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54 O’Connell Street,Limerick www.limerickleader.ie Cabinetagree poll on EDITOR Eugene Phelan TODAY 061-214503 MOSTLYCLOUDY [email protected] WITH ACOUPLE OF SHOWERS COMMERICAL DIRECTOR Eighth Amendment -HIGH OF 8°C Fergal Deegan 061-214525 ALAN OWENS to life; it doesn’t claim to be [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] itsinitiator–merely its pro- Twitter: @alanowens_limk tector.Inthe coming weeks, it will become clearthatthe ● Main switchboard forour office at THE Cabinethas agreed to Government’sproposal 54 O’Connell Street, Limerick hold areferendum on the would lead to abortion on Call us on repeal of the Eighth demand if votedfor in the 061-214500 TOMORROW referendum. As people BEST DAYOFTHE Amendmentofthe Consti- cometorealise this, Ihave ● Tell us your story tution, potentially clearing E-mail us at WEEK -WITH every confidence they will [email protected] SUNSHINE AND the wayfor legislation on vote to retain theEighth PATCHY CLOUDS abortion in . Amendment withare- ● Place an advert newedcommitmentto E-mail us at Formal approval has been building amorewelcoming [email protected] giventothe holding of a TaoiseachLeo Varadkar with children's ministerKatherine societyfor expectant referendum, possibly in Zappone andhealth ministerSimon Harris briefing media mothers and theirunborn ● Photographic sales late May, TaoiseachLeo babies,”she added. Copiesofpictures takenbyour photo- Varadkar has confirmed. experience does that.As Eighth Amendmentwas "as graphersaswell as the archivephoto- The Abortion Rights graphs in all our editions can be ordered At apress conference on Minister forHealthIbe- badasanyonecouldhave en- Campaign saidthatthe re- from our office at 54 O’Connell Street, Lim- Monday night, accom- came convinced abortion visaged" in theremovalof peal and enable proposal erick. Theycan also be ordered online from FRIDAY panied by health minister hadnoplaceintheConstitu- legalprotection from un- putforwardbygovernment [email protected] or MORE CLOUDS SimonHarris and Minister tion. born babiesand providing through our website offered “a clear pathwayto www.limerickleader.ie THAN THURSDAY forChildren Katherine Zap- “If thereferendumis forabortionondemand. ensuringrealisticabortion BUT STAYING DRY pone,MrVaradkarsaid: passed, adoctor-led, safe Spokesperson Dr Ruth access”. -HIGH OF 12°C “Thisevening theCabinet and legalsystemfor theter- Cullen said: “Itisavery sad “While ARC has always As Limerick’s leading newspaper gave formal approval to the mination of pregnancy will and seriousmomentfor our campaigned forrepeal sim- group,wehavebeenserving gener- holding of areferendum on be introduced. Safe,legal country. TheGovernment ations of readersthroughout the The policyofthe Limerick pliciter as advised by the cityand county since 1889.Weare Leader is to provide our abortion whichwill be held and rare.Nolonger an art- brought forwardaproposal JointOireachtas Com- immensely proud of the Limerick readerswith anewsand in late Mayorearly June this icle in theConstitution, but that forthe first time in our mittee, it appears that the information service that year. rather aprivate and per- history would withdraw Leader’s heritageand tradition - is fair,accurateand bal- enabling provision pro- and thatofits sisterpaper the Lim- anced. This newspaper “Weknowthatthou- sonal matter forwomenand basichuman rights from a posed by theGovernment erick Chronicle -inreporting local adherestothe Code of sandsofIrish women -from doctors. group of vulnerable de- will remove theconstitu- life. Both in printand online,we Practice setout by the every county in Ireland -go “Inrecentweeks many fenceless individuals in- tional barrier to abortion contine to be the market leadersfor PressCouncil of Ireland abroad forabortions every people, mainly men, have stead of strengtheningtheir careand allowfor morepro- news,sport and much more-so if and is committedtothe highest standards of re- year.Weknowthatmany spoken aboutthe personal constitutional protections. gressive and compassionate you’vegot something to sayora women areobtaining abor- journeys they have been on. Theycan't disguise thefact business to promote thereisno porting. If we makea healthcaretobeprovided mistake,wewill en- bigger audience in anymedium in tion pills throughthe post to We should rememberthe that what’s being proposed forall those whocan get deavourtocorrect it at end theirpregnancies. So saddest and loneliest is solely aboutstripping un- Limerick than our newspapers.And the earliest opportunity. pregnant,”saidspokes- that’s afact. We have more In such instances, please we have abortion in Ireland, journeyismadebyIrish born babiesofall mean- person Linda Kavanagh. readersthan everyoneelse. writetothe editor at 54 butitisunsafe, unregulated women whotraveltoother ingful legalprotections. “Wewould still prefer if O’Connell Street,Lim- and illegal. countriesintheirthousands “The righttolifeisanin- abortion carewas not erick, or email ed- “The questionhas to be a to endtheir pregnancies. alienable right. It’s not [email protected] singled outinour Constitu- Alternatively youmay YesorNoone;dowereform These journeys don’thaveto something that can be con- tion, butweare willing to YOUR CITY YOUR PAPER contact the PressCouncil ourabortion laws or not? I happen,” he added. ferred or withheld by the supportthis provision, if of Ireland at 1-3 Westmo- will advocate foraYes vote. The ProLifeCampaign State at its pleasure. The worded properly,and heed reland Street, Dublin 2. My ownviews on abortion said theannouncement Eighth Amendmentac- Tel: (01) 6489130. Email: thelegal advice givenbythe [email protected] have evolvedovertime.Life from governmentonthe knowledges this basicright AttorneyGeneral.”

Dogpatrols aredeployedtoThomondgate ▲ FROM PAGE 1 smashitoffthehouses,orthe isedto“calmasituationdown chase alcohol. nearest thing; theground, alot quickerthan just having “Thereare twooffences. property and fightinpublic thehouse,acar.It’sridicu- twoguards there”. It’s an offence forthe child to between 8pm and 2.30am lous,” thewitness added. He saidthatanumber of be in possession of thedrink. eachnightsince December SuperintendentDerek those arrested arenot from It’s alsoanoffencefor the 20. Smart hasmetwithresidents theThomondgatearea. adult to go buying drink and “The scaleofthe problem, and, in particular, with Supt Smart is urging par- supplying it to theyoung Ihavenever seen it this bad Deputy WillieO’Dea,Deputy ents to be “conscious that person in apublicplace.” before. Ihavehad abit in the , Cllr John when they aredropping their Deputy O’Deasaidthathe past, butthe scale has just Costelloe and Cllr Frankie kidsintoareaswheretheyare intends to speak withthe www.limerickleader.ie jumped tenfold,”awitness Daly in relation to theon- notfrom, just to advise them gardai about“getting some said. “Theyare coming after going matter. nottohang around in big sortofoverall plan to tryand Our websiteprovides the most comprehensiveand up to date news ourproperties and urinating Supt Smart,ofHenry gangs”. eradicatethis”. and sports servicesfor thepeople of Limerick, at home and on ourproperties. It is ob- Streetgarda station, saidhe Supt Smart added that he Describing thematteras abroad, sevendaysaweek. Logonfor thelatest developments scene. has putonextra patrols, in- has been informed by locals “very serious”,hesaidthatit broughttoyou by ourunrivalledteam. “When they arefinished cluding thedeploymentofa that peoplearebeingstopped is a“hugewasteofresources” withaglass bottle,theywill publicorderdogwhichisutil- inthestreetandaskedtopur- forgardai. Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 3 N EWS

E D U CAT I O N : STUDENTS DISPLAY ART CREATED IN WORKSHOP J U ST I C E Deadline for views on policing future PEOPLE wishing to have their say on the future of policing in Ireland have Teens takeover Bank of until the close of business today to make their views known. A public consulta- tion has for the last few weeks been taking place. Ireland with exhibition More at 01-8982050. H E A LT H

