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Limerick Leader
41m ago
IT'S Thursday, which means we have more pictures from our Limerick Leader archives - in association with Glasshouse Opticians. Click next for more photos ..read more
Limerick Leader
2h ago
MORE than 4,000 people are newly registered to vote ahead of the first directly elected mayoral election in Limerick. The figures were presented by council officer Edel Cousins at this month’s metropolitan meeting. As of the middle of this month, a total of 151,044 people were on the electoral regis ..read more
Limerick Leader
4h ago
MINISTER for Health Stephen Donnelly has issued a statement offering his "sincere condolences" to the family of Aoife Johnston following the conclusion of the inquest into the Clare teenager's tragic death. A verdict of medical misadventure has been recorded in the death of the 16-year-old at Kilmal ..read more
Limerick Leader
4h ago
CAROL Johnston, the mum of the late Aoife who died in University Hospital Limerick, told media at the end of the four-day inquest into her daughter's death that Aoife had a "horrible death". "When we arrived on the 17th (December 2022), we never thought on the 19th we would be leaving without her. A ..read more
Limerick Leader
6h ago
THE FAMILY of Aoife Johnston want to see another emergency department opened in the Mid-West and never want another family to go through what they went through. A verdict of medical misadventure has been recorded in the death of the 16-year-old. Speaking outside Kilmallock Courthouse, Aoife's mother ..read more
Limerick Leader
7h ago
MILFORD Care Centre have been named the Limerick Persons of the Year 2023. The centre was honoured at a ceremony in the Clayton Hotel in Limerick this Thursday. The centre, which provides specialist palliative care services and older persons services in the Mid-West, was honoured for their “incredib ..read more
Limerick Leader
8h ago
MUNSTER and Ireland rugby legend Keith Earls has been given a lifetime achievement award for his incredible 16-year career in professional rugby. Born in Moyross to Ger and Sandra, Keith earned 202 caps for Munster and 101 for Ireland throughout his inspirational career. Playing on the wing for both ..read more
Limerick Leader
9h ago
A CONSULTANT in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) who was on call the weekend Aoife Johnston died, described the emergency department (ED) as a “deathtrap.” Dr James Grey was called by nurse, Katherine Skelly, to come in on the night of December 17, 2022, when Aoife was in the ED, but was “unable t ..read more
Limerick Leader
11h ago
TWO men who have both lost loved ones all too young are preparing to conquer the iconic Camino de Santigo in Spain. Five-time All-Ireland winning Kerry footballer Aidan O’Mahony and Monagea man Liam Herlihy will raise crucial funds for cardiac risk in the young (CRY Ireland). CRY trustee, Liam, sadl ..read more
Limerick Leader
12h ago
Approximately €125,000 of controlled drugs have been seized during an intelligence-led multi-agency operation in Tipperary Town yesterday, Wednesday April 24. The operation involved Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Tipperary Divisional Dru ..read more