Snubbed Limerick calls for boycott

THE Mayor of Limerick last night called for a boycott of RTE’s Rose of Tralee coverage over the organiser’s repeated “disgraceful snub” to the third city of the Republic.

Snubbed Limerick calls for boycott
Tue, 23 Aug, 2011 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Cllr Jim Long’s anger stems from the absence again of a Limerick Rose for the fourth year.

He encouraged Limerick publicans to blacklist the Rose programme.

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