Triple show launch at Limerick City Gallery of Art
by Rose Rushe AS ever, Carnegie Building on Pery Square magnetised lovers of art and architecture with its seasonal launch of new shows. The first three for 2015 opened on Thursday January 22 and...
View ArticleWindow dressing for Limerick Literary weekend of greats
O’Mahony Booksellers was appropriate host on Monday 9 to the launch of the 2nd Limerick Literary Festival, grown-up child to the Kate O’Brien Weekend of three decades. Playwright and O’Brien scholar...
View ArticleLessons learned from Carambola Kidz whiz
Limerick based Colm O’Brien award built up his Carambola Kidz Healthy School Lunch Business to produce 100,000 lunches weekly. Annacotty based in industry, O’Brien is also a motivational speaker, was...
View ArticleLimerick leads call to rule out sale
Fianna Fáil Social Protection spokesman Willie O’Dea is leading calls on the Government to firmly rule out the sale of the State’s shareholding in Aer Lingus now that the Minister for Transport...
View Article€12 million locum spend was for all Limerick hospitals
by Alan Jaques and Bernie English news@limerickpost.ie MORE than €12 million was spent on short-term locum medical staff in the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) hospitals group last year. According...
View ArticleOpening out the Wild Watery Heart of Pigtown
An exceptional painting exhibition by County Limerick artist John Collins, created in response to Mike Finn’s play ‘Pigtown’, staged by Island Theatre Company first in the summer of 1999, opened this...
View ArticleRobert Burns Night rolls in
“Welcome, feast and revelry/ Tipsy dance and jollity/ Braid your locks with rosy twine/ Dress yourself with garments fine/ Tonight we dance, tonight we dine/ With mad music and strong wine” – Robert...
View ArticlePress push for Quarry Player’s ‘Moment’
AN intelligent cast pulled together by Quarry Players does justice to ‘Moment’, the Deirdre Kinahan play current at No. 69 O’Connell Street until Saturday 14. John Anthony Murphy directs. Book at box...
View ArticleLove parade for The Witches of Eastwick
by Rose Rushe AWARD winning Limerick Musical Society will open its 2015 production ‘The Witches of Eastwick’ at the concert hall on Thursday March 26 for three nights, 8pm. Directed by Des Henn, this...
View ArticleLaunch night for Limerick Film Festival 2015
See full schedule on www.limerickfilmfestival.net. All photos by Herbert Knowles, Shannon by Rose Rushe APRIL 23 to 25 are dates for this year’s Limerick Film Festival, its schedule and...
View ArticlePortrait of a Lady
OUR Shannon Rowing Club est. 1870 was site for a portrait sitting by reigning Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh. Eight artists painted her likeness simultaneously over a four hour period, while the festival...
View ArticleOpening night for Music on the Water
By Rose Rushe Corbally artist Maurice Quillinan’s new show, Music on the Water, launched in Dooradoyle’s County Hall the night of May 18, with Mayor Kevin Sheahan doing the honours. In fact the...
View ArticleYear long show by LCFE Photography students
ANOTHER occasion on the Limerick College of Further Education events calendar will take place this Thursday May 27, 7.30pm in Absolute Hotel. Photography students launch their 13th annul exhibition,...
View ArticleSeason triple launch in City Gallery
by Rose Rushe IT was a crowded house for Limerick City Gallery of Art on Thursday May 21 for Ramon Kassam’s ‘Gallery’ on the ground floor and Gavin Hogg’s ‘Shadow Light’ occupying upper chambers and...
View ArticleSouthside pitches Pirates against Mermaids
SOUTHSIDE Stage School embraces city children – 50 for these shows – in creating theatrical and musical platforms that are fun and educational. Look ahead to two shows coming up in Our Lady Queen of...
View ArticleWitches of Eastwick sweep AIMS Awards
ASSOCIATION of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) had its annual awards ceremony on Saturday 13 at the Gleneagles/ INEC with 1300 members attending, each supportive of its own troupe’s ambition. Limerick...
View ArticlePhotos of the Limerick Novena
Scenes at Mount Saint Alphonsus Redemptorist Church, Limerick as The Annual Novena started in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
View ArticlePicnic for PALLS Urban Horse
A PICNIC in People’s Park on July 3 with ice creams for those who screamed was occasion for the unveiling of the PALLS addition to Urban Horse Herd. PALLS is Probation in Limerick and Linkage Scheme...
View Article