Pictured: Members of the Socialist Party with their petition to stop proposed cuts in the HSE Fears continue for the future of the Accident and Emergency department at St. John's Hospital, as well as the future of other services in the midwest including those at Nenagh and Ennis hospitals. Campaigning to stop planned health cuts have kicked [...]...

It has been a busy week or so in sports-related stories, so here is a brief recap of some of what's happened. GAA It was a case of bad-week good-week for Limerick GAA. The Gaelic grounds hosted three big games over the last eight days, starting with the bad where the county hurlers season ended at [...]...

yeah I know … very slow news week! Anyway, Just listening to Radio One this morning to hear that apparantly Celia Holman Lee Fixed a model competition where she judged 'Best Dressed Ladies' and a young model called Lorraine Nolan aged 24 (Miss Wexford) won. The 'ordinary' girls who entered without being from a model agency [...]...

Gardai arrested two women yesterday in an operation against a suspected brothel operating out of the Hilton Hotel on the Ennis Road. Staff at the hotel became suspicious after an increased number of male visitors to the room was observed. At 1600 hrs yesterday, Gardai raided the hotel room and arrested two women, A Spanish and Brazilian [...]...

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