ireland’s professional rugby players could be facing further disruption due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak with the IRFU considering standing the provinces down next week.

Irish rugby players, professional and amateur, will have woken this morning to a very different sporting landscape as their governing bodies called a halt to all playing activity in response to the growing threat of Covid-19 on these shores.

Ryan Tubridy said they are coming to Limerick to herald "the best of Irish".

WHEN things get hard, when her legs are failing, her lungs burning, and her stomach feeling ready to unpack its contents, Ciara Neville thinks of one thing: Tokyo.

The provision of student accommodation in Cork is a key focus of talks between city planners and the city's third-level institutions as work starts of the drafting of a new city development plan.

Amid the usual hustle-and-bustle of the airport, these few days each year have a magical feeling about them.

Research and accounts by five gardaí show criminal networks are becoming embedded in society and normalised due to fear, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe.

This weekend’s test will have to be negotiated without two fly-halves and a trio of front-rowers.

Mumps cases in Limerick have increased by almost 600% in the past year, linked to a fall in uptake of the MMR jab in those due for vaccination from 1998 onwards.

Ireland’s tourism sector is on the crest of a wave. It had a record year in 2018.

Ger McCarthy picks out the key lessons learned as the Republic of Ireland defeated New Zealand 3-1 in tonight's friendly.

Peter O’Mahony is happy to be home and eager to embrace a much-changed Munster set-up than the one he left behind to go to the World Cup.

"It was like a war zone in some cases," with west Dublin especially badly hit, NBRU General Secretary Dermot O'Leary said.

By now, you have to look a little harder for them under fallen leaves but wild mushrooms are still on the ground and the picking season can continue into November.

Here is a selection of people who have just moved into interesting new roles with companies in Ireland.

Over-the-counter painkillers that contain codeine are ‘tip-toeing’ more people into addiction, according to one researcher.

A museum dedicated to the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, housed in his former school in the heart of Limerick city, is set to close next month.

Last night Dave Mahedy closed his office door for the final time at the University of Limerick. As Director of Sport and Recreation, Mahedy has been the driving force behind the growth — and importance — of sport at all levels in UL for almost 30 years.

Journalists Alan Owens and Andrew Carey have been appointed as communications officers at University of Limerick.

Ireland’s first esports research lab has opened at the University of Limerick.

It was a real family affair at University of Limerick as the new Vice President for Research was part of the processing party to confer her own parents with a Certificate in Local History.

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

For those who did not get the results they wanted, or indeed needed, repeating the Leaving Certificate is probably the first option they will consider, writes Trish McGrath, principal of Hewitt College.

Students say they are facing a growing accommodation crisis, with every college in the country increasing the cost of their on-campus living for the new academic term.