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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- General
- Irish Examiner
€900k period home with O'Malley political clan links is for sale in Limerick
pt Corbally, Co Limerick €900,000 Size 246 sq m (2648 sq ft) Bedrooms 6 Bathrooms 3 BER Exempt ROSENEATH House could give period drama Downton Abbey a run for its money, given the 'Who's Who' of Limerick nobility that lived there. Over its c 200-year history, the Limerick Georgian property has housed men of the cloth, doctors, politicians, military officers — even an Aga Khan trophy winner. If the latter sounds like a Julian Fellowes plotline, here's another: One unfortunate resident died of 'severe scald and shock in her bath' at Roseneath. High drama indeed. The roots of this stately-looking Corbelly home on Mill Rd can be traced to a former mayor of Limerick, Pierce Shannon. He granted a lease to a Robert Rodger in 1837. Roger invested £1,200 to build Roseneath, which had the same purchasing power as buying 80 horses, 224 cows, 2,000 stones of wool, a great deal of wheat, and pay the wages of skilled tradesmen for 6,000 days - or so says the currency converter. The house went between various Rodger ownerships, before being left to a son-in-law, Charles Broderick Garde, from Ballymaloe Cottage, Cloyne, Co Cork, in 1876. In the 1880s, it passed to the George family of Limerick City, before being sold in 1897 to Mary Jane O'Brien, whose unfortunate sister, Emma Margaret Hobson, died in the bath in 1907. By the 1940s, it was associated with Limerick political royalty, in the ownership of Desmond J and Úna O'Malley, parents of Dessie, founder of the now-defunct Progressive Democrats. (Desmond J was brother of politician Donagh). After the O'Malleys came Major John Gerard O'Dwyer, a member of the Irish showjumping team that won the Aga Khan trophy at the RDS in 1928. Limerick surgeon Edmund A O'Connor had it next, before it was sold in 1956 to Daniel O'Connell, a Limerick-based motor trader. Rosneath has been in O'Connell family ownership since. An impressive property about 3km from the city centre, near secondary school St Munchin's College and primary school Scoil Íde, it comes with an outdoor swimming pool, walled gardens, kitchen garden/orchard and outbuildings. Accommodation is expansive: kitchen, breakfast room, reading room, shower room and three bedrooms on the ground floor; dining room, drawing room and three more bedrooms overhead. It's being sold by joint agents Savills and auctioneer, Joe Wheeler. Michael O'Donovan, of Savills, says the house is in 'pretty good condition', albeit investment would be needed to modernise. Given the calibre of the house and its location, he's expecting overseas interest. 'It's a good period house, in good grounds, and there's always an international piece to something like that. I expect good interest, too, from the local Limerick trade-up market. There aren't too many period homes available in that location,' the agent says. VERDICT: Ideal buyers would be an owner-occupier family with the bobs to future-proof.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Leinster wary of a Scarlets side with nothing to lose
It may only be five weeks since the Scarlets last beat Leinster, but head coach Dwayne Peel says his team face the ultimate challenge if they're to pull off a repeat this afternoon. The Welsh side were 35-22 winners against Leinster in Round 16 of the URC in late April, a surprise win which ultimately proved the difference as they secured a spot in the play-offs, and next season's Champions Cup. As good as the Scarlets were in Llanelli that afternoon, the cavaet is that Leinster fielded a largely second string side, given it was a week before their Champions Cup semi-final against Northampton. Of this afternoon's team for the quarter-final, only five Leinster players started the corresponding game at Parc y Scarlets. And with his side now facing a wounded animal, Peel knows the size of the challenge against the Scarlets "There's no greater task than going to Dublin and we're looking forward to that challenge," Peel (below), a former assistant coach at Ulster, said this week. "We won't shy away from it, you've got to have confidence in your own group when you go there. "As much as they have some world-class names in their group, we've got some pretty good players and we're going to go there and give it the best we can." While Scarlets are significant underdogs, they do have history of pulling off some shocks in Dublin. In 2017 they became the first team to win a Pro12 semi-final away from home when they defeated Leinster at the RDS, and followed that up with another surprise win against Munster in the final at the Aviva Stadium. Eight years on from that incredible and unlikely title, the west Wales club have fallen from grace, and the prospect of them no longer being in the URC beyond 2026 is in play, with the Welsh Rugby Union reportedly considering dropping a professional side, or potentially merging two regions together. With all that going on, their achievement in getting back into play-off rugby is all the more impressive, and their return to Champions Cup rugby next season is a much-needed boost. With that secured, they travel to Dublin with absolutely nothing to lose. "It's going to be a great occasion and a case of embracing it," Peel added. "It's not about chasing five points, it's knockout rugby and it's all on the day. "We want to go further, we want to push a great team in Leinster as far as we can." With their Champions Cup defeat to Northampton still fresh in their memory, Leo Cullen insists there will be no complacency as they look to win three more games to end their four-year wait for silverware. Such is their fear of being seen to be complacent, the Leinster coach was reticent to go into details about whether or not Garry Ringrose would be fit for a potential semi-final next week. "Unfortunately Garry Ringrose is ruled out this week. We'll see what he'll be like if there is another week, but it's the here and now," he told RTÉ Sport. "We're only planning for now this weekend. We've already fallen into that trap, maybe looking too far ahead. "We are fully focused on Scarlets, and the medics will do what's best for Garry." And Cullen (above) says his side are determined to give their supporters something to celebrate this season. "This tournament will always have importance for us, regardless of what had happened up to this point. If we were in Cardiff [for the Champions Cup final], whether we were the winners or losers over there, we would still have the same mindset going into the quarter-final, because this is the bread and butter, the club. "This is, when we go to the fans, trying to sell the season tickets, this is what makes it up. "We feel a responsibility to the fans that have supported us unbelievably well over the course of the season, so hopefully they will see that in the performance of the team, because the team feel we need to put in a proper performance to reward the fans that turn up to watch us."
