Alleged Islamic State member Lisa Smith to spend weekend in prison after bail...
FORMER Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, who is to be tried on a charge of membership of the terrorist organisation Isis, is due to spend the weekend in Limerick prison, despite being granted...
View ArticleGardaí investigating ‘hit and run’ after car ‘struck’ man walking with boy
GARDAÍ are investigating a “hit and run” after a car mounted a footpath and struck a Limerick man who was walking with a boy in Thomondgate on Saturday night, December 21. The 31-year-old pedestrian...
View ArticleMan detained in Rose Hanrahan murder investigation
THE main suspect in the Garda investigation into the murder of Limerick pensioner Rose Hanrahan has been detained under a European arrest warrant. Although Gardaí have released no details about the...
View ArticleFour men and boy arrested in connection with “weapons” probe as Gardaí and...
FOUR men and a boy have been arrested in connection with an alleged violent incident in which a number of individuals armed themselves with an assortment of weapons in Limerick, on January 4. The five...
View ArticleRomanian man charged with murder of limerick pensioner, remanded in...
A ROMANIAN man has been further remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a Limerick pensioner just over two years ago. Alexandru Iordache, 45, with an address at Dreptatii Street, Bucharest, is...
View ArticleMan arrested and €1,900 of Crack Cocaine Seized in Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 20s and seized approximately €1,900 of suspected crack cocaine in Limerick on January 28, 2020. Shortly before 11am, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit stopped a...
View Article€3,300 of suspected drugs and cash seized in Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 40s and seized €3,300 of suspected drugs and cash in Limerick on January 29, 2020. Shortly before 5pm, Gardaí from the Divisional Drug Unit were patrolling on Upper...
View ArticleMan arrested and charged following robbery and burglary in Limerick
Gardaí have arrested a man in his 20s in relation to a burglary and a robbery that occurred on February 2, 2020 in Co. Limerick. At approximately 6am, Gardaí received a report that a man had been...
View ArticleMan Arrested and €28,100 of Drugs Seized in Dooradoyle Co Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 20 and seized €28,100 worth of suspected drugs in Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick on February 9, 2020. Shortly before 12midday, Gardaí from the Divisional Drug Unit in...
View ArticleUniversity of Limerick researchers help Brazilian police combat distribution...
A GROUP of researchers at the University of Limerick have teamed up with federal police in Brazil to combat the distribution of child pornography on the dark web. The research, recently published in...
View ArticleMan arrested following burglary at a pharmacy on Corbally Road, Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 30s in relation to a burglary at a pharmacy on Corbally Road, Co. Limerick on February 23, 2020. Shortly after 3am, Gardaí in Mayorstone Park Garda Station received a...
View ArticleYouth arrested in connection with alleged assault on female Garda
A FEMALE Garda was receiving hospital treatment for injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by a male youth in Limerick city over the weekend. The garda was responding to a report of a number of...
View ArticleCrack cocaine supermarkets causing chaos
CRACK houses are operating like supermarkets as a surge in cocaine use sweeps across Limerick city, local politicians have told the Limerick Post. Ballynanty-based Sinn Fein TD Maurice Quinlivan warned...
View ArticleSpike in antisocial behaviour in Ballinacurra Gardens
BALLINACURRA Gardens has suffered a spike in antisocial behaviour over the past year from raucous teens holding “alcohol-fuelled parties”, according to local residents. One resident, who asked not to...
View ArticleOne man arrested and €45,100 of drugs seized in Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 50s and seized €45,100 of suspected drugs in the Moyross area of Limerick on the 9th March, 2020. As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of...
View ArticleThree arrested after Gardaí recover suspected heroin, cocaine and cannabis...
GARDAÍ have arrested three people and recovered suspected heroin, cocaine and cannabis herb, during planned searches at two homes on the south of Limerick City on Thursday, March 12. The raids, which...
View ArticleGardaí do not suspect foul play after woman’s body discovered in house
GARDAÍ do not suspect foul play in their investigations into the discovery of a woman’s body at a house in Limerick on Friday, March 13. A Garda spokeswoman confirmed Gardaí attached to Mayorstone Park...
View ArticleMan arrested following robbery at a Limerick Off-Licence
GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 50s in relation to a robbery at an off-licence on Parnell Street, Limerick on March 14, 2020. Shortly before 2.30pm Gardaí from Roxboro Road received a report of a...
View ArticleGardaí investigating after horse injured during road traffic collision in...
GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses, particularly motorists with dashcams, as they investigate a road traffic collision in which a horse was injured during an illegal sulky race in Co Limerick. The...
View Article€25,000 of suspected heroin seized in Limerick
GARDAÍ have arrested a man and seized €25,000 worth of suspected heroin in Limerick city on March 25, 2020. Shortly before 1pm, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Limerick, with the assistance...
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