JESS CA S EY e-mail: j es s . c as e y@ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e 43 patients treated Twitter: Jes s _ J C as e y on trolleys at UHL A GROUP of teenage artists ACCORDING to figures have staged an exhibition on published by the Irish O’Connell Street featuring Nurses and Midwives Or- ganisation on Tuesday work created with one of morning, there were 43 ’s most patients treated on ED groundbreaking artists. trolleys and extra trolleys or beds in UHL wards. Transition year students in CBS Secondary School OPERATION THOR Sexton Street created the artwork that was displayed at the Workbench in Bank Two quizzed about of Ireland during a work- shop with artist RitaDuffy, spate of burglaries whichwas hosted by the TWO men were being Hunt Museum. questioned last evening in “Itwas a leap into the connection with a recent darkfor (the students) but spate of burglaries in Lim- they handled it very well,” erick. The men, aged in teacher Henry Long said. their 60s and 20s, were “They loved it and it was arrested in Tallaght. great day. I’d advise it to a nyo n e. “Most of Rita’s work is a E D U CAT I O N response to where she grew up, in theNorth during the Hear my voice: troubles, so a lotofher work deals with the people Students Kingsley Ikeh, Seamus Madden and Hao Jin with their art teacher, Henry Long, at the Bank of Ireland Workbench on Autism open talk around her and what was O’Connell Street this Tuesday PICTURE: ADRIAN BUTLER AN OPEN talk on autism happening at the time.” will be held on February 2 ”The workshop forusin- ture, anything of interest “She worked withour who have no artback- object that they wereinter- from 6.30pm in the Mil- volved going downtothe that theycould imagine a collection directly and with ground. They’d be inter- ested in orthat they found lennium Theatre LIT with Hunt Museum and looking story to.” the stories behind the col- ested in art butthey the history of it interesting. all proceeds going at everything in the collec- Initially Ms Duffy created lections. She developed her wou l d n’t be taking the art “Then they recreated it to Dochas Limerick. tion. Mainly, it was the boys an exhibition called Altern- own pieces and small paint- pathway. The students ba- with their drawings. Tickets available from response to what was ative Truthswhich wason ings, mostly drawings, re- sically got to experience her “Some of them arequite w w w. l i tmt. i e th e r e.” display at the Hunt last year, creating the history behind p ro c e s s . phenomenal,a lot of them “It could have been the according to the museum’s th e m ,” Chelsea said. “She brought them in to we used in ourpromotional colour, it could have been education assistant Chelsea “We had her work with our education wing and told material as well,”added the B U S I N ES S the shape, the light, the tex- C a n ava n . this group of TY students them to go outand find an Hunt education assistant. GM of George Boutique in profile IN this week’s Business Leader, we profile Altaf Khan, the general man- Ardscoil Mhuire to take on The Kube in fundraising bid ager of the city’s George Boutique Hotel. The page STUDENTS, teachers, par- principle of the school Bríd many members of ourschool is part of the weekend ents and friends of Ardscoil H e rb e rt . community have expressed Limerick Leader, out on Mhuire in Corbally, Lim- The newdevelopment an interest in attending. Thursday morning. erick are to hold theirown aims to cater for the needs of a “Ardscoil Mhuire is very version of thepopular tele- rapidly growing school as the grateful to everyone involved A RTS vision series The Kube as school’s current enrolment for their assistance and hard part of a fundraising bid to currently stands at more than work. I would like to thank Limerick Fringe raise €250,000 fora new 500 students. our sponsors, participants, school development. “I look forwardtoover- parents and students for all launch on Friday A prize fund of €1,000 is up seeing this project, which will their support. A special men- for grabsat thefundraiser, ensure that our students con- tion must be given to KBC THE SECOND annual Lim- taking place on Friday,Feb- tinue to receive a high quality who have very generously erick Fringe Festival will ruary 9, in Thomond Park. education in an up to date and agreed to be thetitle sponsor launch its programme of Construction plans have state of the art facility,”Ms of our event.” arts, theatre and music been drawn up for the new de- Herbert said. Tickets areavailable from events this Wednesday, velopment project at Ardscoil “We anticipate a full house the school on 061- 349014 and January 31, at 5.30pm at Da Vincenzo’s in the Mhuire, which is due to begin in Thomond Park. The venue are €20 per adult and €15 for The Kube: Ardscoil Mhuire is to host its own version of the hit show in late 2018, according to can hold up to 600 people and post primary students. George Hotel. 4LIMERICK LEADER www.limerickleader.ie Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 20 1 8 N EWS

D E L I B E R AT I O N S : DEFENDANT ACQUITTED AFTER JUST 35 MINUTES COURT BRIEFS By DAVID HURLEY

dangerous driving Not guilty verdict Teacher to go causing the death of MinjieChen at Cregane, on trial over Bruree on July 23, 2014. A jury of nine men and fatal road threewoman has been se- lected for thetrial, which collision could last until Friday. in shooting trial THE trial is expected to The jurors have been get underway this Wed- told by Lily Buckley BL, in- nesdaymorning of a structed by State Solicitor DAV I D HU R L EY e-mail: d av i d . hu r l e y@ l i m e r i c k l e ad e r. i e teacher whois charged Aidan Judge, the deceased Twitter: @ d hu r l ey l l in relation to a fatalroad man was astudent who crash in wasliving withhis family A MAN was last evening almost four years ago. in West Cork. found not guilty of dischar- David Page, aged 30, of More than a dozen wit- Ohily, Woodford, nesses are expected to g i n g a s e m i - au to m a t i c Loughrea, County Galway give evidence during the handgun during a dispute has pleaded not guiltyto tr i a l . outside a house in the city. David ‘S k u l l ’M c C o r m a c k , aged 33, who has an ad- dress in Ballyfermot, Had cannabis at his home Dublin had denied un- lawful possession of a AMAN has pleaded firearm at Raheen Square, guiltyto chargesrelating Ballinacurra Weston on to the seizure of a signi- September 15,2015. He ficantquantity of drugs was living at O’Malley Park, at his home. Southill at the time. When arraigned at It wasthe State casethat Limerick Circuit Court, Mr McCormack had Christy Harty,aged 31, of emerged from a house and Rathbane Court, Roxboro Road admitted having dischargedtwo shots into Christy Harty pleaded guilty the air after a dispute cannabis wortharound at Limerick Circuit Court erupted between a group of €11,700 for thepurpose of men at around 6pm. sale of supply. The matter was ad- While a firearm was not The drugs were seized journed to facilitatethe located, twodis- during a search of his preparation of a probation charged shells were found home on March 31, 2016. re p o rt . at the scene by gardai a short time after they arrived. David McCormack was found not guilty following the three day trial In her evidence, Sam- Tr aveller s threatening and abusive antha O’Callaghan, behaviour on November said after being alertedtoa she told John O’Sullivan BL, amination which he said, evidence and that CCTV guilty over 30, 2016. commotion outside her p ro s e c ut i n g . suggested there was a “his - cameras in the area were During a contested m oth e r ’s home she went to In his closing speech tory of hatred and a history not working when the the disput e at hearing at Limerick Dis- get her young daughter. Mark Nicholas SC sub- of despiction”. incident happened. trict Court, Judge Marian She said she observed a mitted there were a number Mr Nicholas said the lack Following just over half halting site O’Leary was told a hostile number of men having a of anomalies and contradic- of garda paperworkin the an hour of deliberations the and volatile stand-off heated argument in the tions in Ms O’C a l l a g h a n ’s case was“ex trao rd i n a r y ” juryreturned withaunan- TWO members of the erupted between the de- garden of the adjoining evidence and he urged the and he submittedtherewas imous not guilty verdict. Travelling Community fendants and two gardai house anddescribed seeing jurors to asked is she wasa no evidence to corroborate After thanking the jurors were convicted of public who had pursueda sulky thedefendant emerge from credible and reliable wit- the direct evidence of Ms for their attention during order offences relating to and gig intothe halting the house. ness. O’Callaghan. thethree daytrial, Judge an incidentat ahalting site at around 1pm. “I saw him witha gun in He noted that she had re- During the trial,the jury Tom O’Donnell excused site in the city. After convicting both his hand.He roared and he ferred to his client as a was told therewas no DNA them from further service Michael Hartnett, aged men Judge O’Leary re- fired two shots into the air,” scumbag during cross-ex- evidence, no fingerprint for five years. 33, John O’Neill, aged 28, quested that a community both ofNew Crescent service reports be pre- Halting site were con- pared. the matter was ad- victed of engaging in journed to April 11, next. Threatened to ‘st i c k ’garda to wall Guilty plea over drugs haul APROBATION reportis VICTIM impact statements Sergeant Donal Cronin The 27-year-old told an- and verbally abusive,”he said to be prepared in the are to beprepared in the said having contacted gardai, other garda that he had adding that two young chil- case of a man who has case of ayoung man whoas- the woman, whose aged in nothing to lose before threat- dren werein the house at the admitted having a signi- saulted two gardai after they her late 20s, informed them ening to ram him off the time of the incident. ficantquantity of drugs responded to a domestic the man had threatened her road . Sgt Cronin accepted the for thepurpose of sale of dispute on thesouthside of after she asked him to leave “The next time I see you in defendant didnot makecon- sup p l y. the city, writes David the house. thecar Iwill stick you to a tact with thegardai and that Patrick McCarthy, Hu rle y . Following the arrival of wa l l ,” he told the garda. neither sustained any injury aged 28, of the Commons, Castleconnell had Limerick District Court gardai at the house,which is Sergeant Cronin said during the incident. Judge Tom O’Donnell wastold gardai were con- located in the Ballinacurra pepper spray was deployed Judge Marian O’Leary ad- pleaded guiltyto charges tactedby theman’s former Weston area, the defendant by the gardai tosubdue the journed the matter to early relating to the discovery of partner after she found him told one of them he would defendant given his aggres- March to ascertain if the two cannabis at his home on After noting the guilty asleep in a room at her home “dig the f****** head off you. I sion and behaviour on the gardai wish to makevictim November 7, 2016. plea, Judge Tom O’Don - at around 3am on December d o n’tgive a f*** that you area n i g ht . impact statements as part of The drugs hadastreet nell adjourned the matter 27, 2016. g u a rd ”. ”He was highly intoxicated the sentencing process. value of almost €7,0 0 0. to March 21, for sentence. Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 5 Your dreamCar at YOUR dream OTI OM O R N P A rate! L C .5 A R % E L T OAN RA

