Three units of the fire service from Limerick City and Cappamore are on the scene of a blaze at a derelict block of flats on Sycamore avenue in Rathbane.
The alarm was raised at 1400 hrs today.
Gardai are also on the scene of the fire.
30 years ago, they came they played, they lost…. Now they’re coming back, “they” of course being a certain rugby team that dress in black.. The news rumoured for some time was confirmed today when it was announced that the All Blacks are coming to Limerick to play the red army in their new extended house. The fixture follows an invitation from the Irish Rugby Football Union to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Irish province’s famed victory over the All Blacks and to officially open a renovated Thomond Park.
“Munster has a proud history including their famous 1978 victory and a European Rugby Cup final this season,” said New Zealand Rugby Union CEO Steve Tew. “We are delighted to be part of another chapter that also has commercial benefit for both teams. One of our aims is to find additional revenue to support the game in New Zealand. As rugby people, we’re glad to see it take the shape of a mid-week match.”
Munster Chief Executive Garrett Fitzgerald said: “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate such an auspicious occasion than for Munster to play one of the top ranked teams in the world in our own stadium. We are honoured they have accepted our invitation to help us open the new Thomond Park and we are looking forward to a fixture that has already captured the imagination of the public at large. We would like to thank the NZRU and IRFU for their efforts in bringing negotiations to a successful conclusion.”
The Munster match is the final addition to the 2008 end-of-year tour schedule. It brings the number of matches to six as the team plays Australia in Hong Kong on the way to Europe before Tests against Scotland, Ireland, Wales and then England.
A 37 year old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition.
According to Garda Michael O’Connor of Roxboro Garda Station, Edward Connery, with an address of Inis Eagla, Shannon, County Clare was arrested on Wickham Street at 0440 hrs on Sunday Morning.
It is being alleged that Connery was found in possession of a 7.65mm calibre Belgian FN semi-automatic pistol following his arrest.
During the court hearing this morning, Gardai made no objection to bail with strict conditions.
These included an order that Connery stay out of Limerick City except for court hearings and by arrangement to consult with his legal councel. He was also ordered to sign on at the local Garda station in Shannon on Monday Wednesday and Friday between 0900 hrs and 2100 hrs.
He was also asked to surrender his passport. The court had been told that Connery’s passport had expired and he had not applied to have it renewed.
Granting beil to Connery on his own bond of €500, Judge Tom O’Donnell ordered that he be brought before the court again on May 28.
From Sean “Tipp” Ryan
The Annual Happy Dog Sunday in the People’s Park in Limerick City is where I decided to go today, in my pocket my radio and it‘s earphones to keep in touch with Munster’s vital European Semi Final with Saracens in Coventry. It was raining as one would say “Cats and Dogs” a day more reminiscent from all those rain scenes in Angelas Ashes the movie.
It did not deter those dog lovers though and the supporters of the organisation. Limerick Animal Welfare deserve all the support they can get , Since it’s establishment in 1983 Limerick Animal Welfare has helped thousands of neglected animals and is a voluntary organization .It is currently involved in a sanctuary for animals in Kilfinane,Co.Limerick.
This is a major construction project .Limerick Animal Welfare currently spends approximately €30,000 per month in vets. kennel and food bills they now need to raise €70,000 to kit out the interior and fence-in the site for it’s new sanctuary .For more information http://www.limerickanimalwelfare.blogspot.com/ and limerickanimalwelfare.com
Picture: Henry supporting Munster (Sean Ryan)
The supposedly impartial Wikipedia administrators in their infinate wisdom have decided to redirect the page “stab city” to Limerick.
A discussion on the page resulted in the “stab city page being redirected to Limerick, this despite the fact that Limerick is not the only place in the world to be given the monikar.
The newly redirected page is now in breach of wikipedia rules as it it an inflammatory redirect.
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Reasons for deletion include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Advertising or other spam without relevant content (but not an article about an advertising related subject)
* Content not suitable for an encyclopedia
* Content forks
* Copyright infringement
* Hoax articles (but not articles describing a notable hoax)
* Images that are unused, obsolete, violate fair-use policy, or are unencyclopedic
* Inappropriate user pages
* Inflammatory redirects
* Articles that cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources
* Article for which all attempts to find reliable sources to verify it have failed
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* Overcategorization
* Patent nonsense or gibberish
* Redundant templates
* Subject fails to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:N, WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP and so forth)
* Vandalism that is not correctable
* Any other usage of article, template, project, or user namespace that is contrary to the established separate policy for that namespace.
Sadly, Wikipedia don’t exactly make it easy to nominate a page for deletion. One has to be familiar with how the whole process works.
Breakingnews.ie reports that a man has been arrested as part of Garda investigations into the murder of Mark Moloney earlier this month.
Mr. Moloney was shot dead near the Garryowen Stores in a drive-by shooting on April 5th.
Stephen O’Sullivan (18) has already been charged in relation to the murder. The second individual who was arrested this morning is currently being held at Henry Street Garda Station.
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