Petula Martyn

Mid West correspondent with RTÉ News, covering Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary. Views expressed are my own.

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Strike action underway at Nenagh Hospital, HSE Mid West. Members of Forsa, SIPTU and INMO are on the picket line. @rtenews

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Email sent to students warning them over vandalism caused to vacant house in College Court, Castletroy https://t.co/iYCN1xWb7Z

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100 years on, the people of Dromcollogher, Co Limerick still remember the devastating cinema fire that claimed 48 lives. Tonight on #RTENationwide we revisit this tragic chapter in Irish history on #RTENationwide Friday 25th September @RTEOne 7pm @Limerick_Leader @Limerick_ie RT

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Man captured after escaping custody from Newcastle District Court https://t.co/KUeQJ5hTRm

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President Donald Trump leaves Doonbeg on Marine One on the way to Shannon Airport before he departs Ireland for the United States. @rtenews

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Protesters have shown up in bigger numbers in the village of Doonbeg today, many were demonstrating President Trump’s arrival in Ireland at Shannon Airport yesterday. They are chanting “Free, free Palestine”.

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US President Donald Trump arrives in Doonbeg, flying over the village on his way to Trump International and the Irish Open on Marine One.

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President Donald Trump on Air Force 1 flying over Trump International and the village of Doonbeg on the way to Shannon Airport. @rtenews

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Distressing video widely shared on social media did not occur at University Hospital Limerick.
https://t.co/OCcCZ1EWsL

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Man, 19, facing new charges over fatal Limerick crash https://t.co/LQUTpPIWDB

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Christy Keane to face trial over €70k cocaine seizure in Limerick https://t.co/H76xVdlhTi

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Aerial support over Slievenamon again today in efforts to contain the wildfire in Tipperary. #slievenamon #wildfire

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Tom Morrissey worked with local farmers to dampen forest roads on Slievenamon to help tackle the wildfire.

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Tipperary Fire Service went on reconnaissance with the Irish Air Corps to get an aerial view of fire on Slievenamon.

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Helicopter collecting water at a quarry in south Tipperary to pour over the wildfires on Slievenamon. #wildfires

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Good piece by Rob Sutton - Heartbreak to heroism: How Limerick’s hurlers helped reinvent the county in public’s eye

https://t.co/YYVl0eZhUq

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Positive community stories including a focus on a County Limerick GAA club which broke a record that has not been beaten in the 40 years since on #RTENationwide Friday 26th June @RTEOne 7pm @LimerickHour @Limerick_ie @limerickpost @mattoceallaigh @Limerick_Leader @officialgaa RT