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GALVONE JOBS: HEAD OF MODULAR HOUSING FIRM VISITS CITY AND OUTLINES PLANS FOR FUTURE Clenn boss eyes British market lined its plansfor Limerick Fine Gael’s senate busi- plained Mr O’Donnell. “I t’sa NICK RA B B I T TS e-mail: n i c k @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e on a visit to the city. ness spokespersonKieran project Iwould be very sup- Twitter: @ n i c k 4 68 o f f i c i a l “We hopeto meetde- O’Donnell welcomed the portive of, another element mandfor housing in Ireland jobs boost, while former to Limerick’s rejuvenation THE boss of a building firm and throughout the UK. We Housing Minister Jan O’Sul - economically, socially and which is creating 50 new arewell awareof howim- livan urged the council to ex- ge o g rap h ic a l l y .” portant this could be for the plorethe option of modular Ms O’Sullivan added: jobs in the city says he local community. We hope homes. “The 50 jobs arewelcome hopes to serve both the to employ300 to 400 people “This is a great project for news particularly in the Irish and British markets as we go country-wide and the Southill area and a great southside regenerationarea from the southside. build our programme up,” project forLimerick. They where job opportunities are he told the Leader. are an Irish group working very much needed. The News this week that Clenn Clenn Constructionwill in New York and bringing company makes modular Construction is to open in utilisethe Enginefacility, their expertise backto Ire- homes and I would urge the the Galvone Industrial Es- opened this week on Cecil land. There is a huge Lim- council to explore this op- tate has been broadly wel- Street, to train its staff in erick connection through tion to provide homesfor comed. software programmes theBenns, they are very en- those on waiting lists and Patrick E Benn, the prin- needed for the delivery of terprising and are looking to people who are priced out of cipal of thecompany, out- modular housing units. build a house a week,”ex - the market.” The Galvone Industrial Estate is to be home to 50 new workers

Irish Cement Minister declines to give rental commitment back on EPA ‘wat chlist’ NICK RA B B I T TS e-mail: n i c k @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e Twitter: @ n i c k 4 68 o f f i c i a l IRISH Cement in Limerick has been put on a 'watchlist’ HOUSING Minister Eoghan drawn up by the Environ- Murphy has declined to say mental Protection Agency if and when Limerick will (EPA) to target its improve- be included within the Rent ments in environmental Pressure Zones (RPZ). c o m p l i a n c e. This comes despitehuge The EPA has developed a pressure to introduce rent system to rank industrial and controls in thecity, which waste licensed sites in order has seen the average price for of priority forenforcement, tenants rise 19.1% year-on- updated quarterly. yea r. The cement factory in Metropolitan councillors Mungret is on the ‘Nat i o n a l have already writtentothe Priority Sites’list for failing to Dublin TD’s departmentre- meet thenecessary environ- questing the city’s inclusion, mental standards. It’s anti- while former Housing Min- cipated it will face further ister JanO’Sullivan has been sanction from the environ- vocal in her calls forRPZsto mental regulator. be introduced here. The firm is, as part ofa If Limerick was included €10m programme is seeking as an RPZ, it would mean that to switch from fossil fuels to rents can only increase by 4% solid recovered waste and a n nu a l l y. tyres to make the substance. Limerick is Ireland’s only These plans have proven major city notto have these controversial in the local rent controls. community, with residents But answeringquestions fearful of a negative impact on from themedia, Mr Murphy thelocal environment. There saidthe cityhas not yetmet have been a number of blow the criteria to be included as outs allegedly emanating an RPZ. from the plant, covering local “Wedo have challenges houses and carsin a thick when it comes to renting up du s t . and down the country. At the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy speaking at the opening of the new Lord Edward Street housing development Irish Cement’s plans were moment, I’m working on a PICTURE: SEAN CURTIN/PRESS22 the subject of a four-day oral piece of legislation to tryand hearing last August. rental sector. viewing how this legislation Ms O’Sullivan, who secured nounced. The council has bring in a better and more In a statement, the com- “Bydoing that,therewill is working,” the minister the €19m forthe project on also identified a number of mature rental sector in this pany said it is “d i s a p p oi n te d ” be more offers for people and said, pointingout itisrelat- her watch. The Labour TD sites that would be suitable country so we can have bal- to be included, but it co-oper- more choices. It will have a ively new, having only been told him that there was more for social housing and the anced rights both for tenants ating with the EPA, and “looks stabilising effect as well. We brought in, in 2016. to do when it comes to minister needs to pull his in existing tenancies plus forward to being removed do have RentPressure Zone Ms Murphy wasspeaking h ou s i n g . finger out and ensurepro- landlords. We need to get from the list in due course.” legislation. It is new legisla- after the opening of a new so- “Yet again thecityhas gress is made,” she added. more landlords into the A Limerick Against Pollu- tion. There are twodifferent cialhousing developmentat been excluded from the rent Mr Murphy’s prede- market as well to open larger tion spokesperson says the types of qualifying criteria to the former Tait’s factory in pressure zones. There has cessor inhousing, Simon rent schemes,”he said. firm is more focused on a enterintothat. To date,it Lord Edward Street. also been little action on new Coveneyhad previously said Mr Murphy saidakey “low-cost business as usual” h a s n’t been successful in He namechecked his housing developments apart Limerick would be included challenge is to bring more attitude rather than solving that regard. But I am re- former coalition colleague from those already an- in the RPZs by this year. homes into a dwindling the issue of dust blow-outs. Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 7 STANDING UP FORLIMERICK MAURICE TD ITUENCANYOFFICE: QUQUINLINCONSTLIV 34DenmarkStreet, LimerickCity ✆ 06FOR13ASS19ISTANCE681 OR APPOINTMENT

