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	<title>Yacht club launches new sailing season </title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Yacht-club-launches-new-sailing.5306324.jp</link> 
	<description>DAMIEN McGibney and John Finnegan, both experienced military men, were chefs of the day at their flame grills at Cooleen lawn for Foynes Yacht Club's annual Commodore'</description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Got a story?</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Got-a-story.5015422.jp</link> 
	<description>GOT a story for the Adare/Rathkeale area?</description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:13:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Candidate calls for public debate</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Candidate-calls-for-public-debate.5295704.jp</link> 
	<description>LOCAL election candidate Patrick O'Doherty has challenged the other eight candidates in the Rathkeale electoral area to publicly debate the issues. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Reunion of Copsewood students</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Reunion-of-Copsewood-students.5287988.jp</link> 
	<description>MORE than 150 people were in the beautiful surroundings of Pallaskenry last Sunday for a special reunion of 1970s Copsewood College students.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Big crowd expected at action-packed festival  </title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Big-crowd-expected-at-actionpacked.5264161.jp</link> 
	<description>LARGE numbers of visitors are expected in Adare this weekend for the third, annual Adare Village Festival which promises lots of fun, spectacle and family entertainment.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Former Tidy Towns winner aims for gold</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Former-Tidy-Towns-winner-aims.5245285.jp</link> 
	<description>SO close, so tantalisingly close. The long-hoped for gold medal in the National Tidy Towns competition is a mere handful of points within the grasp of the Adare Tidy Towns Com</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Steve encourages budding gardeners to grow their own</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Steve-encourages-budding-gardeners-to.5245415.jp</link> 
	<description>GROWING your own to eat your own is a trend that is catching on.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:35:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>May Eve gathering told how 'little people' aided local family in hard times</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/May-Eve-gathering-told-how.5245398.jp</link> 
	<description>FAIRIES helped a family  to cope with the hardship and  need of rural Limerick in  the 1930s, auctioneer and  folklore enthusiast Pat  O'Donovan told a crowded Rambling Ho</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:33:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Ardagh's moment: group stages award winning play</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Ardagh39s-moment-group-stages-award.5245384.jp</link> 
	<description>ARDAGH Drama Group returns to Rathkeale this Thursday with their 2009 production, The Quiet Moment, by Mike Finn. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Radharc Trust spotlights student film-makers again</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Radharc-Trust-spotlights-student-filmmakers.5222795.jp</link> 
	<description>ACT 2. TAKE 1. ACTION!</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Club is still in the swim 50 years after taking the plunge</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Club-is-still-in-the.5204835.jp</link> 
	<description>THE celebrations to mark the first half-century of the Askeaton Swimming Club continued this week when the club held a gala anniversary dinner dance that attracted up to 250 p</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Artistic cream rises to the top at old creamery</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Artistic-cream-rises-to-the.5204794.jp</link> 
	<description>IT has been years since butter was made at the Blackabbey Creamery in
Adare, but thanks to the vision of Helen Mackessy new life has been
injected into the old building in a</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Whizz kids help the elderly to log on</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Whizz-kids-help-the-elderly.5180647.jp</link> 
	<description>THE atmosphere is strangely intense. There is the murmur of calm voices, the occasional soft laugh but the sense of something important going on is almost tangible.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Area councils will grease the wheels for our volunteers</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Area-councils-will-grease-the.5180681.jp</link> 
	<description>OVER 100 community groups and voluntary organisations from the Adare/Rathkeale area are expected to come together next week to set up a local area council which will act as a </description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Askeaton enjoys its French connection</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Askeaton-enjoys-its-French-connection.5155327.jp</link> 
	<description>THERE'S at least half-a-chance they could be the next U2 - but by the time the Limerick Leader arrived in Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton last Friday, the five-student band that</description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:51 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Ardagh group to battle it out in Waterford</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Ardagh-group-to-battle-it.5155313.jp</link> 
	<description>ARDAGH Drama Group sets out next week with high hopes of making its mark at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival taking place in Ballyduff, Co Waterford. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:43:52 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Putting Kilfinny on the map</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Putting-Kilfinny-on-the-map.5135613.jp</link> 
