This and that from here and there.
:: Limerick County Council is now inviting for inclusion in its Refuse Collection Waiver Scheme for 2010. The amount of the waiver will be €150 per household for the full year. To see if your household qualifies, Click Here.
:: Iarnrod Eireann have announced they are providing a return service to Charleville, Mallow and Cork from Limerick after the Heineken Cup match against Northampton at Thomond Park on Friday 22nd January. “Supporters from Cork can travel to Limerick on the 13.30, 14.30, 15.30, 16.30 or 17.30s trains”. They say early booking is advised.
:: Limerick City Council are also advising motorists and road users that Colbert Ave will be closed to through traffic between 8.00am and 6.00pm, Wednesday 6th, January, until Friday 8th January, 2010.
:: Severe Weather
– Motorists are still being reminded of the hazardous road conditions during the current cold spell. Tuesday morning up to 6 cars were abandoned by motorists on the N18 Shannon dual carriageway following extremely poor conditions near the Radisson Hotel.
– Public transport is one service which has not escaped the weather. Bus Eireann says the majority of their services are operating to schedule with some delays. The 19.35 limerick to Killarney did not operate Tuesday evening and there have been no services operating on Carew Park, Ballynanty and St. Mary’s park due to road conditions in the estates.
– During the worst of the weather Tuesday Bus Eireann said just two services were operating, but with delays and diversions. All other Limerick city services were cancelled for a time. Lynwood, Pineview and O’Malley Park services only begun after 1pm.They say operational reviews will be carried out every morning.
– “From midnight on Christmas Day The Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick reported a total of 55 fractures in a 24 hour period, a figure they would normally see over the course of a week.”, A HSE spokesperson said this week.
:: The short-list of finalists for the fifth annual Our World Irish Aid Awards programme for primary schools has been announced and one Limerick school is in the running. The Awards encourage primary pupils across Ireland to think about the lives of children in developing countries and create projects in a variety of media which explore the challenges faced by young people in developing countries.
St Joseph’s National Boys School in Rathkeale is one of eleven schools up for the award with their project entitled “The World is in Our Hands”. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, 26 January at Dublin Castle.
School Closures
Close to fifty schools have taken the decision of staying closed until Monday the 11th due to the bad weather. A full list of the schools can be found Here.
