St Munchins Community Centre 10 year anniversary

St Munchins Community Centre 10 year anniversary

Spirits were high this week at the St Munchins Community Centre 10 year anniversary celebrations, after a decade of community enhancement and development, with special guests in attendance.  JP and Noreen McManus attended the celebrations with daughter Sue-Ann Foley, in a show of support for the centre, and to turn the sod on the new … Read more

Basketball Blitz event in aid of Honouring Aaron

Basketball Blitz event in aid of Honouring Aaron

Pictured: Jerry O’Dea, Metropolitan Mayor of Limerick, Cecelia O’Flaherty, Founder of Honouring Aaron and Richard Lynch. Picture: Michelle Hogan/ILoveLimerick. An U10’s Basketball Blitz event in aid of Honouring Aaron, a Limerick fundraising initiative, will be held on Sunday December 6 at Presentation Primary School gym on Sexton Street. Honouring Aaron, previously titled ‘Remembering Aaron’, is … Read more

Rugby legend Paul O Connell awarded UL doctorate honour

Rugby legend Paul O Connell awarded UL doctorate honour

Limerick rugby legend Paul O Connell was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science at a ceremony in front of 1,000 invited guests on Thursday November 5, 2015. The former Ireland captain, who bowed out of international rugby after picking up a hamstring injury at the World Cup last month, is the 100th person to receive an … Read more

Castleconnell winner of the Limerick Going for Gold 2015

Castleconnell wins top prize in Limerick Going For Gold

Limerick Going for Gold 2015, which for the first time included the communities across Limerick City and County, featured a prize pool of over €76,000, courtesy of the JP McManus Charitable Foundation. the JP McManus Charitable Foundation. Castleconnell were named as the overall winner in the Challenge category at Limerick Going for Gold Competition 2015, receiving … Read more

Sports stars join ranks of Clionas Foundation Purple Platoon

Sports stars join ranks of Clionas Foundation Purple Platoon

  Pictured is Niamh Kavanagh, Joy Neville, Paul Browne and Brendan Ring. Picture: Oisin McHugh Sports Stars Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Browne and Joy Neville have joined the ranks of Clionas Foundation Purple Platoon to take part in Adare to Survive in Limerick on Sunday the 27th of September. They are also calling on others to … Read more

Richard Lynch pays tribute to Rugby Legend Paul O Connell

Richard Lynch pays tribute to Rugby Legend Paul O Connell

Richard Lynch pays tribute to Rugby Legend Paul O Connell on his retirement from International Rugby.The IRFU and Munster have confirmed that Paul O Connell will be released from his contract at Munster after this autumn’s Rugby World Cup. In an interview with Richard Lynch who is the creator of www.ILoveLimerick.ie, he describes how grateful … Read more

Honouring Aaron makes donation to Temple St Childrens Hospital and local charities

Honouring Aaron makes donation to Temple St Childrens Hospital and local charities

Pictured: Lorraine O’Flaherty, Aaron’s aunt, Bernie Price, Temple Street Children’s Hospital and Cecilia O’Flaherty, Aaron’s mother. HonouringAaron, an organisation which raises funds for a number of children’s charities in the Limerick area, donated €4,227 to Temple Street Children’s Hospital this past May. The initiative, set up in memory of nine-year-old Aaron O’Flaherty who died tragically … Read more

Tait House Pride of Place 2015

Tait House Pride of Place 2015

Picture L – r back row Olliver Creighton, Deborah O Holloran (Befriending), Tracey Lynch (CEO) Celline Mc Cormack (Befriending), Front row l – r  : Pat Begley, Mairead Mc Cormack, Michael Purcell, Michael Jones The 2015 Pride of Place Awards, which is run by Co-operation Ireland in conjunction with local authorities north and south of … Read more