	<description>PUTTING Kilfinny, one of Limerick's hidden gems, on the map has not been easy. Despite lobbying by local people, there are still no sign-posts on any main road to show the</description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Green the colour for Ballingarry</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Green-the-colour-for-Ballingarry.5135606.jp</link> 
	<description>PRIMARY school pupils in Ballingarry are taking the green message seriously. </description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>US agents' flying visit helps promote Foynes</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/US-agents39-flying-visit-helps.5129913.jp</link> 
	<description>AS part of the ongoing effort to boost tourist numbers to the Mid-West, some of the leading US travel agents spent last weekend in the region in a visit jointly organised by T</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/US-agents39-flying-visit-helps.5129913.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Limerick lads pound out the miles for charity </title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Limerick-lads-pound-out-the.5135602.jp</link> 
	<description>TWO Limerick lads have shown their gladiatorial spirit in completing their first marathon, beginning and ending at the Coliseum in Rome. And in so doing, friends Shane Hanna, </description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Kate's community spirit recognised at awards ceremony </title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Kate39s-community-spirit-recognised-at.5135592.jp</link> 
	<description>MUNGRET'S Kate Molyneaux has been named one of Ireland's top young volunteers and her work helping cancer patients at home and the underprivileged abroad means Salesia</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Kate39s-community-spirit-recognised-at.5135592.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:14:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Palatines to mark 300 years since they first stepped foot in county</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Palatines-to-mark-300-years.5129909.jp</link> 
	<description>RATHKEALE is gearing up to celebrate 300 years of an unusual cultural history this year with the marking of the arrival in 1709 of over 100 families from the Palatinate region</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Palatines-to-mark-300-years.5129909.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Architects envision theme for port town</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Architects-envision-theme-for-port.5094207.jp</link> 
	<description>DEVELOPING Foynes as a &quot;theme town&quot; lies at the  heart of a new plan, drawn up by Murray O'Laoire  architects for Limerick  County Council and Shannon Development.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:41:09 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Milford fundraiser a huge success</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Milford-fundraiser-a-huge-success.5094194.jp</link> 
	<description>IN a heart-warming demonstration of generosity and compassion, last weekend's fundraiser in Adare for Milford Care Centre raised well in excess of €12,000. </description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Milford-fundraiser-a-huge-success.5094194.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Castle tours here for keeps</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Castle-tours-here-for-keeps.5094181.jp</link> 
	<description>THERE was relief in Adare this week that the highly-successful tours of Adare Castle are to continue, uncurtailed, this summer.</description> 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Askeaton celebrates St Patrick's Day with flourish</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Askeaton-celebrates-St-Patrick39s-Day.5091716.jp</link> 
	<description>TUESDAY'S warm sunshine coaxed bigger numbers on to the streets of Askeaton for the St Patrick's Day parade which was kicked off with a flourish from the air when the </description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Askeaton-celebrates-St-Patrick39s-Day.5091716.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Communities celebrate our national holiday  in Rathkeale</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Communities-celebrate-our-national-holiday.5091745.jp</link> 
	<description>BRIGHT sunshine, a sea of colour and above all, good humour were the hallmarks of what was a genuinely all-community parade in Rathkeale.</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Communities-celebrate-our-national-holiday.5091745.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:55:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Mountaineer honoured for his outstanding courage</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Mountaineer-honoured-for-his-outstanding.5091735.jp</link> 
	<description>MOUNTAINEER Gerard McDonnell who made history last year by becoming the first Irishman to scale K2, the world's most dangerous mountain, has been posthumously honoured for</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Mountaineer-honoured-for-his-outstanding.5091735.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Concern over anti-social behaviour</title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Concern-over-antisocial-behaviour.5044439.jp</link> 
	<description>CONCERNED residents and business people in Rathkeale met last week to discuss ongoing anti-social behaviour in the town. </description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Concern-over-antisocial-behaviour.5044439.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Camel racing on the cards at spina bifida fundraiser </title>
	<link>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Camel-racing-on-the-cards.5044263.jp</link> 
	<description>TOP county Limerick horse trainer Michael Hourigan will be on hand for his favourite charity at what promises to be a most unusual fundraising event this Friday night in the W</description> 
	<guid>http://www.limerickleader.ie/adarerathkeale/Camel-racing-on-the-cards.5044263.jp</guid> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
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