Seven full-time jobs and eight part-time posts have been lost in the closure of The Railway Hotel in Limerick.

When Clare take to the field in the Gaelic Grounds for Sunday’s Munster quarter-final with Limerick, the longest serving member of the team will be getting ready for what he hopes won’t be a busy afternoon.

In the absence of Iain Corbett, Ian Ryan will captain the Limerick footballers as they bid for their first Munster Championship win since 2012.

It may be a work in progress but for David O’Brien and the Clare Senior Football panel, provincial glory is the definitive aim.

Globally prominent investigators at the UL’s Kemmy Business School and School of Law have successfully secured two EU Horizon 2020 awards, which will facilitate joint industry-academic research in the area of autonomous vehicles.

The only stretch of rail network that remains closed following last years storms is expected to reopen next week.

Gardaí are questioning five men following an early morning car chase.

One man is in a critical condition in hospital while three others are also being treated after their boat capsized in Limerick early today.

Fire service personnel from Shannon were called out to assist colleagues from Limerick at an early morning incident in the city.