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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
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
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
The Mid-Western Cancer Foundation’s annual Butterfly Ball is considered one of the high profile events of the Mid West area social calendar. This year has been difficult from a financial point of view for everybody personally and professionally. This continues to be true for the HSE where funding and resources remain restricted. Indeed the Director General of the HSE has accepted the adverse impact on patient care. … Read more
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
Going For Gold Community Category finalists have been named in the Challenge Category of Limerick Going for Gold 2015 following a public vote. The communities of Anglesboro, Broadford, Castleconnell, Kilfinane, Kilteely and Rathkeale have been voted through to the final by public text vote on Live 95fm’s Limerick Today Show. The six communities will challenge for … Read more
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
Limerick Pride Parade 2015 was held this year, Sat July 18, for huge crowds coming out to participate in this year’s festivities. There has never been more reason to celebrate Limerick Pride than there has been this year, because of Ireland’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage earlier in May. National pride was celebrated after the … Read more