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FI N TA N WALSH ents and the entire polit- e-mail: f i nta n .wa l s h @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e ical and legal community Twitter: @FintanY TWalsh of the dangers facing our children every time they LIMERICK TD Willie lift up a phoneor tablet, O’Dea has said that his and theshockingly inad- party will steer a special equate response on behalf of the Irish state to this UL tackles pharma’s biggest challenge working group on tack- th reat .” ling threats to children’s Deputy Willie O’Dea: Pushing He saidthat his party SCIENTISTS at the University of be absorbed in the body, ac- tend to solve,”Dr Padrela said. safety online. for special working group will seek expert opinion Limerick are teaming up with cording to Dr Luis Padrela of The team will develop con- to tackle threats online. Enterprise Ireland on aproject U L’sBernal Institute, who is pic- tinuous scalable methods of This follows the “ap - group will build onthe re- Deputy O’Dea added aiming to tackle the biggest chal- tured above. The keytodrug manufacture at the nano- pa l l i n g ”details of the commendations of the In- that there is a growing lenge facing the pharmaceutical resolving this lies in nanotechno- level, with the project anticip- crimes of Matthew ternet Content bodyof evidencethat industry, writes Jess Casey. l o g y. ated to run forthe next two Horan –heard atDublin Governance Advisory shows that social media While new drugs are continually “The manufacture ofthese nan- years. Enterprise Ireland hasin- Circuit Criminal Court Group in 2014,whose re- “is having an adverse im- developed, the majorityof these otech drugs on acommercial vested nearly half amillion euro in recent weeks –wh o port in 2014“has been pact on children’s mental never reach the patientbecause scale remains a major challenge. into the project thathopes to sent and received porno- largely ignored by the h ea l th”and that new they are not soluble enough to That is the problem that we in- bring their solutions to market. graphicimages of a G ove r n m e nt”. measures need to be put number of children. “This terrifying case in place to “hold social Deputy O’Dea said that [Matthew Horan] serves media companies to ac- as a wake-up call to par- the newly-established c ou nt”. Former councillor takes up national IT’SOUR 3RD Soc Dems role in political comeback AFORMER citycouncillor, BIRTHDAY! who resigned from the Labour Party more than 10 years ago, AND WE’RECELEBRATING -BIGTIME! has officially returned to politics after being elected to theSocial Democrats’ n at io n a l executive council. Corbally native Kieran Walsh served in Limerick CityCouncil following the 2004 election, but resigned from theLabour Party following an internal rift in 2 0 07. Mr Walsh was elected to the Social Democrats’ national ex- ecutive council during the pa rty ’s secondannual national conference in Dun Laoghaire over the weekend. He was selected on the eighth count of the election following a vote of more than 180 delegates. The 35-year-old returned to Limerick last year after spending anumber of years in theUnited Kingdom, and later Kieran Walsh, 35, making a politics return after being elected to the FEBRUARY16TH made apolitical comeback national executive council of the Social Democrats over the weekend when he joined the Social FREE FAST-TRACK D e m o c rat s . July,was the“partyof thefu- gave her final address as chair- “I returned from Wales last tu r e” following aweekend of person of the partyat thecon- AT DUBLIN AIRPORT* year,and wasvery attractedby discussions on Universal Basic ference last Friday,outlined her the ideals and approachthat Income, rent control and the Re- hopes for the Limerick branch. DIRECT SERVICETO this new party was taking. Ire- peal campaign. “I’m really looking forward to DUBLIN AIRPORT 2½ hours land is crying outfor radical, “Wehave oursights seton handing over to Kieranand the BIRTHDAY evidence based left wing winning eight to 10 Dail seats, new team. Kieran is a huge asset NEW GIFTS FOR EXTRA TIMETABLE GUESTS politics. I am delighted to have including here in Limerick. I am to have inour partyand Iknow DEPARTURES LAUNCH ADDED been elected to its governing more than convinced that Sarah he will he makeavaluable con- *Terms &Condistions apply see websitefor details. Valid forLimerick to Dublin Airportserviceonly. body —my experienceoflocal Jane Hennelly can win a seat tributionto national politics. I want to be able to spend more BOOK ONLINE AT politics certainly helped,”he here, Limerick has its fair share www.eireagle.com told the Limerick Leader. of stale politicians and we in- time in Limerick, knocking on doors, explaining our policies to or call 091564164 He said that he felt the party, tend to remove them.” whichmarks its thirdyearin SarahJane Hennelly,who the public,”she said. Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 9 10 LIMERICK LEADER www.limerickleader.ie Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 20 1 8 N EWS

‘R E ST R I C T I V E ’: M I N I ST E R ’S EMPLOYMENT PERMIT SCHEME FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS ‘U N S AT I S FACTO RY ’ Doras hits out at new job plan

FI N TA N WALSH this statement in May 2017. “not an effective rightto making, leaving those e-mail: f i nta n .wa l s h @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e In responseto acourt work for asylum seekers and seeking protection to sur- Twitter: @FintanY TWalsh order to remedy the ban, the will have little, if any, impact vive in emergency accom- Government established on people subsisting in modation withlimited LIMERICK city migrant the employment permit Direct Provision”with a rights for several years. scheme for asylum seekers. weekly income of over €2 0 . While progress has recently rights organisation Doras Asylum seekers can Disappointed with the been made to address the Luimni has condemned the apply for this scheme if they measure, she saidthat Min- delaysand human rightsvi- G ove r n m e nt ’s“restric tive can secure astarting salary ister for Justice Charlie olations in theory,we con- and unsatisfactory”em- of €30,000 and be able to Flanagan has “simply an- tinue to await real action ployment permit scheme contributeto fees €500 to nounced his intentionto and progress.” €1 , 0 0 0. further delay the imple- Ms Kerins added: “Re - for asylum seekers who There are more than 400 mentation of work rights for strictive policies will only wish to work in Ireland. asylum seekers living in asylum seekers, despite the further compound the Next week, the Supreme Limerick and Knock- clear requirement forac- damagecaused to indi- Court will declare the alisheen in Clare. t io n”. viduals seeking protection asylum seekers’ban from However, Doras Luimni “Ireland has been criti- in Ireland, makingtheir employment to be uncon- director Leonie Kerins has cised internationally for long-term integrate intoour stitutional, after it made said that this new measure is long delays indecision communities difficult.” Leonie Kerins is critical of the employment permit scheme

