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First class honours for Catherine Connolly for her ‘astounding’ Irish grammar

Plus: Calendar clash between the President and Remembrance, the worst job in Ireland and a non-cancelled Limerick Christmas market

Labour Party leader calls on governments to set out timeline for Irish unity referendums

Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies

A terrific colourised history of rural Ireland; and the Limerick cleric who founded Hibs

The Irish Farm in Colour; Edinburgh’s First Hibernian: The Mission of Edward Joseph Hanna; and What’re We Like?

Ian O’Riordan: Did you hear the one about the cross-country races cancelled because of rain?

Two events were cancelled in Dublin earlier this month when conditions were far from muddy or wet

Kings of Leon announce Limerick and Belfast summer shows

Tickets for both of the gigs go on sale through Ticketmaster at 9am on Friday, November 21st

Private motorway operators paid €92m for underused toll roads since 2010

Taxpayers paid nearly €74.5m in traffic guarantee payments for the Limerick Tunnel to M7 scheme in last 15 years

Manhunt under way after Limerick prisoner escapes while attending hospital

Gardaí suspected man was picked up in a vehicle by an accomplice

The Irish expert helping Ukraine reclaim its dead: ‘You feel responsibility to every one of them’

Limerick’s Niamh Smith oversees exchanges of fallen soldiers at border with Russia as part of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Man was ‘left to die like a dog in the road’ after Limerick hit-and-run, court hears

Danny Connors (30) pleaded guilty to killing James Forde (56) who was struck while walking on a pedestrian crossing

Five gardaí on trial over alleged attempts to quash road traffic prosecutions, court told

Superintendent and four gardaí deny charges of attempting to pervert course of justice

Do Europe’s must-see Christmas markets live up to the hype? Tell us your experience

Limerick Mayor John Moran postponed the city’s Christmas market because proposals ‘were developed too late’

Four-bed cottage with home bar and nostalgic charm in Adare for €800,000

Bramble Cottage is within walking distance of the village named one of the most beautiful in the world by Forbes

Sentence for gangland figure who killed student Joe Drennan increased by five years

Limerick student was killed in hit and run crash in which convicted man had filmed himself speeding

Pay review in major hospitals to follow Limerick CEO salary disclosure

Health Department told public expenditure officials salary rate of St John’s Hospital CEO was ‘news to us’

‘Setting big dreams’: Where Ava Crean, Ireland’s newest marathon sensation, might go next

The success of the Limerick runner in the Dublin marathon drew attention to Back 2 Boston, the singular running club created by John Kinsella

Limerick woman (29) to have endometriosis surgery in Greece after disease spread to heart

Lisa Walsh was diagnosed with stage four endometriosis after almost a decade of seeking answers from medical professionals

Limerick hospital expansion at risk over chief executive pay row

Tensions between St John’s Hospital board and HSE have increased in recent months

‘We expect nothing other than full compliance’: Inside the row over a hospital boss’s pay

Accusations of ‘unreasonable and unwarranted conduct’ – and risk to patients – amid pay scale dispute

We’re thinking of buying a new-build home. What extra costs do we need to budget for?

We have learned from friends that some new developments don’t provide buyers with flooring or appliances

Johnson & Johnson appeals €944,000 award to former Limerick hurler

GAA player Mark Keane was injured while freeing a colleague who was trapped in machine

Women being ‘short-changed’ due to lack of birthing options, campaign group claims

Homebirths in the midwest were suspended following the death of Limerick woman Laura Liston in June 2022, after the homebirth of her first child

Former football international Alan Bourke died from head injuries, inquest hears

He was attacked and robbed in Limerick city centre, coroner’s court is told

Limerick teenager Ava Crean primed for new possibilities in the Dublin Marathon

At 19, Crean has already completed marathons in Manchester and Limerick

Connie review: The deeply tragic life of an Irish actor who became a Hollywood star

Theatre: Pom Boyd stars in clever, entertaining portrayal of Constance Smith’s extraordinarily novelistic life

Man who burgled and attacked ex-girlfriend, threw her grandmother’s ashes on fire, court hears

Willie Woodland (31) also pleaded guilty to possession of a submachine-gun and ammunition

Ukrainian pleads guilty to attempted murder of woman in Kerry

Hryhorii Sryotenko (49) pleaded guilty to one charge relating to January 2024

Killer who has never had a job jailed over ‘grandiose’ €100,000 home renovations

Sums of €4,000 and £3,900 seized from house to be forfeited, Special Criminal Court rules

‘In the loneliest country in Europe, I’ve started chatting to strangers’

There are ways to create feelings of happiness and belonging

Woman flagged for sepsis but not given medication in time died of respiratory failure

Leona Cusack (33) only received ‘narrow’ spectrum of antibiotics in ‘breach’ of HSE protocols, inquest hears

Woman’s family ‘haunted’ by fear her death a day after miscarriage was preventable

Leona Cusack (33), from Shannon, Co Clare, died at University Hospital Limerick in 2024

Not raising hell: An insight into Limerick-born actor Richard Harris’s lesser known life

His career included playing the part of Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies

Profits rise at family-owned McMahon builder providers in Limerick

Revenues rose by 8% to €123m while profits increased to €13.5m

Halloween fireworks starting in summer, Dáil hears amid calls for tougher penalties

Garda’s Operation Tombola has carried out 1,218 seizures of fireworks over last decade

Michelin names 16 best hotels in Ireland, with two new additions to the list

Ashford Castle and the Park Hotel Kenmare were among the luxury stays recognised at a ceremony in Paris late on Wednesday

Imagine if Ireland could lay rail tracks as quickly as it builds roads

If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension

Planning approval for Aldi Moyross store overturned by High Court

Existing shopping centre opposed permission for stand-alone Aldi store

HSE warns Limerick hospital of ‘significant risk’ if chief executive pay not reduced

Emer Martin and board of St John’s Hospital warned breach of public pay scale could have repercussions for pensions

Muireann O’Connell: ‘There are people in this country who hate me with the fire of a thousand suns’

The TV presenter on breaking into radio in her 20s, buying her first home, and her new show The Assembly

Rising sea levels, more storm surges and shifting weather patterns put properties at risk

Parts of Dublin, Clare, Limerick and Louth exposed to ‘rising sea levels and more frequent storm surges’

Investigation as shots fired through window of Limerick property

Woman and two children in property off Childer’s Road at time of incident

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