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Muireann O'Connell (born 1983) [1] is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and podcaster from Dooradoyle, County Limerick, [2] known for her work on Virgin Media Ireland and Today FM. [3] [2] [4] [5] She has presented Ireland AM and The 6 O'Clock Show on Virgin Media One. [6] She co-hosts a podcast, And Another Thing with comedian Emma ...
A limerick is a type of humorous verse of five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme: the poem's connection with the city is obscure, but the name is generally taken to be a reference to Limerick city or County Limerick, [57] sometimes, particularly to the Maigue Poets, and may derive from an earlier form of nonsense verse parlour game that ...
The station was launched from O'Connell Street in Limerick as "New 95fm" on 6 November 1997, replacing Limerick 95, after Limerick 95 lost its license to broadcast. The 95FM frequency was on the test tone before "New 95fm" took over. "Dreams", by Limerick band The Cranberries, was the first song to be aired on the station. In the 1990s, the ...
The Limerick to Foynes Railway is a 42 kilometres (26 mi) mothballed line in County Limerick, Ireland that connected the city of Limerick with the port of Foynes. A tender was published, for the works to reopen the line, in mid-2022. [1] These works, starting with the clearing of vegetation, had begun by late 2022. [2]
Limerick Leader offices, O'Connell Street. The Limerick Leader is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889. [1] The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City. The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County and West , with a small selection of content differing between ...
Limerick Pride is a week-long annual event in Limerick, Ireland. Although its history dates back to 2001, with the first official pride event, the Pride parade was not introduced until 2007. [ 1 ]
On 25 August 1959, Limerick's best known department store was the scene of the city's largest and most destructive fire. Todd's which occupied a large city block fronting onto O'Connell Street (now occupied by Brown Thomas) and William Street went on fire following an electrical fault. [ 3 ]
It was reported on the Today FM Ray Darcy show as being the biggest pre-order Irish album of the year. [ citation needed ] In August 2012 they performed a series of 12 shows at the world's biggest Arts Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe , and gained traction with sold-out shows, an appearance on BBC3's "Best of the Fringe", and a number of ...