A Limerick woman from Patrickswell but formerly of Raheen has been killed in a traffic accident in Alicante in Spain over the weekend. Details of the accident are not fully known yet but it is believed the 20-year-old’s mother was also travelling in the same car. She is said to be recovering in hospital. It is believed that the accident took place last friday.
The weather has again proved to be the enemy of football as Limerick FC’s refixed game with Kildare County tonight, which was due to kick off at 7.30pm, has had to be postponed again due to a waterlogged pitch at Hogan Park.
Employers’ group IBEC has released details of a survey which it carried out amongst large companies in the mid western region in relation to the Open Skies deal which is due to come into operation in 2008. In effect Open skies means the end of the shannon stopover and in all probablility most flights from the US will go direct to Dublin. Shannon airport itself reckons it will lose 30% of its transatlantic business. According to the survey of 123 businesses who responded 25 of those expressed strong concerns that a reduction in flights could trigger decisions to re-locate from Ireland. Fears have also been expressed that parent companies may stop any further investment in existing businesses.
With nothing better to do on a wet and miserable Sunday night i was flicking through the channels and fell upon “celebrity” jigs and reels yesterday evening… I use the term celebrity lightly as the only people i recognised were Dana, MIchael Carruth the boxer who has put on about 6 stone in weight! and Emma O’Driscoll from Limerick. Emma as some may recall was one of the members of the pop group 6 who had a shelf life of about … 6 minutes but fair play to her, she has done some work on live95fm and i think she is also doing some kids thing on rte as well. Best of luck to her anyway!
Gardai are searching for a man they say is ‘known to them’ following a serious assault in Ballycummin Village early this morning. Ambulance control got a report at around 6am that a girl was suffering from stab wounds after being assaulted by her boyfriend. They arrived at the scene and were treating the girl when a man, believed to be the suspect of the stabbing, forced his way into the back of the ambulance and assaulted medical staff. He also broke windows in the ambulance before being brought under control and then escaping.
The womans injuries are not life threatening.
Just a passing note about Pierre Leclerc, who is a Canadian photographer and artist currently resident in Limerick. Any of you with an interest in photography and beautiful photographs should visit his site, which contains some fantastic photos, including some of Limerick sights. His website can be found at www.pierreleclerc.com.
The letters page of the Limerick Leader contains some startling revelations this weekend, courtesy of local writer and regular letters page contributor Austin O’Donovan. In a letter detailing his exploits on St Patrick’s Day, O’Donovan recounts an encounter with Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea in South’s Bar that afternoon. On questioning Willie about the reports that he was the only government minister left in the country on our national day, O’Dea replied: “Austin, take it from me, the whole country is being run from W.J. South’s public house as we speak.”
Limerick FC got their home campaign off to a good start with a 1-0 win over Monaghan United at Hogan Park last night. A 22nd minute Tommy Barrett goal was enough to grab the Blues their first 3 points of the season. Limerick had a chance cleared off the line after just 30 seconds, and this was to be the story of the game as they dominated for the full 90. Monaghan had defender Darren Sargeant sent off in the last minute.
Limerick play host to Kildare County on Monday night in a rescheduled game from the opening day of the season which had to be postponed due to weather conditions.
UPDATE MONDAY 270306 2PM
Game cancelled again due to waterlogged pitch!
A Limerick woman is recovering after being locked in the school where she worked for 4 days over the St Patrick’s holiday weekend. Bertha Curran, a teacher at St Canice’s Special School at Coovagh House, was trapped in the school which is located on the grounds of St Joseph’s Hospital in the city.
While locking up on Thursday the 16th, Mrs Curran fell victim to the high tech security system at the school which was designed to protect staff from any violent incidents involving the high risk students. It is believed she was locked in a corridor and only had access to bathroom water until she was discovered on Monday morning. She had no access to a mobile phone or any other means to raise the alarm.
Two separate investigations are underway, one by the school managment and another by the HSE.
The jesuits church in the Crescent has been bought by an auctioneer and property developer from Galway according to the Limerick Leader. The purchaser John O’Dolan has previously bought and restored many old builidings so hopefully it wont turn into another shopping centre. The asking price of around €4 million is believed to have been met. Fr Dermot Murray, Superior of the Jesuit Community in Limerick said that it is with “deep sadness” that the order are leaving the Church, which was built in 1864, but said that the people of the city would “not be found wanting.
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