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Gardai are investigating the theft of four licensed firearms from houses in Rathkeale. The firearms were stolen between 1700 hrs on Wednesday and 0500 hrs on Thursday last, reports 95fm news.

Along with the firearms, some jewellery was also stolen. Anyone with information can contact Gardai at Rathkeale on 069 63222.

Rural residents in the area are also asked to ensure that their licenced weapons are secured.

I have always been of the opinion that the selection of channels on Chorus have been inferior to cable providers in other parts of the country. The only time this was not the case was in the mid 1990s when Dublin’s Cablelink was unable to carry any satelite TV channels because it did not want to pay for them. Eventually it negotiated a deal which resulted in them being able to carry channels such as Sky One, Sky News and MTV etc.

MTV has only recently become availible in the City, and is only availible on Digital, where it has been availible in other parts of the country since the early 1990s.

Now the latest move by Chorus takes the cake. The Limerick Leader reports today that Chorus are to carry Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) as part of their package later this year.

This is not just any Christian channel, it is specifically Catholic TV.

Chorus’ resources could be used for more inclusive entertainment than this. One has to wonder which channel will be ditched to provide this muck, The leader does not say.

The son of Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara was arrested yesterday after a row in the city involving the fifteen year old son of murdered criminal Kieran Keane, reports the Irish Independent.

Gary McNamara (26) was detained for several hours at Henry Street Garda station after the incident. Mr. McNamara told Gardai that he was defending himself.

Kieran Keane Jr. (15) received treatment at the Mid-West Regional Hospital for his injuries, which are not said to be serious.

The row happened in the Garryowen area of the city at the house where Kieran Keane Snr. was living at the time of his death.

Earlier this week, A car was burnt out outside the house of Kieran Keane’s widow.

Gary McNamara is the cousin of Anthony “Noddy” McCarthy, one of the men convicted of the murder of Kieran Keane Snr.

Gardai at Henry Street are investigating an incident where a man almost bled to death after being stabbed in the carpark of a Limerick shopping centre, the Limerick Post reports.

The incident occoured in the carpark of an unnamed shopping centre said to be located on the Dublin Road

The man returned to his car to find a youth sitting on it. When he asked the youthe to move, he did. But as the man was preparing to drive off, the youth returned, opened the door of the car and stabbed the man.

The man is being treated at the Mid-western regional hospital and has been interviewed by Gardai.

Enzo’s restaurant have been cleared of discriminating against members of the travelling community at the Equality Tribunal.

John Keely, who claims that he was refused when he brought three of his childeren to the restaurant to have a meal brought the case against Enzo’s after he was turned away on Christmas Eve, three years ago.

He claimed that he visited the restaurant between 3.30 and 4pm on the day and was refused service.

The Restaurant, who were represented by Richard R O’Hanrahan Solicitors, stated that Mr. Kealy turned up at the restaurant at 4.10 pm and that the restaurant closed at 4pm to allow its staff to go home early for Christmas.

The tribunal found Mr. Kealy’s testimony to be “inconsistant and less than convincing,” and ruled that he was not discriminated against contrary to the Equal Status Act.

Four men who were helping Gardai with their enquiries in relation to the murder of Darren Coughlan in November, were released without charge.

Mr. Coughlan died three days after he was severly beaten on the Old Cracloe Road, on November 4th.

The four men, in their late teens and early twenties, are all from the St. Mary’s Park area of the city. They were all held in separate Garda stations in the City.

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions

Clohessey’s Bar

Two members of the Travelling community won their case of Discrimination yesterday against Clohessey’s Bar on Bishop’s Quay after they were told that their “type” were not welcome, reports the Limerick Chronicle.

Bridget and Nora Casey brought a case against the bar and restaurant before the Equality Tribunal, when they were told to leave the premises on 22nd of January 2002.

In their evidence the women stated that they were regulars in the restaurant, and claimed that they were identified to staff as travellers by two members of the Gardai. It was also reported complaints were lodged with the superior officers of Gardai as a result.

It was claimed that in a meeting the following day with Brian Smith, co-owner of the bar, Bridget Casey was refused a reason as to why they were not served. and told her “your type are not welcome here.”

Denying the claim of discrimination, the management of Clohessey’s claimed that the reason the Caseys were refused entry was due to an incident that was alleged to have happened, during the previous October at the door of the Sin Bin nightclub, also a part of Clohessey’s.

Manager, Donal O’Sullivan also claimed that the two women created a scene when they were told lunch was off on 22nd of January.

Equality Officer Martin Duffy ruled in favour of the Caseys, and awarded them €200 each. Management were also ordered to issue an invitation back to the bar, given a free meal and a drink.

It is reported today in the Limerick Chronicle that Members of Limerick County Council voted unanimously to pass a motion demanding that Limerick City Council withdraw its application to Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Dic Roache, for an extension to the boundry of Limerick City.

County Councillors claim that a survey contained within the application was added without being seen by them.

The survey claims that most people living within the county council run estates of Limerick City would prefer to be governed by the City council.

Proposed boundry. click for larger image

Describing the survey, Cllr Jan O’Sullivan stated, “I would expect my first years to do a better survey.” meanwhile, Fine Gael’s leader in the council stated that it was more like the work of Sixth Class childrenn.

Another County Councillor, Patrick O’Donavan, stated, “There is unanimous opposition to this in the County, while there is unanimous support for it in the city.”

Councillor Eddie Wade of Fianna Fail demanded that members of the Dail state where they stand on the issue of the boundary extension.

It is an idea I have been thinking about for a few weeks, since I started my first blog on blogger. To start a blog so as not to have too many topics contained in the one journal.

Squids Blog was meant to be about me changing careers, but there were other things which I wanted to comment about, such as the goings on in the city. whether it be from stuff I find on the web, or in the local rags which doesn’t normally make it to the web. The news outlets in Limerick, those being the Limerick Leader and Chronicle, The Limerick Post, and Live95fm, only put a select number of stories and now that the “Alive in Limerick” blog is no longer going, there is now something lacking on the web.

This will be different to the Alive in Limerick blog, as I will be looking for team members to get involved also.

If you want to get involved drom me an email or comment at the end of this post.

You may need to register with blogger.com in order to take part. If you have a blog, then it would be advantagious. also this would be completely voluntary.

Anyway. lets see if we can make this the best news source for Liemrick.

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