SSaattuurrddaayyOOccttoobbeerr227720112 www..lliimPRPReriicOUkOUlleadDLDLer..iieYSYSUPUPPPOORRTTININGLGLIMERICK’IMERICK’SESEURUROPEANOPEANCACAPITPITALALOFOFCUCULLTTUREURE 20202020 BIDBID SATURDAY,MAY 28, 2016 €2.25 (Stg £3.00 ) 1 L I M E R I C K L E A D E R 0 1 6 e a d e r . i e S a t u r d a y , M a y 2 8 , 2 S a t u r d a y , M a y 2 8 , 2 0 1 6 w w w . l i m e r i c k l u l l o u t T h e L e a d e r ' s w e e k e n d s p o r t s p eaderSport L i c k l e a d e r . i e E m a i l : s p o r t @ l i m e r S p o r t s E d i t o r : S t e v e n M i l l e r C L A S H S May 28, 2016 C U P K I N G S C L A R E HOME & INTERIOR i m e r i c k f o o t b a l l e r s e s m o n d U - 1 5 s L L i m e r i c k D t a k e o n C l a r e i n c h a m - A l l I r e l a n d K c r o w n e d p i o n s h i p - P a g e 2 - 3 ATURED THIS WEE i o n s - P a g e 2 2 FE PROPERTY c h a m p ELL, ALL HAIL CHRIS A SECRET HIDEAWAY IN CASTLECONN RE... ASIAN-INSPIRED INTERIORS AND MO This impressive property in Grange is surrounded GLORY DAYS by 16 acres of paddocks YOUR NEWDREAM L i m e r i c k j o c k e y C h r i s H a y e s c l a i m s I r i s h LIMERICK JOCKEY PARKING ROW 2 0 0 0 G u i n e a s i n s t y l e P A G E 1 6 PRIEST APPEALSTOCOMMUTERS TO HOME AWAITSIN TASTES CLASSIC GLORY FABULOUS FRIARSTOWN OUR20-PAGEPULL ception rooms and an en suite ere are four more ARD lance bedroom. Th COLM W Facts at a g f Property Editor bedrooms upstairs, two o @limerickleader.ie email: colm.ward which are en suite. Bruff e Location: Friarstown, Grange, As can be seen from thes g to ac- me on 16 acres - House hunters lookin Description: Five-bedroom ho pictures, the house is sur i- commodate their four-legged Price: €695,000 rounded by beautifully man eers . The friends (and not just those of Seller: GVM Auction cured gardens 1-413522 ervatory opens out onto a the canine variety like the Tel: 06 cons ovely patio witha trellised ppie pictured l happy cha archway and water fountain. lots to like in oms are sunny and light- st 15 above) will find The house itself, notwith- ro Friarstown is ju n filled. Limerick this impressive property i standing its classical design, is minutes' drive from The heart of this home is of rural ange. relatively new, having being city in the heart Gr the kitchen/dining room with built in the last 15 years. As County Limerick. Along with 16-acres of pad- antique pine units and marble ls, contact such, it benefits from expert For further detai docks, it also has its own orktops as well as a Stanley or 087 - chitectural design, making w Tom Crosse at GVM OUT SEE INSIDE ar stable block with six loose range.Also onthe groundfloor the most of the south-facing 2547717. boxes, making it an ideal isaconservatory,study,twore- aspect to ensure most of the P4 ice for horse owners. AT THE CURRAGH SPORT STOP HOGGING CHURCH SPACES cho Hospital’s Bomb threat: Second hoax in twodays GoSafe vans can operate in 11 newlocations County’s speed €50,000 a enforcement zones rise 50% DONAL O’REGAN week on E: [email protected] THE NUMBER of locations in County Limerick forGoSafeoperators to catch speeding motorists has increased by 50%. Theyhavejumped from 22 to 33 following agarda review.GoSafevans can park in these cleaners newzones,dottedacrossthe cityand county, ■ €10.5m spend on external contracts since 2014 from this Friday,May 27. Inspector Paul Reidy, head of thedivi- FINTAN WALSH Noonan Cleaning will expire sional trafficcorps, saidthe primary reason E: [email protected] at theend of October this forthe extraareas is to increase road safety. year. “Theyare adirect result of locations where UNIVERSITY Hospital Lim- Between April 2014 and ASECONDbombscare in as many days hit Limerick this Wednesday. UlsterBank in O’Connell Street hadto therehavebeenseriousinjuries or fatalities erick has been spending an April 2016,€5,943,723.73was be evacuated following abomb alert. Shortly before 4pm, gardai arrived at the building afterreceiving a in thelast five years. It has been anumberof averageof€50,000 aweek paid to Noonan Cleaning. call from afemale making the claim. It wasdeclared to be ahoaxashort time later. PICTURE: ADRIAN BUTLER years since they have been updatedsowe on cleaning services since Forthese services, UHL have takenintoaccountthe newinformation 2014. spent€2.37m in 2014, that we have,” saidInsp Reidy. Figures receivedbythe €2.46m in 2015,and €1.1m so Sevenpeople have died on Limerick’s Leader from theHSE, via far this year. roadssofar in 2016 -nearlytwice as manyin theDepartmentofFinance PriortoNoonanCleaning, thewhole of 2015 when fourlosttheir lives. under theFreedom of In- €715,464.68 wasspentonISS In 2010 therewere15fatal accidents; 2011 - formation Act, showthe UL Cleaning Services at UHL, in Calls fororalhearing 14; 2012 -5;2013-5and 2014 – 11. Hospitals Group spent UniversityHospital Limerick thefirst half of 2014. Insp Reidysaidithas improved but “we €10.5m on external con- spent€5.9m on cleaning Euro Car Park,which has found this year things have slidalittlebit and tracts, from 2014 to April solely operated outofthe show. In total, therewas a we aretrying to getitbackontrack again”. 