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Gagnon, Reaugh named to Hockey Hall of Fame media wing
TORONTO – François Gagnon and Daryl Reaugh are this year's inductees into the media wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gagnon will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journalism. Reaugh earns the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as a broadcaster. Gagnon has covered the Montreal Canadiens for over three decades with RDS, La Presse and others. Reaugh, a former goaltender with the Edmonton Oilers and Hartford Whalers, has spent 28 seasons as the Dallas Stars' television colour analyst and worked on national NHL broadcasts. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. They'll be honoured Nov. 10 at the Hall's media awards luncheon in Toronto. This year's Hall of Fame inductees will be announced June 24. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
UP Min directs uninterruptedpower supply in Varanasi
Varanasi: At a meeting with officials of electricity department on Tuesday, UP energy minister Arvind Kumar Sharma reviewed disruptions in power supply during last summer and assessed preparations and actions for the current season. He instructed officials to install multiple sources to ensure uninterrupted power supply at important locations and to improve maintenance work. Officials provided information about ongoing projects in various schemes in Varanasi, stating that the current total connected load in the city was 2152 MW, expected to reach 2976 MW by 2030. Accordingly, a power-related action plan is being prepared for Varanasi. In business plan for 2023-24, 1,329 works related to the capacity enhancement of substations, new distribution transformers and capacity enhancement of transformers in Varanasi district have been approved, out of which 1,326 (99.77%) work was completed. Under the Business Plan for 2024-25, a total of Rs 155.82 crore is allocated for 1219 works to ensure an uninterrupted power supply to consumers, with approximately 75 percent of 829 works completed, and the remaining 384 works are in progress. In the Business Plan for 2025-26, projects worth Rs 2808.72 lakh are being carried out for replacing and installing protection, dilapidated wires, cables, VCBs, LAs, earthing, CRPs, tail-less units, LT ACBs, RMUs, etc. Additionally, remaining overhead lines at various locations in Varanasi are to be converted underground. Under the RDS scheme, works worth Rs 448.5 crore were completed, including replacing open wires with AB cables, capacity enhancement of 11 KV and 33 KV lines, etc. Central govt approved approximately Rs 1,400 crore for modernisation work, which includes construction of 16 new power substations in Varanasi and work related to smart distribution such as SCADA, RMU, and sectionaliser. On completion of the work, power infrastructure of the city will become highly robust. The minister was informed that line shifting in ropeway project, construction of new substations and work related to airport expansion and that installation of smart meters under AMISP scheme was being carried out as per timeline.
Irish Times
7 days ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Freshly Chopped founder Brian Lee to launch Irish fitness racing brand
Irish entrepreneur Brian Lee has established a new business, Tryka, offering a hybrid fitness race league that would be run across a number of events over the course of 12 months. The fitness racing brand has been founded with €500,000 in backing from Mr Lee and other investors. It plans to host its inaugural event indoors in the RDS on October 11th and 12th with registration set to open in the coming weeks. This will be one of four events held in the RDS, with a finale being planned for the Algarve, Portugal in October 2026. The concept has been modelled on the German company Hyrox, a popular indoor fitness competition that will be hosting its own Irish event at the RDS in November, and runs competitions in 30 cities globally. READ MORE Mr Lee, who founded the retail chain Freshly Chopped more than a decade ago, got the idea from competing in the Hyrox events, which have proved popular with fitness competitors. He now wants to launch a competition accessible to all levels of fitness. 'We're at a critically low level of housing stock' for buyers and renters Listen | 33:06 'I want to go after the 5k runner, the mass market, the normal person that wants to do something but not always to win it. It's all about trying not about winning,' he said. The competition comprises eight functional exercises, with participants awarded points for each element. Mr Lee is also seeking to attract corporate clients to the concept, which could introduce a team element to the competition. He said the RDS event would be open to up to 5,500 competitors over the two days, with tickets costing €107 each to enter. Tickets are expected to go on sale in June. He's also hoping to secure apparel, drinks and supplements sponsors for the events and aims to establish partnerships with local gyms and clubs to build 'community engagement'. 'After competing in Hyrox events across Europe, I saw a real gap in the market here. Many people love the idea of hybrid fitness racing, but feel it's out of reach – too intense, too exclusive or just not for them. Tryka is designed to bring fitness racing to the wider public,' Mr Lee said. In 2012, Mr Lee founded Freshly Chopped, a retail food chain that offered a menu of salads and other items. He stepped away from that business in the middle of last year, when it was bought by private equity firm KnightBridge Group. Reflecting in his time with Freshly Chopped, Mr Lee said: 'It was a 13-year journey, something I created. The business was ruined [by Covid lockdowns], 400 staff let go on temporary leave. It was literally roll up the sleeves [after that] ... and the love had gone out of it.' Mr Lee is currently in Japan at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) CEO retreat. He is a member of the EOY alumni board, having been a previous finalist.
