Munster, Ireland News

The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop who was severely criticised in a commission investigating child sex abuse by priests.

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Bishop Donal Murray speaks in St John's Cathedral in Limerick, Ireland, Dec. 17, 2009, after resigning as Bishop of Limerick.

The survival plan for three companies in the Fleming group received the unanimous support of its creditors with the exception of Dutch owned ACC bank, the Supreme Court heard today.

LIMERICKa S 100ft tall floating metal Christmas tree, which was badly damaged in the recent floods after it was swept into the side of the Shannon Bridge, was refloated on the Shannon last night.

IRISH cycling legend SeA n Kelly has urged the public to join him in helping to save countless childrena TMs lives during next yeara TMs Tour de Munster competition.

You could say Simon Van Booy is settling nicely into life as a writer. Van Booy, a single dad, lives with his five year old daughter, Madeleine, in Brooklyn where he runs into the types of people writers need to know in the world.

A first Jackson stop for Irish music trio Legacy's acclaimed Christmas program is, musicians hope, the start of an annual tradition here.

Water levels have subsided on the Shannon overnight - but more rainfall is expected throughout the day.

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KNOWN stone and gravel contractor was killed yesterday when he became trapped underneath a mechanical digger in a flooded pond.

It has long been my mother-in-law's dream to have her husband, three sons and their families return to her birthplace in County Cork, Ireland.

Liam Clancy, an Irish troubadour and the last surviving member of the singing Clancy Brothers, who found fame in the United States and helped spread the popularity of Irish folk music around the world, died Friday in Cork, Ireland.

Books are a tried and tested favourite for all the family at Christmas and many exciting titles are now available on book shelves in Tralee.

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A MAJOR earthen embankment has been constructed in riverside areas of Limerick city in a bid to prevent high tides from causing any devastation to homeowners this week.

Leuven, Belgium-based wireless module manufacturer Option, is set to cut 150 jobs from its production engineering and logistic facility in Cork, Ireland, according to Ireland On-Line . The cuts, which are expected to take effect in January, are part of a corporate restructuring and downsizing of its operations in Cork.

He was Ireland's great bare knuckling champion. On 13 December 1815, thousands watched as Dan Donnelly defeated the English man George Cooper outdoors in the Irish Curragh.

A Swedish woman has been jailed for five years by a UK court for the manslaughter of a man she met shortly after she and her twin sister made a dash into oncoming traffic on the M6 motorway.

THE worsening flood situation in the environs of Limerick city upstream to Parteen Weir will not hit critical levels for another five days, it has emerged.