Speculation mounts that Bill Clinton will stay at JP McManus’s home during Limerick visit
Posted in Governance and administration on September 30th, 2012 by steve
“Speculation is rife that former US president Bill Clinton will stay at the family home of JP McManus in Martinstown, Kilmallock when he visits Limerick in November. The 42nd president of the US will be the guest of honour at the annual All-Ireland Scholarship awards ceremony which is to be held in the University Concert Hall on November 17 …” (more)
[Aine Fitzgerald, Limerick Leader, 30 September]
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