IT was the first time for as long as the regulars could remember that Willie O’Dea wasn’t sitting in his usual spot in the Windmill Bar on Henry Street, where he holds a clinic every Friday at teatime.

STUDENTS attending private industry-focused degree courses should have access to state funding, according to Tony Perrey, a director of Pulse Recording College, which has just acquired the legendary Windmill Lane studios in Dublin.

THE former O’Curry Street police station in Limerick — once a mission for seamen —would make an ideal location for a museum dedicated to Limerick’s maritime history.

FIANNA Fáil yesterday suffered an election year setback.