Man charged over Limerick City slash hook attack
A 50-year-old Limerick man has been charged in connection with a slash hook attack in Limerick City in the early hours of Sunday morning. Mark Connery of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect appeared before...
View ArticleLimerick brothers stole from employer to pay drug debt
TWO Limerick brothers have been remanded on bail after they admitted stealing more than €8,000 worth of Apple electronics and video game consoles from their employer to pay off a debt to a drug dealer....
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Detector dog Harvey sniffs out drugs haul at Shannon Airport
REVENUE officers seized 7.5 kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €146,000, at Shannon Airport earlier today. The illegal drugs were discovered with the assistance of detector dog Harley...
View ArticleFraud warning to Limerick people seeking love online
GARDAÍ in Limerick are warning those seeking love online to be wary of romance fraudsters after a woman in her thirties from the Mungret area opened her heart to a man she met on the internet. The man...
View ArticleRetrial of Jason Corbett’s killers may not be held until autumn
THE retrial of father and daughter Tom and Molly Martens for the murder of Limerick man Jason Corbett may not be held until next autumn. An administrative hearing at Davidson County Superior Court in...
View ArticleFamily want public enquiry into folk park death
THE family of a man found dead in Bunratty Folk Park 38 years ago are calling for an independent investigation into his death. Patrick Nugent was the banqueting manager at the Mid West tourist...
View ArticleWoman arrested after Limerick drugs seizure
GARDAÍ have seized €211,000 worth of controlled drugs and arrested a woman in her 40s following a stop and search operation on the outskirts of Limerick City yesterday. Gardaí from the Limerick...
View ArticleWoman head-butted and racially abused in Limerick attack
A 67-year old Kenyan native, who has been living and working in Limerick City for twenty years, revealed how she was attacked, racially abused, head butted and assaulted by a man who repeatedly hit her...
View ArticleLimerick woman awarded €126,000 for city bus injury
THE High Court has awarded more than €126,000 to a Limerick City woman who was injured when the bus she was travelling in slowed down suddenly to avoid a collision. Jennifer Quaid (38), a mother-of-two...
View ArticleLimerick man on trial for Shannon nightclub murder
A LIMERICK man who denies murdering a 23-year-old man at a nightclub in Shannon four years ago has told a court that he is guilty of manslaughter. Nathan O’Neill of Hill Top Drive, Dooradoyle was...
View ArticleLimerick domestic abuse service hit by cyber attack
LIMERICK-based domestic abuse services provider ADAPT has informed the office of the Data Protection Commissioner that a cyber-attack took place on part of its IT system on Tuesday, March 15. In a...
View ArticleMan arrested after €700,000 heroin seizure
GARDAÍ seized €700,000 of suspected heroin and arrested a man following a search operation on the Clare/Limerick border earlier today. Searches were conducted on lands in the Ardnacrusha area by the...
View ArticleMan arrested in drugs operation released without charge
THE man arrested after Gardaí seized €700,000 of suspected heroin in a search operation on the Clare/Limerick border on Friday has been released without charge. A statement released by the Garda press...
View ArticleWoman injured in Limerick City hit and run
GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses to a hit and run in Limerick City overnight in which a female pedestrian injured. The incident, involving a car, occurred at William Street between midnight and 1am....
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Companies admit safety breaches that led to deaths of bridge workers
TWO companies have pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court to breaching safety laws which led to the deaths of two stonemasons who drowned while carrying out work on a bridge in Limerick City...
View ArticleMan admits producing and selling child pornography
A MAN has pleaded guilty to producing, sharing and selling sexual images and videos of children through the Skype communications app. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted several...
View ArticleFormer badminton champion admits buying children from their mothers for his...
A FORMER Kerry badminton champion has admitted buying children from their mothers for his sexual gratification and encouraged activities for the distribution, sale or display of child pornography at a...
View ArticleLimerick farmer awarded €10 000 for injuries caused by one ton bull
A MART operator has been ordered to pay €10,000 in personal damages to a young female Limerick dairy farmer from injuries she sustained after a one ton bull escaped from a pen at Ennis Mart five years...
View ArticleJury fails to agree verdict in Limerick man’s murder trial
THE trial of a Limerick man accused of murdering a 23-year-old man in a Shannon nightclub four years ago ended yesterday when the jury failed to reach a verdict. Nathan O’Neill of Hill Top Drive,...
View ArticleSix new outreach centres for women experiencing abuse in Limerick
SIX new centres for women experiencing domestic abuse have opened throughout Limerick city and county. The new outreach service provided by Adapt House has expanded to two new venues in the city and...
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