DRAGON’S Den judge Bobby Kerr, Peter Ward of Country Choice and Sully from Cully & Sully will be the special guest speakers at the upcoming Foodies Expo in the Strand Hotel next week.

LOCAL rockers the Cranberries are set for a massive outdoor home-town show in Thomond Park in July.

THE UNIVERSITY of Limerick-based Irish Youth Choir, which celebrates its 30th birthday this year, is seeking new members.

FORMER European Parliament president Pat Cox is one of hundreds of well known Limerick people whose pictures are included in a unique supplement carried free with the Limerick Leader this weekend.

THIS week the Limerick Leader and Chronicle officially launched a brand new style event for the city which is being run in conjunction with the Holman Lee Modelling Agency and Bella the Makeover Studio.

THE AUNT of murdered Limerickman Shane Geoghegan has appealed for businesses in the city to display some of the clay figurines in memory of her nephew, as the tribute has been forced to move from Limerick City Council.

BIG, the musical based on the blockbuster film starring Tom Hanks is being brought to the University Concert Hall, Limerick by the Limerick Musical Society on Thursday, March 8, 9 and 10 for a three night run.

LIMERICK has been given the fashion seal of approval from some of the country’s most glamorous ladies.

MANCHESTER City fan Darragh Ryan now has a picture he can treasure forever.

CYCLISTS are gearing up for a three day, 380km adventure across Munster to raise funds for five year-old Sophie Mulcahy who suffers with a rare condition, Ohdo Syndrome.

A KNOCKADERRY artist has unveiled a new collection of wood work, sculptures and sketches which will be on open display at the Newcastle West library until the end of the month.

CHANNEL 4 have commissioned The Rubberbandits to make a television pilot which will be shot entirely in Limerick.

Limerick’s oldest theatre company, College Players, is set to open a new chapter in its storied history when it opens it new production Leading Ladies at the end of the month.

THEY are scattered to the wind and boasting a new name, but Senekah (you may remember them as Seneca) are back, strong and melodic as ever.

VOTING is still open in the IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year awards and Limerick’s University Concert Hall is among the nominees.

THE MINISTER of State for trade and development has re-affirmed Ireland’s commitment to meet the UN target on aid provision by 2015, after failing to meet the target this year.

WORLD Cup winning superstar soccer player Patrick Vieira said he was “honoured and privileged” to visit St Gabriel’s School in Limerick this Monday.

THE reigning Rose of Tralee, Tara Talbot, visited Limerick last week on a whistle stop tour to find her successor and encourage support for the Limerick Rose selection, which takes place next March.

FOLLOWING on the success of Concy Ryan in last year’s RTÉ Storyland competition, another Limerick entry is seeking your votes this week.

THE ADDRESS by Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney during the upcoming Kate O’Brien literary festival has had to move to a larger venue, after tickets to attend the event sold out shortly after it was announced.