Cookies Policy
Last Updated: January 2026This Cookies Policy explains how Limerick Herald ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website located at https://limerickherald.com. This policy explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
Please read this Cookies Policy carefully to understand how we use cookies and your choices regarding their use. By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Limerick Herald) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2. Why do we use Cookies?
We use cookies for several purposes to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
- Analytics and Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
3. How can I control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas may be restricted.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit the relevant browser help pages:
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Google AdSense: We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
5. Do Not Track
Please note that we do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals in web browsers at this time.
6. Updates to this Cookies Policy
Limerick Herald may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy frequently to stay informed of how we are using cookies. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to this Cookies Policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact Limerick Herald at:
Email: [email protected]
Address:
42 O'Connell Street
Limerick, V94 YX28
Ireland
You can also contact us using the details provided in our Privacy Policy.