2016. Dooradoyle hospital fora into Irish Cementplan €9,850,520 spend at UHL. These GoSafelocations have no impacton The external contracts number of years, has been While therehas been a NICK RABBITTS used tyresatits factory in Mun- Whilethe local authoritycan wheregardai carry outspeed checks. includecatering, security, paid €588,464.53 since 2014. monthlyspend of €212,276 E: [email protected] gret were presentatameeting only grantaplanning applica- “We will go wherever thereisaproblem cleaning and parking man- However, income received on Noonan Cleaning ser- in theSouth CourtHotelthis tion around thenew building of – we arenot defined to theselocations.These agementservices. by thehospital forparking vices at UHL, theMaternity week. theplant, it is up to theEPA to arejust locations that have nowbeen se- Atotal of €10,507,330.5 has in thepast comfortably CALLS have beenmadeonthe Hospital has spentjust Thecompany is planning to give alicence to burn thetyres. lected forthe markedGoSafecameravans wasspentonthese con- exceeded thefees paid to the EnvironmentalProtection €102,792.35 since 2014. invest €10m to ditch theuse of Speaking at themeeting, La- to operate. Theyhavetooperatewithina tracts at UniversityHos- company. Agency (EPA) to conducta defined area.The gardawithhis or her speed Currently, cleaning ser- publichearing into plans by fossil fuels, and replace it with bour councillor JoeLeddin said: pitalLimerick, University Figures showthat theincinerationofthe rubber "I thinkeveryone hereshould gun can go anywhere,” saidInsp Reidy. MaternityHospitalLim- vices areprovided by the Irish Cementtoburn tyresin maternitystaff and Mungret. devices whichare piling up putinasubmission to theEPA, erickand Croom Ortho- CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 around thecountry. and we should request an oral CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 paedicHospital, thefigures Noonan. Contracts for And residents have also been urgedtomaketheir concerns Butmanyare opposedtothe hearing as part of theprocess. known aboutthe project to the scheme,which is both before We should tryand involve group. Limerick Cityand County NeweditorofLimerick More100 people opposed to Council and theEPA forap- Leader announced 76,500 peopleregistered Irish Cement's plans to burn proval. CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 ALAN ENGLISH, editor of theLimerick Leader since March 2007, is to take up a newlycreated role as group editorial formedicalcards locally director of IconicNewspapers, whichowns theLeader and 12 other local titles. He will FINTAN WALSH are10,116childrenunder “In simple terms, medical Motorway to Corkcould be succeeded on July 4aseditorbythe E: [email protected] six and 3,367over70with cards does increase the paper’s long-time deputy editor Eugene GP visit cards in Limerick. amount of attendance.That MORE than 40% of Phelan, whobegan his career at theLeader These figures includethose is proven.Thatisinterna- be back on theagenda Limerick’s population is on as ajuniorreporterin1975. whoheldaGPvisit card tional evidence.Whatneeds medical cards, according to prior to thelaunchofnew to happen is that we need to DAVID HURLEY country’s finances. newfigures released this E: [email protected] Just over ayearago,his suc- FULL STORY ON PAGE 2 visit cardschemes. have arethinkofhow apa- week. Monaleen GP,DrEmmet tientinteracts withaprac- cessor,Paschal Donoghue (now THE DepartmentofTransport Figures released by the Kerin, whoisthe president tice. Minister forPublicExpenditure), has confirmed proposals to build HSE, via thePrimary Care of theNationalAssociation “Thatwould mean reiterated thegovernmentposi- amotorway betweenLimerick ReimbursementService, of General Practitioners, growing roles of nurses in tion, despitestrongpressurefrom and Corkmay be resurrected in showthat76,563peoplein saidthe medical card thepractice,along withGPs local business groups and poliit- thecoming months. Limerick areavailing of system needs “areshake”. whocould managethat. But icans. Planstoupgrade theN20 were medical cards. The PCRS is “We have campaigned to it [medical cards] does in- In response to comments by shelvedinOctober 2013 by the theorganisation respons- give medicalcards to crease theGPpractice,” he Minister Simon Coveney, this then Transportminister,Leo ible forissuing medical people based on need and told theLimerickLeader,in Wednesday, aspokesperson for Varadakar,who saidthe cost cards.