Of the many fundraisers organised in aid of the Mid-West’s healthcare frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps the most remarkable is the ‘Garden Hurling Marathon’ run by Mayo hurler and University of Limerick medical student Cathal Freeman, who raised a whopping €62,616 for University Hospital Limerick and the Mid-West Cancer Society.

University of Limerick students involved in contact tracing in the fight against COVID-19 have said that “the lists are long” but they are hoping to “make a difference”.

A collaboration between University of Limerick and UL Hospitals Group has seen the design and capacity created to manufacture 100,000 face visors for HSE front-line staff.

As the COVID-19 Coronavirus crisis escalates, University of Limerick President Dr Des Fitzgerald has called on people to “take personal responsibility to try and slow down this virus and save lives”.

A plan to dramatically reduce single-use plastic waste from the University of Limerick campus could take seven million water bottles out of circulation every year.

Hundreds of Leaving Certificate biology students are getting practical experience in state-of-the-art laboratories at University of Limerick this week.

A third-year student of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Limerick has won the top prize of €5,000 for his innovative submission, “AeroZero.”

University of Limerick (UL) expects to create over 330 additional jobs and recruit a further 4,000 students in the coming five years, according to its President, Dr Des Fitzgerald.

Milford Care Centre’s Annual Harvest Fair is being held on a most appropriate day this year, Sunday, September 1, the first day of autumn and the middle of the harvesting season. The Fair, which is being held in the University of Limerick Campus in Limerick, opens at 11am.