The Limerick Blogger: latest Limerick news and Limerick events

Riverfest’s Great Limerick Run once again shows how our city of sport can put on a show.

Last year’s half-marathon winner Brian McMahon of Clonliffe Harriers went on to claim first place in the marathon while Angela McCann managed to win the women’s competition.
A complete list of the winners is available here.

The event, which also trended on twitter, took in a record of 8,500 entries putting us level with the Cork City Marathon. The Limerick Leader also reports that we’re well on our way to achieving our 2014 target of 10,000 entries.

However, for most it’s not just a race but just a way of having fun.
On the music scene, Birdthistle band member, Tadhg Morgan, who played near the finishing line outside Debenhams described it as great opportunity to play outdoor music with a lively atmosphere. The band provided motivational music at the last hurdle with another Limerick group, Windings.

The Great Limerick Run, in its third year, is expected to have generated a €2 million boost to the economy.

Did you buy a prize bond back in 1989 ? Get out your bonds and check them !

Gardai are investigating the death of a 69 year old man who was knocked down and killed at St Nessam’s Road on Monday evening.
Michael Doran from Templemore in County Tipperary died after being struck by a car while crossing the road near the roundabout outside the hospital around 8 o’clock last night.
Mr Doran was an in-patient of the hospital for a number of days at the time of the incident and was using a wheelchair as an aide while walking across the road
Gardai are appealing for anyone who was in the area at around the time of the accident to contact them.

After a serious fire Sunday night that has left homes badly damaged and unlivable, a mother and her 6 children and a pensioner have all been left homeless
Natasha Wallace arrived back to her home in Crecora Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston to find it in flames, her 90 yr old neighbor was trapped in her house and her son managed to rescue her. It seems the fire started in an uninhabited house that may of been used as a drugs den, locals say. Ms Wallace has been forced to check into a hotel with her children Mark, 8, Nadine, 10, Colby, 6, Troy, 3, James Dean, 2 and Taylor, 5.
Ms Wallace was quoted saying ““I am in shock, I just don’t know what I am going to do now. I don’t know whether I am coming or going. I had all my children’s gifts ready in the attic, and they are all wrecked,” the devastated mum said. “The electric is gone. The ESB have told us not to go back in there for our own safety. There is no way we can live there anymore,” she confirmed. Roxboro Gardai are investigating the fire. and can be contacted on 061-214340

4 Day Christmas Racing Festival
The 4 Day Christmas Festival at Limerick Racecourse from 26th – 29th December is synonymous with great National Hunt Racing, a great atmosphere and of course great fun!
With live racing action from 12.30pm each day make sure you visit Limerick Racecourse for a great day out this festive season.
The Limerick Christmas Racing Festival is the pinnacle of race meetings in the Midwest and this year we have a number of excellent packages and general admission offers to service the racing public and provide superb value for money.
The racing is very competitive and the Grade 2 Greenmount Park Novice Chase takes centre stage on the opening afternoon. It is normally a classy affair with the likes of Imperial Call, Hi Cloy and One Cool Cookie having won recent renewals.
Other highlights of the festival include the Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase and the Grade 3 Freeman Keane Novice Hurdle.

The Get Ireland Working Roadshow arrives in Limerick tomorrow September 27th. Anyone interested should get themselves down to Strand Hotel, Ennis Rd Limerick. There will be 2 sessions, one in the morning between 10am – 1pm and in the afternoon between 2pm-5pm.

This is a great opportunity for people who are out of work and want to get help to get back into the workplace. There will be help from many people, the day will cover CV writing, dressing for success.up-skilling and retraining .
People giving time to this project include Sean Gallagher, Entrepreneur, Panelist on RTE’s Dragon’s Den and Independent Presidential Candidate
Gavin Duffy, Entrepreneur and Panelist on RTE’s Dragon’s Den
Mairead Fleming, Deputy MD of Brightwater and recruitment advisor on TV3’s ‘The Apprentice’
Ben Dunne, Irish entrepreneur
Cathy O’Connor, Entrepreneur and stylist on ‘Ireland AM’

For more information visit http://www.uniquemedia.ie/index.php/press-releases/free-get-ireland-working-roadshow-to-visit-six-counties-bringing-industry-experts-employers-and-jobseekers-together-to-get-ireland-back-to-work/

If you’re serious about getting a job then don’t miss this opportunity that is being provided FREE for you.

If you have traveled between Limerick and Kerry along the coast road,or maybe been waiting for the Tarbet ferry to sail there is a good chance you will have popped into Kirby’s Lantern’s Hotel for some food and a drink. It has a fantastic location overlooking the Shannon estuary, many a wedding picture has had that beautiful view as it’s backdrop.
Sadly the hotel is closing it’s doors, the recession has hit it and the time has come to admit defeat after 40 years in business and many fond memories. The owners have said they have not gone into receivership and are sorry to be closing the doors.

Some feel that maybe if the Shannon LNG project had gone ahead on time then things would be different, by that being held up there was less money in the area to keep the hotel going.

It’s a landmark that will be missed by many, especially those who met there partners at a dance there or who use the hotel as their stopping point on their journey’s.

Argos are looking for their Christmas staff, this year they expect to take on 800 people countrywide of which 50-60 will be for applicants in Limerick.
Since coming to Ireland 15 years ago Argos has been a big hit with shoppers, it’s handy to be able to get items under the one roof so they always have a steady stream of customers which of course goes up come Christmas
The company says the workers will have flexible working hours, training and competitive pay and that they will also receive a staff discount during their period of employment.
According to Terry Duddy some of those who are hired for the Christmas period may even end up securing permanent roles early in the new year

Only 2 months ago Conor qualified for Wimbledon, although he didn’t get far, he put up a great show and wasn’t easily won over. Conor who is ranked 199 in the world has now qualified for the U.S Open after beating Matwe Mittelkoop after a 3 set victory over him today at Flushing Meadows
Who and when he’s going to play is yet to be announced, the who has yet to qualify and the when will depend on Hurricane Irene and when she will hit.