![On a beautiful crisp dry Sunday morning last in Lixnaw, members from the American Legion Fr. Francis Duffy Post IR02 met with members from ONE outside Quilters pub to march […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/C66-195x110.jpg "LEST WE FORGET …. MEMORIAL DAY IN LIXNAW")
![A host of award-winning producers, growers, chefs, cafes and restaurants from West Limerick will launch the West Limerick Food Destination at a special event next week. Fiercely proud of their […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/B68-195x110.jpg "WEST LIMERICK INVITES FOOD LOVERS TO ‘TASTE THE HISTORY’")
![The Weekly Observer/Vale Star continues to celebrate the rising successes of two enterprising young brothers, Jack and Nick Cotter of Dromtrasna, Abbeyfeale. On October 24th last, they won the Rising […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/B85-195x110.jpg "Celebrating Cotter BrotherS’ continued success")
![Rotary International has a multi-annual global campaign to support the Polio Eradication Programme. The crocus flower was chosen by Rotary, as the purple colour of the crocus matches the dye […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tt15-195x110.jpg "Rotary Club plants 5,000 crocus bulbs in Mallow Castle")
![The 40th anniversary Dublin City Marathon will be held next Sunday, 27th October, and one runner from West Limerick has the distinction of taking part in every marathon in the […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Seamus-Cawley-195x110.jpg "Seamus is going for his 40th Dublin Marathon")
![Further Education and Training Centre Shanagolden, Award Ceremony Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training Centre, Shanagolden Campus, celebrated the educational achievement of its Vocational Training […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/A82-195x110.jpg "VTOS Shanagolden Awards Ceremony")
![The AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) National Conference 2019 was held in Thomond Park recently, where Croagh native Niall O’Callaghan, Managing Director of Shannon Her-itage – Shannon Group’s […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/avea1-195x110.jpg "Croagh man Niall O’Callaghan announced as director of Shannon Heritage")
![Sinéad O’Mahony, a teacher at the Mid-West School for the Deaf in Greenfields has been named as the Munster awardee at the inaugural Teachers Inspire Ireland gala event, which was […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Teachers-Inspire-2-002-195x110.jpg "SineÁd O’Mahony wins Teachers Inspire Ireland award")
![The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a cutting edge, world recognised, youth entrepre-neurship education and development programme. It is managed and provided by Foróige in Ireland and is affiliated […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/F46-195x110.jpg "Desmond College Represent Ireland in Global Trade Fair")
![Now in its 6th year, Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships showcased 50 of the most ground-breaking agri-innovations on offer nationwide, followed by the presentation of special […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/C30-195x110.jpg "Young Limerick entrepreneurs steal the show at Innovation Awards")
![It seemed like it had just been a few short weeks since news first broke that Abbeyfeale had been shortlisted for a prestigious All-Ireland Pride of Place award. Frank Dennison […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/C49-195x110.jpg "ABBEYFEALE NOMINATED FOR ALL IRELAND PRIDE OF PLACE AWARD")
![The story of the Colleen Bawn Ellen Hanley who was murdered on the River Shannon in 1819. Ellen Hanley eloped with John Scanlon and a form of marriage took place. […]](http://www.vsopublicationsltd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/D16-195x110.jpg "Commemoration of the Colleen Bawn 200 Ellen Hanley Ballycahane, Croom")
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LEST WE FORGET …. MEMORIAL DAY IN LIXNAW
On a beautiful crisp dry Sunday morning last in Lixnaw, members from the American Legion Fr. Francis Duffy Post IR02 met with members from ONE outside Quilters pub to march […]
-
WEST LIMERICK INVITES FOOD LOVERS TO ‘TASTE THE HISTORY’
A host of award-winning producers, growers, chefs, cafes and restaurants from West Limerick will launch the West Limerick Food Destination at a special event next week. Fiercely proud of their […]
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Celebrating Cotter BrotherS’ continued success
The Weekly Observer/Vale Star continues to celebrate the rising successes of two enterprising young brothers, Jack and Nick Cotter of Dromtrasna, Abbeyfeale. On October 24th last, they won the Rising […]
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Rotary Club plants 5,000 crocus bulbs in Mallow Castle
Rotary International has a multi-annual global campaign to support the Polio Eradication Programme. The crocus flower was chosen by Rotary, as the purple colour of the crocus matches the dye […]
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Seamus is going for his 40th Dublin Marathon
The 40th anniversary Dublin City Marathon will be held next Sunday, 27th October, and one runner from West Limerick has the distinction of taking part in every marathon in the […]
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VTOS Shanagolden Awards Ceremony
Further Education and Training Centre Shanagolden, Award Ceremony Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training Centre, Shanagolden Campus, celebrated the educational achievement of its Vocational Training […]
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Croagh man Niall O’Callaghan announced as director of Shannon Heritage
The AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) National Conference 2019 was held in Thomond Park recently, where Croagh native Niall O’Callaghan, Managing Director of Shannon Her-itage – Shannon Group’s […]
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SineÁd O’Mahony wins Teachers Inspire Ireland award
Sinéad O’Mahony, a teacher at the Mid-West School for the Deaf in Greenfields has been named as the Munster awardee at the inaugural Teachers Inspire Ireland gala event, which was […]
-
Desmond College Represent Ireland in Global Trade Fair
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a cutting edge, world recognised, youth entrepre-neurship education and development programme. It is managed and provided by Foróige in Ireland and is affiliated […]
-
Young Limerick entrepreneurs steal the show at Innovation Awards
Now in its 6th year, Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships showcased 50 of the most ground-breaking agri-innovations on offer nationwide, followed by the presentation of special […]
-
ABBEYFEALE NOMINATED FOR ALL IRELAND PRIDE OF PLACE AWARD
It seemed like it had just been a few short weeks since news first broke that Abbeyfeale had been shortlisted for a prestigious All-Ireland Pride of Place award. Frank Dennison […]
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Commemoration of the Colleen Bawn 200 Ellen Hanley Ballycahane, Croom
The story of the Colleen Bawn Ellen Hanley who was murdered on the River Shannon in 1819. Ellen Hanley eloped with John Scanlon and a form of marriage took place. […]