Hoax emergency calls now running at three a week
GARDAÍ, the Limerick City Fire and Rescue service and members of the Limerick Marine Search and Rescue unit are being called to as many as three hoax river rescue calls every week. Over the past two...
View ArticleGardaí using council CCTV test footage to investigate crime
GARDAÍ in County Limerick have already used closed-circuit television footage, which is still in the testing stage, to investigate crimes. The rollout of CCTV coverage for towns and villages in County...
View ArticleNetflix customers warned of scam
NETFLIX customers in Limerick are being warned of a scam that aims to convince them that their account has been suspended. ESET Ireland says that the customers are targeted by emails asking them to...
View ArticleTwo men arrested linked to bogus charity collection in Limerick
Gardaí have arrested 2 men in their 30s and 40s following reports of people distributing leaflets for a suspected fraudulent charity in the Annacotty area of Co. Limerick on the 7th February 2019....
View ArticleMartens should have faced first degree murder charge
KILLERS Molly and Tom Martens should have faced a first degree murder charge for the brutal slaying of Limerick man Jason Corbett in August 2015, their US murder appeal case has heard. US prosecutors,...
View ArticleMan arrested and charged for 4 burglaries in Limerick
Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 20s in relation to 4 burglary incidents that occurred in the Castletroy area of Limerick during the month of February 2019. Gardaí in Henry Street carried...
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Drugs and cars seized as CAB target crime gang
HUNDREDS of thousands of euro worth of motor vehicles and drugs have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) this Tuesday after officers arrested one man and searched five homes and one...
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Update – CAB Search and Arrest Operation Co Limerick- 42-year-old man...
A 42-YEAR-OLD man arrested as part of a Criminal Assests Bureau (CAB) search operation in County Limerick this morning, Tuesday 12th February, 2019 has been released without charge. A file will be...
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Jailed anti eviction campaigner refuses to purge contempt
ANTI-eviction protestors staged a vigil outside Limerick Prison on Friday, February 8, when they called for the immediate release of a man who was jailed for contempt of court. Brian McCarthy (47) who...
View ArticleConsumers and retailers urged to take precautions with an increase in phone...
An Garda Síochána in association with the FraudSMART, a fraud awareness initiative led by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), are advising consumers to be on the alert to a phone scam in...
View ArticleMan arrested and charged for burglary in Croom, Co Limerick
Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 20s following a burglary at a house in Croom, Co. Limerick on the 8th February 2019. Shortly after 5pm, Gardaí received a report of a break in at house in...
View ArticleMan in serious condition following Limerick stabbing
A STABBING incident at a Limerick housing estate is under investigation this Thursday morning as a man in his 20s recovers in hospital with serious injuries. Gardai were called to an estate on the Fr...
View ArticleJuvenile arrested and charged – Burglary in Dungeeha, Co Limerick
Gardaí have arrested and charged a juvenile in his late teens in relation to a burglary at a business premises in Dungeeha, Co Limerick on the night of the 3rd January 2019. Following an investigation...
View ArticleArrests made and drugs with estimated street value of €320,000 seized in...
Gardaí from the Limerick Divisional Drug Unit, Mayorstone Crime Unit and the Garda Armed Support Unit have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €320,000 On Friday 1st March 2019, searches...
View ArticleMan arrested over Garda stabbing
A MAN has been arrested after a Garda was stabbed in a Limerick housing estate on Sunday night. Gardai were responding to an incident on Sunday evening at the Bruach na Sionna housing estate in...
View Article€8500 worth of drugs seized in Raheen
Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 50s in relation to the seizure of €8,5000 worth of suspected cocaine and cannabis herb following a search at a house in Raheen, Co Limerick on the 6th...
View ArticleLimerick farmers told not to confront trespassers
WEST Limerick farmers are being warned not to confront “roving bandits” trespassing on lands and illegally hunting hares. The issue “that has been going on for years”, is causing damage to property by...
View ArticleWest Limerick sees rise in internet crime
GARDAI in Newcastle West have warned of a significant rise in the number of fraud and economic crimes in the last year. Speaking at this Wednesday’s meeting of the Newcastle West Joint Policing Sub...
View ArticleGardaí to investigate ‘vile’ racist video
A RACIST video of “vile” hate speech posted on social media by a Limerick man commenting on foreign nationals in the city will be investigated by Limerick Gardaí. The video, shared in an unauthorised...
View ArticleMan arrested and charged following robbery at a takeaway on Parnell Street
GARDAÍ have arrested and charged a man in his late 40s in relation to a robbery at a takeaway on Parnell Street, Co Limerick on March 11, 2019. Shortly after 9pm a man armed with a knife entered the...
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