Tributes as Primary school to stage first fashion show retire d garda

JESS CA S EY superint endent e-mail: j es s . c as e y@ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e Twitter: Jes s _ J C as e y dies aged 92 TRIBUTES are being paid to SALESIAN Primary School retired gardasuperin- is to host their first ever tendent John McCormack professional fashion show who has died at the age of 92, to raise funds to refit an ‘all- writes David Hurley. purpose room’the primary Known by his colleagues as school is losing as a result of ‘The Count’, Mr McCormack the recent sale of the prop- served at a number of garda erty next door. stations in In partnership with the L i m e r ic k Holman Lee Model Agency, during his the school is set to host its in- fou r - d e c ad e augural fashion showat the c a re e r. Strand Hotel, Limerick City, Origin - at 7:30pm on February 22. ally from A vital resource forthe the Mid- whole person ethos of the lands, he school, the all-purpose room served as a currently caters for arange sergeant at Jo h n of activities in theprimary Henry M c C o r m ac k , school, from musiclessons Street and and drama classesto yoga Edward garda stations in the and mediation. late 1960s and early 1970s be- The school stands to lose Orla Power, Matilda Walsh, Kate Ryan, Helga Hartmann and Emma Collins of the Salesian Primary School fashion show organizing fore being promoted to the the resource as a result of the committee with Celia Holman Lee PICTURE: KEITH WISEMAN rank of Inspector. recent sale of Fernbank Con- John, who was a prom- vent and Salesian Secondary “Wehave an amazing grammes that our children while they support the the evening will notdisap- inentmember of theInterna- school site next door. parent community at our benefit from,”she added. school. p oi nt .” tional Police Association, “This is really going to be school and we rely on their Chairperson of the “With a prosecco recep- Tickets cost €20 and are subsequently served as super- an eventnot tomiss,”prin - support to raise much Fashion ShowCommittee tion to start, discounts for available in CentraO’Con - intendent overseeing the cipal of SalesianPrimary needed funds for many of the Emma Collins said attendees various stores available to at- nell Street or by contacting then Askeaton gardadistrict School Deirdre Cusack said. extra-curricular pro- are in for a treat on the night tendees and raffle prizes, s a l e s i a nt ic k et s @ g m a i l . c o m . for severalyears up to his re- tirement in the late 1980s. “He was afine upstanding gentlemen, he wasvery straight and a fine officer and Limiting career breaks will not fix teacher shortages a good familyman,”said In- spector Luke Conlon who LIMITING career breaks from EducationMinister arrangements for all “Career breaks are notan breaks for avarietyof served with John McCormack will not address future Richard Bruton. teachers and to address the automatic entitlement and it reasons including family, during his early career. teacher shortages, a Lim- Minister Bruton has causal hours issue at second- has always been the case that further education and vol- Survivedby his wifeLila erick representative from asked schools to limit the l eve l ,” Mr Quinntold the the granting of a career untary work abroad, he and his children Fionnuala, thelargest teachers’u n i o n number ofcareers breaks L ead e r. breakis subject to schoolap- added. “Theseare all benefi- Deirdre, Emer, Grainne, in Ireland has warned. granted in a bid to address “These steps would go a p rova l .” cial not only to the teacher, Deaglan and Aogan, Mr Mc- ASTI standing committee staff shortages. long way towards addressing “(The ASTI) would en- but to the school com- C o r m ac k ’s Funeral Mass will representative for theLim- “The way to address theincome uncertainty ex- courage schools to dotheir munity, the education take place at St Paul’s Church, erick region Peter Quinn was teacher shortages at second perienced by manyrecently best to grant career breaks.” system and societyas a at 11am on responding to comments level is to provide equal pay qualified teachers.” Teachers request career wh o l e.” T hu r s d ay. Wednesday, January 31, 2018 www.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 11

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GRATEFUL thanks to I tried so hard to write these words The Sacred Heart and ✝ To say how much I miss you ✝ Our Blessed Lady for KENNEDY (4th Anniversary) The more I try the more I cry PURCELL (23rd & 9th Anniversaries) all favours received and Oh Mam how much I miss you also thanks to St. Padre I speak your name with much pride Pio. But tears and heartache I cannot hide M.J.M; A.A.A.A.S. I want to tell you something So there won't be any doubt Yo u're so wonderful to think of But so hard to live without. Next time we meet will be at Heaven's door When I see you there I won't cry anymore I will put my arms around you And never leave you go. In loving memory of our Mam and Dad, Mary Sadly missed and never forgotten from your and Jack Purcell, late of Moylish Road. Mam's Treasured memories of a loving Mother, grand- loving daughter Barbara and son-in-law Paul xxx 23rd anniversary occurs February 4th, Dad's 9th mother, great grand mother and great great Yo u were one of the first to see me anniversary occurred December 25th. R.I.P. grandmother, Marie Kennedy, late of 31, And I was one of the last to see you So go and run free with the Angels, Singland East, Garryowen, Limerick, who's 4th All my life I will remember Dance around the golden clouds. Anniversary occurs on the 5th February R.I.P. The special and wonderful Nana For the Lord has chosen Mass will be offered on Saturday 3rd February I had in you. Ye to be with Him at 6pm in St Bridgets Church. Also From the stars above And we should feel nothing but proud. remembering Dad Willie at this time. I know you are watching me Although He has taken ye from us, We always idolised you Mam And it's to you I send all my hugs and love. And our pain a lifetime will last We had an unbreakable bond Lots of hugs and kisses Nana, your loving Ye 're memory will never escape us That we'll never get again grandson Cillian xxx But make us glad for the time we did have Yo u weren't just our amazing mother So go and run free with the Angels Yo u were our best friend As they sing so tenderly Yo u were beautiful inside and out And please be sure to tell them Yo ur love and guidance, so very hard to live Time goes by without you Mam To take good care of ye for me. without Days turn into years Sadly missed and never forgotten by your sons, We will never get over losing you They hold so many memories daughters, grandchildren, family and friends. No matter how time goes by And a million silent tears Yo u were and always will be Yo ur memory is our keepsake Our one true pride and joy From which we will never part Always loved and remembered by your loving God has you in His keeping daughter Annette, son in law Kieran, We have you in our hearts granddaughter Michelle, grandson Stephen and Never forgotten by your loving son Gerard, Tiffany and great-grandson Alex daughter-in-law Eda, granddaughters and Precious people are very few partners, great grandchildren and great great That is why there was only one of you grandson xxxx Nothing on earth can ever replace The sound of your voice Or the smile on your face If tears could build a stairway No verse, no tears can say how much And heartbreak a lane, Yo u are loved and missed I’d walk right up to Heaven Always loved and remembered by your loving And bring you back again. daughter May, son in law Bill sand From your loving granddaughter Rebecca, granddaughter Brianna xx partner George and great grandchildren xxx

We lost a mother with a heart of gold How much we miss her can never be told She shared our troubles and helped us along If we follow her footsteps We will never go wrong ✝ We cannot bring the old days back MCCARTHY (Ninth Anniversary) When we were all together Memorial Card Service The family chain is broken now But memories last forever She was a mother so very rare Content in her home and always there On earth she toiled, in Heaven she rests Memoriam Cards -traditional &modern God bless you Mam Yo u were one of the best Sadly missed by your loving son Patrick xxxx Bookmarks, Memento cards No words could ever tell you Nana How much I miss your smile Yo ur love for us was endless &Acknowledgementcards And you are always on my mind In loving memory of a dear sister Anne I say a prayer to you each day McCarthy (Nee Naughton) late of Lynwood And know that you're not far away Park, Limerick, who died 1st February, 2009. So please God send my love How do we write on paper, To a special Nana up above The feeling we have inside, for friendly, helpful and convenient service, Love you always your granddaughter Samantha, From a heartbroken family, partner Thomas and grandkids Sophie and Who has missed you since you died, Callum Our hearts still aches with sadness, pop in to our officeat54 O’Connell Street If memories bring us closer Our secret tears still flow, We will never be far apart For what it meant to lose you, For you are always with us No one will ever know, or ring 061 214500 for our latestbrochure. In our thoughts and in our hearts Call Anne's name out softly, Lord, Love and miss you always, your granddaughter And when she looks your way, Jessica, partner Alan and great grandkids Amber Tell her that we love and miss her every day. and A.J. xxx Sadly missed by her sisters and brother. 18 LIMERICK LEADER www.limerickleader.ie Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 20 1 8

