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Southill fires burning happily, picture taken from approximately 2 miles away.

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Limerick has fallen to number 14 on the Monopoly Here and Now league table.

Rembmer you can vote once every day, so if you have voted already, vote again.

Here is the link.

The election has been called for May 24th.

Not only is it mid week, preventing students and the like from voting in their home constituencies, but it is being held slap bang in the middle of exams.

Bertie Ahern made the announcement this morning that he was asking the President to desolve the Dail with a view of holding an election on Thursday 24th May.

Dan Sullivan has written a piece which all those politicians, especially those from Fianna Fail should be confronted on when they come a knocking.

It now appears that the department of health (which has historically dropped the ball on supports for those with disabilities) is planning to implement the same regime of charges for those with disabilities as for the pensioners in residential care. Which means they will charge disabled people for living in residential settings. And charge them out of their disabled person’s maintenance allowance. The DPMA is currently €184 per week which is less than an old age non-contributory pension and about the same as the dole. So if you are on the dole, and live away from home the state will pay you a rent supplement but if you make the same attempt to live independently as a disabled person the state will charge you for the pleasure? And, get this, the state is also planning to apply this new regime retrospectively! They are right now sending bills to the parents of people with disabilities looking for back payments. Can you frakking believe it?

Read the full post here.

Two Dublin men have been before the District Court this afternoon charged with the possession of a laptop bag containing two Argos catalogues for the purpose of deception in Limerick City yesterday.

Garry Canning, with an address at the South Circular Road, Dublin and William McDonnah from Finglas were told to stay out of Limerick City and to sign on at a Garda station in Dublin every day until their case comes before Limerick District Court again.

Our drug-dealing neighbours will be present at the meeting and we fear a backlash if we express our fears and opinions.

Please help us,

The short note delivered to John Fitzgerald on behalf of local residents in Southill who were too afraid to attend a public meeting being held concerning the regeneration of the area.

250 people did attend the meeting however, and the large attendance meant that it had to be moved from the local community hall to the parish church.

From the indo.