Stripe, a new payment platform developed by Limerick Collison brothers, will debut in Ireland before continuing to the rest of Europe. The executives were in Dublin last week and made their announcement at a Wayra event organized by Telefonica.

On Sunday evening, May 19 the CSR Suicide Prevention saved two lives via volunteers who regularly patrol to rescue suicide jumpers. CSR volunteer Michael Mulholland rescued a young male student after receiving a tip off earlier from a concerned reveller. Two volunteers later rescued a young girl who was considering suicide after her pal had committed suicide a month earlier.

Over 50 letters sent to and from Bruff, Co Limerick between the 1920s and 1970s will go on display in the town this summer.

Limerick’s new bishop has quoted Bono in his inauguration speech and urged his new flock to reach out to all members of society.

A Limerick woman gave a clenched fist salute and exclaimed “Mná na hÉireann, tiocfaidh ár lá” (“Women of Ireland, our day will come”) as she was led away having pleaded guilty to the murder of a father-of-two.

A consultant psychiatrist has been charged with assaulting two police officers and a doorman outside Nancy Blake’s bar in Limerick last summer.

A Co. Limerick high school has suspended 28 pupils over Facebook cyber bullying.

According to the Guinness World Records, St. Patrick himself isn’t iconic enough to be granted a world record despite having his own feast day that is celebrated the world over.

Limerick’s application for the addition of Boxing & Wheelchair Rugby to the approved sports list for the 2018 Gay Games has been officially approved by the international Federation of Gay Games (FGG).

The man who swore President Obama into office on the steps of the US Capitol building last week, Chief Justice of the USA, John G Roberts, has strong County Limerick connections. His mother-in-law, Kathleen O’Sullivan (nee O’Carroll) comes from Newtownbarry, Charleville and Roberts and his wife Jane have a vacation home in Knocklong.

A man in his 40s was arrested by Gardai on suspicion of dissident republican activity after Irish citizens serving in the British Army were threatened.

Police in Limerick have confirmed that an investigation is underway into the statements made at a commemoration ceremony in the city, in which threats were made against Irish people serving in the British army.

Irish Travellers have again staged their annual version of The Gathering – and descended on the Limerick town of Rathkeale.

Irish police have foiled a plot to kill an Irish national serving in the British army.  According to The Guardian, the soldier has been warned not to travel home to Ireland for Christmas because dissident republicans have threatened to kill him.

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Irish middleweight Andy Lee beat Mamadou Thiam at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night when the French fighter retired at the end of the second round due to a back injuryLee looked sharp in the six minutes of action, but Thiam injured himself in the first minute of the fight after he tripped into the ring postThe 38-year-old fighter stumbled three times in the first round, which in retrospect could have been due to the back injury he sustained early in the bout, and posed no threat whatsoever to LeeLee kept the fight at distance and picked his opponent off at range READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the_score/limerick-date-in-may-for-middleweight-andy-lee-89655412.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the_score/limerick-date-in-may-for-middleweight-andy-lee-89655412.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:25:23 PDT
Middleweight Andy Lee (20-1, 14 KOs) is likely to make a return to action in Limerick on May 15 The fighter and his team are working with promoter Brian Peters, and though no contracts have been signed, a Limerick date in May is a distinct possibilityLee was last in action on November 14 when he defeated French fighter Affif Belghecham, and he has been in the gym in New York since January staying in shape as he awaits his next assignment“There is nothing set in stone, there has been talk with Brian Peters about maybe fighting in May at home but nothing signed,” Lee told IrishCentral Monday READ MORE ]]>