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St Clement's Tarkan Pinarci is put under pressure by the St St Munchin's Kieran Ryan looks for a gap in the St Clements Choke tackle: St Clement's Cian Casey is caught by St Munchin's Seamus Munchin's defence during the Munster Schools Junior Cup clash defence during the quarter final meeting at Thomond Park McCarthy Burbage on the back pitch in Thomond Park St Munchin’s make it ‘perfect 10’ to ease past St Clement’s

ST CLEMENT'S 6 backroom team includes head coach Ger Slattery, of ST MUNCHIN'S 60 Young Munster, as well as Garryowen scrum-half Neil JUNIOR SCHOOLS CUP Cronin and former Munster player Pat Cross. BY COLM KI NS E L L A e-mail: c k i n s e l l a @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e SCORERS: St Munchin’s College: Donnacha Twitter: @ckspor tleader O’Callaghan three tries, Kean Sheehy two tries. Darragh Long try, five cons, Kieran Ryan, Dylan Higgins, Conor O’S h au g h n es s y, RAMPANT St Munchin’s Josh Costello try each. St Clement’s Col- College powered theirway lege: Cian Casey two pens. into the semi-finals of the ST MUNCHIN’S COLLEGE: Josh Egan; Clayton Hotels Munster Joshua Costello, Seamus McCarthy Schools Junior Cupafter re- Burbage, Darragh Long, Conor O’S h au g h - cording a facile 60-6 victory nessy; Alexander Wood, Donnchadh over St Clement’sCollege on O’Callaghan; Kean Sheehy, Joachim Clo- hessy, Kieran Ryan, Louis McCormack, theback pitchatThomond Graham Kirwan, Dylan Higgins, Evan Park yesterday. Try Time: Kean Sheehy of St Munchin's sets the ball down over the St Clements try line Hickey, Liam Neilan. Replacements: Denis I t’s20 years since St Bermingham, Nathan Walsh, Jonathan Mu n c h i n’slast tasted Junior Kelly, Morgan Bateman, Diarmuid de Barra, Conor O’Brien Comerford, Scott Quilligan, Cup success,but onthe evid- Joseph Dougan, Kyle Luck, Daragh Mc- ence of this season, the D e r m ot . Corbally nursery is well- placed to mount aserious ST CLEMENT’S COLLEGE: Conor Galvin; Adam McNamara, Gary O’Halloran, Tarkan challenge forhonours this Pinarci, Jack McGarry; Cian Casey, Keith te r m . Punch; Ronan Madden, Shane Malone, St Munchin’s racked up 10 Sean Farrell, Chima OHanya, Jeffery triesin all against their city Rainsford, Jamie Pearse, Jason Murray, Kian McGrath. Re p l ac e m e n t s : Noel Kinnane, rivals, withtheir livewire Gerard McGrath, Keith O’Brien, Ben scrum-half Donnacha Murphy, Liam Kelly, Josh Shinnors, Nathan O’Callaghan himself to a hat- Lane, Desmond Cowhey, Sean-Patrick trick of tries. O’H a l l o ra n . St Munchin’s, withAlex- ander Wood, son of former Meanwhile, theremaining Munster, Ireland and Lions three quarter-finals in the hooker KeithWood at out- Clayton Hotels Munster half, led 40-0 to half-time Schools Junior Cup take after scoring six tries. place today, Wednesday. Three triesin theopening U L’s4Grugby pitch at the 10 minutes putStMunchin’s North Campus plays hosts to on their way, with prop Kean a double header of games. Sheehy scoring a brace for the Crescent College Compre- winners. hensive take on PBC, of Cork, St Clement’s, who had two in the day’s opening fixture at second half penalties from 12noon. The game will be fol- out-halfCian Casey,just lowed by the meeting of Cas- c ou l d n’t repeat the heroics of tletroy College and Bandon their previous round win over Grammar School at thesame Glenstal Abbey School. venue at 1.30pm. On the attack: St Munchin's Liam Neilan is held by the St Clements defence ALL PICTURES: DERMOT LYNCH The StMunchin’s College Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 21 GAA - MUNGRET ST PAUL'S AWARDS NIGHT

U-16 Mungret St. Pauls Camogie players with Cork camogie player Rena Buckley, back left, at the Camogie awards night MunHanging out with the O'DuffyCup are Michael O'Connell, Dermot Flahive and Donie Browne at Mungret St Pauls awards night

Guest of honour Rena Buckley and Molly Tobin taking a selfie at the Mungret St. Pauls camogie award night

The Mungret St. Pauls Premier Minor Football team and coaches at their County medal presentation.

Minor players Eoghan Killian, Sean Healy and Liam Harrington Vice Chairman of the county board Seamus McNamara and Limerick Football coach Billy Lee at the The Mungret St. Pauls awards night

Minor Football Captains Jack Coyne and Michael Uwatse with Vice Mungret St. Pauls officers in camogie Sinead Hickey, Carol O'Grady, John Page, Isobel Madden and Anne Flannery Hayes with Cork Chairman of the county board Seamus McNamara and Limerick player Rena Buckley at the awards night Football coach Billy Lee at the The Mungret St. Pauls awards night 22 LIMERICK LEADER www.limerickleader.ie Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 20 1 8 FULL TIME

SOCCER - LIMERICK JUNIOR UPDATE & FIXTURES Limerick communities are brought together by Gardaí and Futsal

Garda Sean Buckley, and Jason O'Connor, FAI Development Officer Limerick, with team captains from Kennedy Park FC, left, and Hyde Ranger FC, during the FAI Late Night League Finals at Factory Youth Space, in Southill, Limerick PIC BY SEB DALY/SPORTSFILE

