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Judge rules material from Troubles documentaries be handed to PSNI for terror probe

The BBC is to hand over broadcasted and unbroadcasted material from a documentary series about Northern Ireland’s Troubles to the police as part of investigations into terrorist activity, a judge has said. An order was made at Belfast Crown Court ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:45

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Musical Memories of Limerick (part 1)

Renowned musician, Austin Durack, has been immersed in the Limerick folk music scene since the mid-1960s. He played support to many top showbands in the Stella Ballroom, Limerick with his first band The Reno, in 1967. They were based in ...

29 Jul 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Musical memories of Limerick (part 2)

IN 1992 Austin Durack’s friend and fellow singer/song writer, Tadhg Horan, a prominent member of the Full Circle Folk Club died, aged 43. “ He left us all too soon after contributing hugely to Limerick life as a guitar teacher, an ...

05 Aug 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Few ditties from Mr Liddy

Originally from Youghal, John Liddy moved to Limerick when he was four and grew up in the city and became very much part of Limerick’s literary scene. There is a photograph of John hanging on the hallowed walls of The White House ...

22 Jul 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Faith and Art – Bahá’í Cultural Contribution to Limerick Life

This year the Bahá’í Faith commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the first Bahá’í administrative bodies in Limerick and Cork. As there is no clergy in the Bahá’í Faith, these elected administrative bodies are ...

15 Jul 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: A writer’s love affair with Limerick

Frances Browner’s poetry has been featured on Limerick’s Poetry Trail, Poetry Walls and ‘Bring your Limericks to Limerick’. Although she grew up in Dublin, lived in New York for twenty years and now resides in Greystones, Co. ...

15 Apr 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Limerick’s fine art tradition

Limerick has had famous artists in the past. So, before we come to consider Michael Collins (Miceál Ó Coileáin) let’s look at who came before him and in so doing see where Ó'Coileáin fits in that continuum. Michael lives and ...

22 Apr 2021 at 17:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Knockaderry to the ‘King of the hill’ - Kieran Beville

Many famous people have come from Limerick – people in arts, entertainment, media, business, science, politics, sport etc. This week I want to focus the spotlight on a man in the world of healthcare, which seems ...

01 Apr 2021 at 15:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: The importance of being Myles

Myles Breen is a Limerick legend! I first met him at UCC in 1984 when we were engaged in postgraduate studies in Education. We both auditioned for a part in a UCC Dramatic Society play by Samuel Beckett. Myles ...

27 May 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Keeping alive our literary traditions alive - Kieran Beville

The pandemic has impacted on all of us in various ways. Covid restrictions are especially difficult for business and artistic communities locally, nationally and internationally. Many artists, writers and ...

25 Feb 2021 at 15:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Making art in the digital age - Kieran Beville

A generation ago in Limerick and elsewhere throughout Ireland children used to read and swap comics. I remember ‘progressing’ from the gateway visuals and childish stories of The Beano and The Dandy to ...

04 Mar 2021 at 16:10

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Talkin’ ‘bout my generation

Several outstanding events took place in 1969 – the rock music festival, ‘Woodstock’ was held on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, which, according to the lyrics of the song, composed by Joni ...

24 Jun 2021 at 14:00

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