Derek has asked for us to give this a mention
Dog found and handed into Henry Street Garda station the dog was kept overnight by a caring lady Garda and was then given to Limerick Animal Welfare to try and track down its owners.
The dog looks to be a cross between a terrier and a sheep dog and she is female photo attached below.
If this is your dog please contact Limerick Animal Welfare at: 06391110 or Mobile 0876371044.
A bit of a storm has erupted around Independent MEP for Munster Kathy Sinnott this week in relation to the claiming of EU parlimentary allowances.
German broadcaster RTL carried a report showing MEPs signing the attendance register whilst carrying suitcases before leaving for home.
The report claimed that it had caught a number of MEPs signing and running and also claimed that when they saw the camera outside the office where they sign, they turned on their heels and headed in the other direction.
One of the MEPs named in the report was Kathy Sinnott. The report claimed that she threatened the reporter with legal action, and showed her telling him to be very careful how he reports the story.
However, Ms Sinnott claimed that she had worked through the night on the date in question (Friday 17th), however the reporter claimed that the daily allowance is not intended for night work.
After the report appeared on Youtube this week, Ms Synnott published a response video detailing how she had worked through the night before heading home at 0700 hrs on that day. In her video message, she also produced a number of e-mail correspondences which she claims is proof that she had been working that night.
Anyways here are the two videos, decide for your self whether she is guilty or not.
First up is the RTL report with subtitles in English
Second Kathy Sinnott’s response. Click here to view
One unit of the fire service as well as gardai and staff from Limerick County Council are involved in a major clean up operation following flash flooding in the centre of Rathkeale town.
Emergency services arrived at the scene at approximately 1645 following a heavy deluge of rain causing Main Street to become flooded.
Motorists are being asked to drive with care in the area as further heavy rain.
Theres a teency weency little difference in the site, how long before anyone notices it?
Anyway, some catching up to do. John Gallighue is the new chairman of Limerick County Council. Speaking on Monday night he told reporters that so far there has been a bit of a bunker mentality in relation to discussions of a boundary extension for the city. He hoped to find a resolution that would help the city grow but would not impoverish the county council.
Anyone wishing to get a close look at the work underway on the Limerick Tunnel will have a chance to see it for themselves when the tunnel site is opened to the public for one day. Members of the public will be even able to see the 100m tubes which will form the main part of the tunnel before they are submerged next month. The site will open on July 26th.
Trinity Rooms is celebrating its fifth anniversary this weekend. From their announcement:
Well it’s finally here, the most talked about birthday of the Year as Trinity Rooms hosts a weekend long Birthday Party to celebrate 5 years at the top of the national clubbing tree. Invites for the Friday night have like gold dust but the good news is that on the Saturday night, Tickets will be available on the door from 8pm as Trinity Rooms celebrate its 5th Birthday with the nation via a 6 hour live broadacast on 2fm.
They’ve given us five tickets to give away, and we’ve decided to run a limerick (as in, the poem) contest to pick the recipients. (Okay, okay, I deserve to be put in stocks and have rotten vegetables cast in my direction for a pun like that.) There’ll be first and second prizes of two tickets, and a third prize of one ticket.
The theme is (predictably enough) Limerick (as in, the place), but don’t worry too much if the relevance to the topic is slight. So please email your Limerick-related limericks to contest@limerickblogger.org. The deadline for entries is midnight on Thursday, and winners will be notified by email.
Wikipedia may provide some inspiration.
We’ll probably publish all the submitted Limericks for general amusement.
The South Court in Raheen is the latest hotel in Limerick to change ownership it was confirmed yesterday.
The Lynch group will still operate the hotel, but will now lease it from property developer Robert Butler and solicitor Paul O’Brien.
The price paid for the hotel is reported to be €15m.
