Arrest warrant for Limerick couple charged with not sending child to school
A JUDGE has ordered the arrest of parents who failed to turn up in court to answer charges of not sending their child to school. Judge Carol Anne Coolican heard that defendants Mike and Margaret Thomas...
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Date set for trial of Limerick detective and businessman on corruption charges
A LIMERICK Detective Garda and a businessman are to go on trial next May charged with corruption offences. A trial date of May 2, 2023 was fixed when the case was brought up for mention before Ms...
View ArticleDrugs destined for Limerick seized at airport
DRUGS with an estimated street value of €40,000, that were destined for an address in Limerick City, were seized by Revenue officers at Shannon Airport this afternoon. The drugs, herbal cannabis, were...
View ArticleLimerick man unwittingly handed bank card to ‘courier’ scammers
A LIMERICK man has fallen foul of daring conmen who stole almost €4,000 from his bank account as part of a nationwide scam. According to Sergeant Ber Leetch, Crime Prevention Officer at Henry Street...
View Article#BREAKING – Two charged over death of 4-year-old Limerick boy
TWO people are due to appear in court this morning in relation to the death of a four-year-old boy in Limerick last year. Mason TJ O’Connell-Conway sustained serious head injuries following an incident...
View ArticleGardaí seize drugs and cash in raids at Limerick City estate
GARDAÍ seized a large quantity of cash along with €24,000 worth of heroin, cocaine and alprazolam, in a number of planned search operations in St Mary’s Park yesterday. A Garda spokeswoman said the...
View ArticleLimerick students warned about making theft easy
STUDENTS and people living in shared accommodation are being warned that everyone in the house needs to learn to lock up after €4,000 worth of goods was stolen by a thief who walked into a home in...
View Article#BREAKING – Father and his partner charged over murder of 4-year-old Limerick...
A FOUR-year old boy’s father and his partner have been charged in connection with his murder in Limerick last year. Mason O’Connell Conway was found with serious injuries at a house in Rathbane,...
View ArticlePunches thrown as County Limerick mothers fought over drunk teen
A ROW that started with an irate mother and a drunken 16-year old, escalated into a full-blown court hearing and charges of assault. Newcastle West District Court heard a saga of kicking, punching,...
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Companies fined €225,000 over worker deaths off Limerick bridge
TWO companies have been fined a total of €225,000 for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act that led to the drownings of two stonemasons in Limerick City seven years ago. Bryan Whelan (29) of...
View ArticleJudge imposes ban on naming parties in Limerick child murder case
A WOMAN charged with murdering a four year old Limerick boy can no longer be named publicly, after a judge imposed reporting restrictions on all parties involved in the case. Judge Carol Anne Coolican...
View ArticleLimerick pensioner rammed jeep with tractor prongs in heated row
A COURT has heard how a County Limerick pensioner repeatedly rammed a jeep with the sharp prongs of a tractor, as a teenager sat inside, in a row over payment for silage bales. Convicting Harry...
View ArticleLimerick family to oppose murderer’s bid for freedom
THE FAMILY of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins have said they will object in the strongest possible terms to his killer being freed early. The 35-year old father of two was shot and fatally...
View ArticleMother wants judge to lift order preventing dead son being named
THE mother of a four-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered has appealed to the courts to lift an order imposed by a judge that prevents her from publicly naming her dead son. A woman and a man were...
View ArticleLimerick gang assets seized in CAB raids
THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) conducted a search operation in counties Donegal, Limerick and Cork earlier today, targeting the activities of a Limerick based criminal gang. The operation was...
View ArticleCourt conviction for Limerick driver who swerved to avoid child
A DRIVER who claimed he swerved and ended up trapped in his work van in a ditch to avoid hitting a child on the road was convicted of careless driving and fined in a Limerick court this week. Patrick...
View ArticleLimerick drink driving charge struck out because car couldn’t be driven
A GARDA told a court how he found a jeep in the middle of the road in Kilmallock with smoke belching from under the bonnet and two men inside, one with his chest covered in vomit. Garda Jerry O’Connor...
View Article290 Limerick people sentenced to prison last year
LIMERICK had one of the highest numbers of people per head of population sent to prison last year. Figures from the Irish Prison Service (IPS), based on the home addresses of people who received...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for Limerick man who sent sexually explicit videos to TD
A COUNTY Limerick man who pleaded guilty to harassing Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has been given a suspended one year prison sentence and ordered to stay away from Leinster House at Dublin...
View ArticleGarda alert over Limerick farm robberies
GARDAÍ are advising Limerick landowners to be on the alert for opportunist thieves after a number of robberies from farms over recent weeks. AN Ivor Williams 505 hunter horse box was stolen from a yard...
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