Tony lightens budget gloom

A full-time carer in Limerick has found the perfect distraction to harsh budget cuts: Creating his own winter wonderland.

Fri, 14 Dec, 2012 - 00:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Tony Noonan’s eye-catching illuminations at his hillside bungalow at Tullig North, Templeglantine, have been compared to the glow of an airport in West Limerick.

The 56-year-old and his wife Hannah care full-time for their only child Siobhán, aged 32, who suffers from Rett syndrome.

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