WITH LIMERICK j u n io r Night Futsal League’ fo r tober last year. build relations, break down played off in a structure that winter time, as it is best Football almost completely adultsfrom theSouthside of Therefore, when theop- possible barriers and build a allowed theplayers, games played indoors is open to wiped out by weather since the city. portunity to play Futsal was trust between communities and opportunities to win, up everyone regardless of being the turn of the year, Monday During this spell of very provided by the FAI, withthe and the Gardaí.We have a to and including the last a member of a club or not. nights in theFactory Youth- poor weather, Futsal has help of Roxboro Garda sta- very good working relation- night, which wasMonday Having the Gardai to referee spacein Southill have been grown in popularity tion, it certainly was wel- ship with the FAI in Limerick January 29. the games certainly helped getting busier and busier. throughout the country and comed with open arms. and see the ‘on the ground’ “We (the FAI) run late everyone involved and FAI Development Officer Limerick is no different with “Building relations with differences that engagement night leagues in com- provided all withthe oppor- Jason O’Connor, in conjunc- 51 players in total taking part localsfrom across theSouth- through their football pro- munities across the country tunityto interact positively tion with Sergeant Adrian in this very successful event. side of the cityis a high pri- grammes has with local and see it as a fantastic way to in a sporting setting” con - Whelan and Gardaí Keith Mc- Some Limerick based ju- ority for the Gardai in adults and teenagers”Mc - engage people in the game tinued theformer Limerick Carthy and Adrian Healy, nior footballers haven’t Roxboro outlined Garda Mc- Carthy continued. confirmed Jason O’Connor a FC striker. from Roxboro Garda station, played an eleven a side game, C a rthy. The Futsal leagueproved development officer with Formoreon theworkof have been running a ‘L ate on a grass pitch, since Oc- “Through sport, one can very competitive and was the national football body. the FAIin Limerick, see next “Futsal is idealduring week's Limerick Leader. SOCCER FIXTURES (all games kick off 11.00) TUOHY CUP SEMI FINAL Newport Town 2 v Corbally United 4; 11.am Shelbourne B v Regional United B 2.pm FIX TURES St Pats v Shelbourne, J Rooney, Caledo- Fairview Rgs v Nenagh or Charleville, 7.00, U-11 BLUE GROUP Newport; B. Higgins Shelbourne Park K. McNamara nians v Athlunkard, T O'Sullivan, Jackman Park, J Hayes, B Higgins, D Power Corbally United 2 v Janesboro 11.am Star Rovers v Aisling 5; 11.am Lisnagry v Geraldines 12.30 Scanlon Park Wednesday Jan 31 Ballylanders v Castle Utd, M Murphy, Hyde Athlunkard; D. Brosnan Lee Estate; T. Joyce J. Clancy TUOHY CUP Rgs v Geraldines, G Clancy, Knockainey v *Any club wishing to book Astro Turf Geraldines v Fairview Rangers 1; 11.am Corbally United B v Mungret Regional B Nenagh v Charleville, 7.00, Jackman Park, J Meanus, S Rooney, Northside v Star Rvs, J pitches for next week's Lawson Cup games Garryowen S Vasilenko HYNAN TRAVEL U-13 PREMIER LEAGUE 12.30 Athlunkard; D. Brosnan McNamara, R Broe, G Clancy Clancy, Newport v Weston Villa, D Reidy, should contact the Fixtures Secretary Celtic 1 v Regional United 2; Shelbourne A v Aisling Annacotty B 12.30 Saturday Feb 3rd Caherdavin v Pallagreen, F O'Neill, Dromore *Clubs please note that during poor 11.am Greenhills; J. Curran Shelbourne Park J. Galvin U-13 DIVISION THREE LEAGUE MUNSTER YOUTH CUP Celtic v Abbey Rvs, D Broughton, Corbally weather home teams should contact the Granville Rangers v Aisling Annacotty 2; Limerick v Mungret Regional A 11.am Granville Rangers v Corbally United C; Avenue Utd v Fairview Rgs, 2.00, Utd v Coonagh Utd, T Duggan, Bruff Utd v Fixtures Secretary before 10am on Sat- 11.am Glenbrook; R. Broe Hogan Park D. Power 2.pm Glenbrook; R. Broe Prospect, Mike Monahan, Kilfrush v urday if they feel their pitch is unplayable. Pike Rovers v Fairview Rangers A 12.30 Aisling Annacotty C v Newport Town B; FAI UNDER 17 CUP Kennedy Park, M Kennedy, Croom Utd v U-11 GREEN GROUP Pike Grounds; A. Galvin 11.am Annacotty; F. O’Neill Willow Park v Regional Utd, 2.00, Herbertstown, G Collopy, Granville Rgs v Mungret Regional 2 v Carew Park 11.am Aisling Annacotty A v Corbally United 2.pm Parkville, D Downing, Mungret Reg V LIMERICK DISTRICT Mungret; L. Hughes Annacotty AWP; Martin Monaghan U-15 PREMIER LEAGUE Wembley Rvs, K McCormack, Summerville v S C H O O L B OY/G I R L Newport Town 1 v Coonagh United 11.am Aisling Annacotty A v Fairview Rangers; Sunday Feb 4th Caherconlish, J Mulligan, Hill Celtic v Newport; D. Downing U-13 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE 3.30 Annacotty AWP; Martin Monaghan FAI UNDER 17 CUP LEAGUE FIXTURES Murroe, R Broe, Cappamore v Castle Rvs, Bridge Celtic v Aisling Annacotty 3; 12.30 Parkville A v Caherdavin Celtic 11.am Newport Town A v Summerville Rovers Greenmount v Nenagh AFC, 2.00, Martin Monahan Bridgetown; T. Mannion Knockalisheen; Mike Monahan 12.30 Newport; D. Downing Springfield Ramblers v Mungret Reg, 2.00, Saturday February 3 Newport Town A v Carew Park 12.30 New- Mungret Regional v Caherdavin Celtic; U-11 RED GROUP GER RYAN YOUTH CUP ROUND 1 U-11 BROWN GROUP port; B. Higgins 2.pm Castlemungret; J. Reilly PJ MATTHEWS PREMIER LEAGUE Shelbourne v Aisling Annacotty 1; 11.am Corbally Utd v Caledonians, 2.00, Stefan Granville Rangers 2 v Pike Rovers 2; 12.30 Bridge Celtic A v Regional United A; 11.am Regional United v Janesboro; 12.30 Door- Regional Utd v Kilmallock, 11.00, M Kiely, Shelbourne Park J. O’H a l l o ra n Vasilenko, Kilmallock v Regional Utd, 2.00, K Glenbrook; R. Broe Bridgetown; T. Mannion adoyle AWP; J. Mulligan Rvs v Fairview Rgs, 11.00, N Lisnagry FC v Limerick FC; 11.am Scanlon McNamara, Knockainey v Charleville, 2.00, Caherconlish v Parkville 11.am Cahercon- Ballynanty Rovers v Summerville Rovers Casey, Nenagh v Charleville, 11.00, K Park J. Clancy M Kennedy, Fairview Rgs v Kilfrush, 2.00, lish; D. Weldrick 11.am Shelbourne Park J. Galvin U-15 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE Gorman, Janesboro v Carew Park, 2.00, J Regional United 1 v Mungret Regional 1; Martin Monahan Caherdavin Celtic 2 v Aisling Annacotty 4; Aisling Annacotty B v Shelbourne; 11.am Hayes, K Gorman, M Kirby 11.am Dooradoyle J. Mulligan Kilonan; M. Kirby Pike Rovers v Corbally United 1; 11.am Pike 12.30 Greenhills; J. Curran U-13 DIVISION TWO LEAGUE Fairview Rangers B v Janesboro 11.am Fair- Aisling Annacotty C v Geraldines; 12.30 Ki- LAWSON CUP G ro u n d s U-11 WHITE GROUP green; K. Gorman lonan; M. Kirby Wednesday Feb 7 Wedne sday, Januar y 3 1, 2018 w w w.limerickleader.ie LIMERICK LEADER 23 FULL TIME LIMERICK SOCCER JUNIOR SOCCER PREVIEWS LEAGUE TABLES

PREMIER Pl WD LPts J ane sboro 11 10 1031 Pike Rovers flag Limerick flag in Junior Cup Carew Park 11 81225 Ballynanty Rovers 13 81425 Limerick's last chance: Pike Rovers, Limerick's last remaining side in Regional Utd 11 73124 the FAI Junior Cup Aisling Annacotty 15 71722 Pike Rovers 961219 Nenagh AFC 11 52420 Fairview Rgs 11 42514 K i l m a l l oc k 11 40712 C h a r l ev i l l e 13 2110 7 Moyro ss 13 2110 7 Holycro ss 11 0011 0

DIVISION 1A Pl WD LPts Prospect Priory 10 91028 C a p pa m o re 11 82126 Geraldine s 12 81325 Summerville Rvs 10 80224 Mungret Reg 11 51516 Kevin Barry, M u r roe 10 50515 Janesboro, in 10 24410 action against Corbally Utd Mark Cahill, K n oc ka i n e y 11 31710 Nenagh AFC Fairview Rgs B 10 2359 Castle Rvs 12 2288 Aisling Ann B 10 1275 Granville Rgs 91174

DIVISION 1B Pl WD LPts Coonagh Utd 11 81225 Athlunkard Villa 11 62320 S h e l bo u r n e 10 62220 Kilfrush 12 61519 Hill Celtic 952217 Southend 11 52417 Newpor t 13 43615 Regional Utd B 11 50615 St Pats 13 32811 Croom Utd 12 32711 C a h e rc o n l i s h113 2611 Caherdavin Celtic 10 31610

