the artifacts became more urgent. The Hunt Museums Trust was established in 1974 to hold the Collection and the property at Craggaunowen (a 16th-century four-storey tower house, typical of late medieval Ireland, purchased and restored by John and Gertrude Hunt) in trust on behalf of the people of Ireland. The trust established The Hunt Museum Ltd., the sole purpose of which was the establishment of a permanent home for the museum. Under the chairmanship of Dr Tony Ryan, this company provided the necessary energy to create the museum as we see it today. A public private partnership involving the University of Limerick, Shannon Development, Limerick Corporation and the Department of Arts, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, linked with local business interests secured the historic 18th-century former CustomsThe Western- and Gulf-backed rebel opposition said Russia should stop bombing them and end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before suggesting any sort of cooperation.

"Russia is bombing the Free Syrian Army and now it wants to cooperate with us, while it remains committed to Assad? We don't understand Russia at all," said Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Saoud, a spokesman for Division 13, an FSA rebel group.

In an apparent policy switch, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday told Russian television that the Russia Air Force, which has been hitting targets in Syria since September 30, could support the "patriotic opposition, including the so-called Free Syrian Army, from the air."

He added the United States should provide the location and contact of groups fighting the "Islamic State" and terrorism.

But