Some Hope For Family Of Missing Limerick Man

The family of missing Limerick man Aengus 'Gussie' Shanahan believe they are close to locating his body after receiving an anonymous call on a confidential line set up on the 10th anniverary of his disappearance last month.
The Shanahan family made an appeal for information on Radio Limerick and through other media organisations in April as they continued to hope for some news on their sons disappearance.

Gussie's father Bob ( a retired bank manager ) is certain the anonymous call was made by the same person who called with information six years ago.
The caller suggested that 20 year-old Gussie had been involved in a skirmish that went too far and told the family to concentrate their search on a specific area of Limerick City.
However, Bob says they need more information and hope to hear from the caller again

For further information check out www.missing.ws

Sunday World Pub Spy Comes To Limerick

The Pub Spy from the Sunday World newspaper recently made a visit to Limerick, see what they thought of the pubs they called to.

5 pints to The Steering Wheel

4 pints to The Square Bar

3 Pints to The Launch

2 pints to Frawley's Bar


When the full article becomes available online i will post it here check back soon.

Statement From Joe Lynch - (RSF)

NUCLEAR PLANT HAS POTENTIAL
FOR VOLCANO TYPE DISASTER

The current severe restrictions on air travel and the loss to the
people, airlines, tour companies and indeed the general economy
by the Icelandic volcano eruption highlights danger of such major
disasters but also brings into focus the potential for damage from
establishments such as the Sellafield nuclear plant across the Irish
Sea, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today.

Joe Lynch from Beechgrove Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston in
Limerick, the RSF chairman in the south side of the city said that
while the current focus is on the fallout from the Iceland volcano
the danger from Sellafield is also a disaster waiting to happen.

There have been serious scares from Sellafield and indeed leaks
into the atmosphere of radio active material but the real danger
is from a meltdown and no one seems to be taking the potential
of such an incident seriously he said.

The fact is Sellafield is just a short distance across the Irish Sea
and if a volcano in Iceland can close all European airspace just
what would the implications be for a similar incident from a
nuclear plant?

Now is the time to draw up a major emergency plan in
the event of a spill from this British nuclear plant because
it does not have a good safety record.

There is no use waiting until a nuclear incident happens.
A plan for coping with such an eventuality must now be
drawn up and the safety of Irish people placed at the top
of the political agenda.

www.rsf.ie or www.rsflimerick.com

The Bus To England

People in Limerick effected by flight cancellations are taking the bus to England. Bus Eireann in Limerick have reported a huge rise in demand for its Irish sea service due to flights being grounded over volcanic ash. Thousands of people are making alternative decisions due to ongoing flight cancellations.

Limerick Video's

I have come across some videos of Limerick on YouTube, the videos were uploaed on the Limericks Life YouTube Channel. To watch the video please copy and paste the link below into your browser, the channel also contains other related content.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Limerickslife

There is also a Limericks Life website online which has great content about Limerick on it's website, to visit the website log on to www.limerickslife.com

Limerick Events

LIMERICK CITY MACRA is a social club for young people. Macra consists of a nationwide network of 300 clubs with 6 key areas of activity: sports, travel, public speaking, debating, performing arts, community involvement and agriculture. The vehicle for all this is your club. LIMERICK CITY MACRA will be meeting in Collins Bar Dooradoyle Wednesday 14th April at 8:30pm. NEW MEMBERS EVERY WEEK.

If you have an event that you would like listed on the Limerick Star for FREE, please e-mail all deatils to limerickstar@gmail.com

Pike Rovers Thrown Out Of FAI Junior Cup

A leading soccer club in Limerick is considering its legal options after being thrown out of the FAI junior cup. Pike Rovers could seek legal action in their bid to be returned to the league.

The FAI Senior council today upheld an appeal by Tipperary team St Michael's against the result of a quarter final match between the teams which was won by Pike Rovers. The decision was based on the eligibility of one player.

Pike Rovers have not ruled out the involvement of the high court, as the club committee prepares to meet later tonight.

The secretary of Pike Rovers Gerry Smith has said "no decision will be made until all club members have been consulted".