UCD is leading the way in terms of the most expensive college for student housing, with students being asked to fork out €11,764.80 for an en-suite room in Village 3 of the college's on-campus accommodation.

Former president Kerstin Mey resigned following a mediation process in June 2024 after students and staff expressed no confidence in her leadership. She had been on leave since the previous March.

As UL President since 2020, Prof Mey presided over the controversies from the 2019 purchase of a Dunnes Stores site in Limerick city centre and the 2023 purchase of 20 houses for student accommodation at Drominbeg Square, Rhebogue.

Body-worn cameras have also been rolled out for officers in a pilot scheme.

Clare GAA said it was heartbroken following the sudden death of Éanna Rouine

According to the research – which closely examined the Australian legal system and its history with capital punishment – the death penalty had a deterrent effect on homicides, resulting in an estimated 7.6 percent reduction in the crime.

The study analysed 124 patients who were admitted to UHL between March 2022 and March 2023 for surgical treatment for chronic limb-threatening ischemia.

The DPP has between 28 and 56 days, from last Thursday when Fogarty was sentenced, in which to appeal the hit-and-run penalty.

Speaking at the vigil for his son at UL on Thursday, Tim Drennan said: “There is no respect at all to the victims, the law seems to be weighted towards the criminal

UP AND COMING Laois harpist/composer Aoibhe Kettle is set to compete in the final of the prestigious Seán Ó Riada Bonn Óir competition this Friday night, 24 January.

Mr Drennan (21), from Co Laois, had been innocently waiting at a bus stop when Fogarty ploughed into him after he lost control of the BMW, on October 13th, 2023, Fogarty’s sentencing hearing on Friday was told.

The purchase of the former supermarket by the university for €8.3 million in 2019 was the subject of a highly critical report by the Comptroller & Auditor General last week which revealed UL had sought no formal valuation of the site prior to its purchase.

The Comptroller and Auditor General investigated a series of controversies into the university’s property acquisitions in Limerick city.

Father of three Colm O’Mahony died at University Hospital Limeick in 2020 after being admitted with severe acute necrotising pancreatitis

A man, believed to have been an academic, was killed in the blaze on Thursday night

Joe Drennan (20) was waiting at a bus stop on the Dublin Road in Limerick on October 13th, 2023, when he was hit by a car which failed to remain at the scene

Kieran Fogarty (20) has been charged with three offences relating to the fatal collision

Over 1,100 children were hospitalised due to dog attacks from 2012 to 2021

A joint study by the University of Limerick and Queen's University Belfast asked people both sides of the Border about their views on hate crimes

Uisce Éireann is not entitled to charge for water in the university's student accommodation, the High Court ruled

Mr Feeney, who founded Atlantic Philanthropies, gave almost nine billion US dollars to various causes around the world.