Man sexually exploited two girls at house in Limerick
A KERRY man has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting two 11 year-old girls at a house in Limerick. The man, who the court ordered could not be named, also admitted...
View ArticleLimerick students targeted by WhatsApp social media scam
GARDAÍ have urged people not to engage with a WhatsApp social media scam circulating among secondary school students which attempts to blackmail them by threatening to circulate fake intimate photos of...
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 ArticleLimerick Gardaí warn of Easter chocolate scam
A SCAM aimed at chocoholics which promises to deliver a basket of chocolate goodies is in fact an attempt to extract personal information, Limerick Crime Prevention Garda John Finnerty has warned. The...
View ArticleGarda appeal after vicious Limerick City assault
GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses to a vicious and unprovoked assault on a man in Corbally last Thursday evening. The 31-year old man was walking at around 8.25pm along the Canal Bank close to Grove...
View ArticleInquest told Limerick man was killed in Australian outback
THE CASE of a County Limerick man who disappeared in the Australian outback is being revisited by the authorities there. Paddy Moriarty (70), a native of Abbeyfeale, has not been seen since he left a...
View ArticleGarda chief to consider the effects of unlawful Limerick arrest case
THE Garda Commissioner is to consider the effects of a ruling by a Circuit Court Judge who found that a man was unlawfully arrested at a checkpoint in County Limerick because the arresting Garda told...
View ArticleMartens appeal for money to fund murder retrial costs
THE FATHER and daughter convicted of murdering Limerick father-of-two, Jason Corbett, have had an online appeal launched on their behalf to fund their legal costs in a retrial. The Janesboro...
View ArticleLimerick Garda warning of laptop theft
LIMERICK people going on holidays or taking off for the bank holiday weekend are being warned to be extra vigilant with their laptops. Garda John Finnerty of the Limerick Garda Crime Prevention Unit...
View ArticleFormer Limerick soccer star died after city assault
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former junior international soccer player who died after being assaulted in Limerick City last night. The victim, named locally as 48 year-old Alan Bourke, a native of St...
View ArticleLimerick fatal assault victim to be buried on Friday
SOCCER and rugby clubs will provide guards of honour at the funeral of one of their former stars who was fatally assaulted in Limerick City last week. Alan Bourke, (48), a native of St Mary’s Park, was...
View ArticleGarda inquiries continue as Limerick fatal assault victim buried
A LIMERICK father who died after being assaulted last week was remembered at his funeral today (Friday) as having led a “great sporting life” culminating in playing soccer and rugby for Ireland....
View Article#BREAKING: Two arrested in relation to fatal assault
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke at Colbert Station Plaza in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15 have arrested two men this afternoon. The men, who are in...
View Article#BREAKING: Man charged in relation to Limerick fatal assault
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke at the Colbert Station Plaza, Parnell Street in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15 have charged one man in relation to...
View Article#BREAKING: Limerick man charged with robbing fatal assault victim
A 35-year old unemployed Limerick man has appeared in court charged with robbing the late Alan Bourke of cans of alcohol and a bicycle in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15. At a special sitting of...
View Article#BREAKING: Second man charged in Limerick fatal assault investigation
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke on Good Friday, April 15, have charged a second man in connection with the investigation. The man, who is aged in his 30s, is...
View ArticleLimerick man charged with assault and robbery of fatal attack victim
A 38-year old unemployed Limerick man has appeared in court charged with the assault and robbery of Alan Bourke who died in University Hospital Limerick after being found seriously injured on the...
View ArticleLimerick recycling firm ordered to pay €10 000 donation over safety breaches
A COURT has ordered a Limerick recycling firm to pay a €10,000 donation to help Ukraine refugees after it admitted breaching waste management legislation by not having fire safety equipment to deal...
View ArticleNo justice for Jeffrey Hannan as Garda leads run cold
GARDAÍ have “utterly failed” to get justice for murdered Limerick teenager Jeffrey Hannan who was beaten to death 15 years ago, the victim’s father, Alan Hannan, has told the Limerick Post. Mr Hannan’s...
View ArticleFather of murdered Limerick teen ‘devastated’ as investigations run cold
THE family of murdered Limerick teenager Jeffrey Hannan, who was beaten to death with a hatchet 15 years ago, have all but abandoned hope that his killer will ever be brought to justice. Alan Hannan,...
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