DIVISION 2A Pl WD LPts Geraldines B 12 10 1131 B a l l y l a n d e rs 11 81225 Glenview Rvs 12 81325 Hyde Rgs 11 81225 BY PAT SHEEHAN Mike Shiels will be smart In the remaining game recently, Hill Celticwill be C h a r l ev i l l e 12 52517 e-mail: spor [email protected] DIVISION 3B Pl WD LPts enoughtoinstil on his men Nenagh will be hoping fora hoping toput one over on a 11 51516 Twitter: @:LimkLeaderSpor t Kilmallock B 861119 Nenagh AFC B that there are no such thing as reversal of fortunes when Murroe side on ahigh after 12 40812 an easy game at this stage of they host a Charleville side defeating Grattan Utd in the Wembley Rvs 852117 Corbally Utd B L I M E R I C K 'S final represent- 11 3089 the competition. Once the buzzing from a5-1 win over Munster Junior Cup. Castle Utd 852117 C a l ed o n i a n s ativesinthe FAIJunior Cup, Hoopsgo into thetie inthe Aisling in their most recent Another team whohad a 951316 Ballynanty Rvs B 11 0383 Pike Rovers, take to the road Weston Villa proper manner they are good ga m e. bad MFA weekend was Cap- 11 0292 on Sunday to face Dun- Nor thside 732211 B enough to take another step There aresome inter- pamore and they get a chance garvan in Waterford. 831410 towards their goal. esting games up for grabsin to bounce back to winning Cappamore B The southeastern club DIVISION 2B Pl WD LPts In thePJ Matthews theLawson Cup games on ways when they entertain Hyde Rgs B72056 played hosts to Pike'syouth Kennedy Park 13 92229 Premier Leaguethe toptwo Sunday morning. Castle Rvs. Shelbourne B 91174 team last Sunday and ended Newpor t 12 81325 clash when Janesboro host Two former winners of the A number of Underage Newport C 81073 up winning on penalties. Star Rvs 12 73224 Carew Park. competition meet when Hyde teams carry Limerick DL Limerick fans will be 12 53418 Janesboro and Carew Park Rgs take on Geraldines in hopes into Munster and FAI Holycross B hoping thereis no repeat this have yet to meet this season so what is a repeat of the 1973 action over the weekend. Pa l l ag ree n 12 52517 time out as Pike Rovers aim to DIVISION 4 Pl WD LPts Carew Park know that they final. On Saturday Fairview 990027 11 43415 book a place in the quarter fi- Coonagh Utd B Mungret Reg are still capable of catching Division 1A side Corbally travel to take on Avenue in the nals of Europe's biggest tour- Summerville Rvs C 861119 Summerville Rvs B 12 43515 theleaders if they win both Utd host Coonagh Utd who Munster YouthCup while n a m e nt . Aisling E 10 50515 Athlunkard Villa B 12 32711 head to heads. will belooking fora bounce thereare three sides in FAI Arun of nine successive 942314 13 2389 Carew will be hurting from back after theirrecent FAI Under 17 Cupaction and all Dromore Celtic Aisling Annacotty C wins in the last fourmonths the defeatto Pikewhile 'Boro h e roic s . are drawn away from home. Kilfrush B 841313 Murroe B 11 1285 hasconfidence levels high in had a facilepreparation put- Bruff Utd take on aPro- Recent winners of the 941413 C ro s s a ga l l a . Parkville B ting ten goals past Killarney in spect straining at theleash competition Nenagh AFC Rovers posted an im- Mungret Reg C 931510 DIVISION 3A Pl WD LPts their last bout. A win for 'Boro after the Christmas break and travel to Cork side Green- Aisling Annacotty 952217 pressive win over Carew Park Athlunkard Villa C 92349 and you feel the gap will prove Mungret Reg take onmount while Mid-landers 851216 in their last outing despite 92167 Knockainey B too wide to close. Wembley Rvs. Willow Park will hostRe- Coonagh Utd C thefact they were missing a Caherdavin Cel B 851216 Regional Utdhost Kilmal- St Pats v Shelbourne is an- gional Utd. Mungret Reg Murroe C 80080 few regular starters. 843115 lock hoping to win and that other game worth a visit while travel to Cobh side Spring- Abbey Rvs Dungarvan lie mid table in Carew will help close the gap another former winner, Cale- field Ramblers. Mean us 942314 the WaterfordLeague and at the top of the table. Ballyn- donians host Athlunkard The Tuohy Cup continues 941413 come into the tieon theback Prospect Priory B anty Rvs are another side Villa. tonight (Wednesday) when of a 3-3 draw with bottom side Janesboro B 832311 looking to keep the pressure Following thedisappoint- Nenagh take onCharleville St Saviours last Sunday. Pa r k v i l l e 731310 on and they host Fairview Rgs ment of having their Munster for a place in next week's semi #LLSpor t The bookies will make 91174 in Shelbourne Park. Junior Cupgame abandoned final versus Fairview Rgs. Herber tstown Pike Rovers favourites but Bruff Utd 91083 24 LIMERICK LEADER www.limerickleader.ie Wednesday, January 31, 2018

MORETOSEE @LIMERICK_LEADER www.limerickleader.ie/sport FACEBOOK.COM/LIMERICKLEADER SPORT St Munchin's defeatStClement's PikeRovers fly flagin to reach Junior Cup last four FAIJunior Cup PAGE 20 PAGE 23

Former Limerick FC winger Chiedozie Ogbene,who this week signedfor English Championship Blow as side BrentfordFC Ogbene signs for Brentford

old Nigerian-born Irish at- as Limericksecuredtheir his personalityand character when theBlues playthe third FC is currentlyseeking ex- BY COLM KINSELLA e-mail: [email protected] tackerOgbene,subject to in- Premier Divisionstatusfor ticked all theboxes forus. We in aseries of fourpre-season pressions of interest in be- Twitter: @cksportleader ternational clearance. the2018 season. arelooking forwardto friendlyfixturesagainst coming involved in the Ogbene hadbeen on trial In astatement, Limerick working withhim and seeing Shelbourne in Dublin this recentlyannounced club’s LIMERICK FC have been withThe Bees earlierthis FC thanked wingerOgbene howhedevelops.” weekend. women’s team,withtheposi- dealt ablowahead of the month and has signed a forhis‘professionalism,com- Ogbene playedevery The game at LarneyPark, tion of manager and assistant startofthe 2018 SSE Airtri- three-and-a-half-year con- mitmentand hardwork minuteofLimerick FC’s run Finglas has a3pm kick-off manager to be filled ahead of cityLeaguePremier Divi- tractafter an undisclosed fee during his time at theclub’, totheFAICupsemi-final,net- time on Sunday. theFAI ContinentalTyres sion season with wasagreed withLimerick FC and wished him every suc- ting in thefirst round win Twofirst-half goals from Women’sNational League confirmation that exciting forhis transfer. cess withBrentford. over Cobh Ramblers. In total, ShaneTracy and apenalty kick-off. young winger ChiedozieOg- 2017 wasabreakthrough Dean Smith, BrentfordFC he made 37 competitive ap- from debutant Billy Den- Limerick will maketheir bene has signed forEnglish campaign forChiedozieafter Head Coach, said: “Wehave pearances lastseason, nehyhelped Limerick secure Leaguedebut in ahomeclash Championship side Brent- his January move to Limerick been monitoring Chiedozie scoringtengoals,toaddto his a2-0winoverCobhRamblers against KilkennyUnited, on ford FC. FC from CorkCity. He made forquite awhile andwelike 15 appearances and three in theirmost recentfriendly Sunday, March 11 with Brentfordannounced yes- 32 leagueappearances forthe what he can bring. goals withCorkCity. fixtureatUL4Gsoccer pitch theclubacceptedintothe terday that they hadcom- Super Blues, 29 of them from “He came over to train Meanwhile,LimerickFC on Saturday evening. Women’sNational Leaguefor pletedthe signing of 20-year- thestart,scoring eightgoals withusand we could see that begin lifewithout Ogbene Meanwhile,Limerick thefirsttime.

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