Europol sneak thieves targeted elderly Limerick shopper
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie TWO Bulgarian women, with Europol profiles as sneak thieves, have been jailed for targeting an elderly shopper and stealing her wallet and cash from her bag as she...
View ArticleWoman stabbed in head as she sat in her car
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie A 22-year-old woman was recovering after she was stabbed in the head in Limerick city centre last Tuesday while she sat in her car. Henry Street Gardaí are seeking...
View ArticleNotorious criminal arrested over violent attack
FOUR men, including one notorious Limerick criminal remain in custody this Friday following their arrest on Thursday in connection with a violent assault where masked men beat and stabbed their victim...
View ArticleSniffer dog detect men with ingested cocaine pellets at Shannon Airport
€60,000 worth of cocaine that had been ingested in the form of pellets by two men was detected by “Ollie” the sniffer dog at Shannon Airport in Easter Sunday last. Officials say that during routine...
View ArticleFour males released over violent attack
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie All four males arrested in connection with a violent attack in Limerick last February have been released without charge following their arrest on Thursday. A...
View ArticleSteve to steer his family through another nightmare
Andrew Carey | andrew@limerickpost.ie EVIL entered the lives of the Collins family on April 9, 2009 when 34 year-old Roy Collins was murdered in broad daylight outside his Limerick amusement arcade at...
View ArticleThe murder that moved a city
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie IT WAS seen as one of the watershed moments of Limerick history when thousands of people took to the city streets wearing red in the memory of murdered Roy Collins....
View ArticleDundon and Killeen trial adjourned for prison recordings to be disclosed
Andrew Carey at the Special Criminal Court, Dublin andrew@limerickpost.ie THE trial of two Limerick men, Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen accused of the murder of businessman Roy Collins in 2009, has...
View ArticleSyrian Kurd told sleep on the streets
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie A SYRIAN Kurd who was looking for food and accommodations at a Limerick city hostel smashed two CCTV cameras with a vacuum cleaner when he was refused admission and...
View ArticleLimerick man to face trial over death of teenage passenger
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie A 25-YEAR-old driver is to face trial at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court over the death of one of his passengers after a road traffic collision on the outskirts of...
View ArticleIRA man allowed to travel to Lithuania for holiday
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie A LIMERICK man convicted of being a member of the IRA has been allowed travel to Lithuania on a family holiday while awaiting sentence by the Special Criminal...
View ArticleTrial adjourned to allow accused attend mother’s funeral
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie A MAN on trial for the murder of Roy Collins has been given permission to attend his mother’s funeral later this week. Lawyers for Nathan Killeen, with an address a...
View ArticleMurder accused returned for removal amid tight security
THE man charged with being the getaway driver in the murder of Roy Collins has been escorted to Limerick under armed guard to visit the remains of his deceased mother ahead of her funeral mass....
View ArticleIt’s not just porridge for prisoners
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie IT WAS once the most famous dish associated with prisoners but the plain bowl of porridge must now make room to accommodate other such menu items as fresh fruit,...
View ArticleJudge asked not to record conviction against Limerick sex offender
LAWYERS for a 37-year-old Limerick man who sexually abused a six year old boy in a wooded area during the summer of 1993 have asked a sentencing judge to consider applying the probation act and not...
View ArticleCourt hears Gareth Collins to give evidence against Dundon and Killeen
Andrew Carey at the Special Criminal Court FORMER McCarthy Dundon gang associate, Gareth Collins who is a brother of State witness April Collins – the mother of three children with convicted criminal...
View ArticleCourt hears Dundon ordered murder from prison cell
Andrew Carey at Special Criminal Court andrew@limerickpost.ie A MURDER trial has heard that a former McCarthy Dundon gang member was asked to be a getaway driver for a man who would “whack” Limerick...
View ArticleCouncil seeks exclusion order for 20-year-old accused
LIMERICK City Council is seeking a court order to have a 20-year-old excluded from a local housing estate over due to their ongoing concerns over alleged criminal and anti social behaviour. The local...
View ArticleCollins murder trial resumes amid legal argument as killer expected to give...
Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie THE TRIAL of two Limerick men charged with the murder of Roy Collins over five years ago will resume today amid legal argument over voice recognition. Wayne Dundon,...
View ArticleCollins murder trial hears from former State witness
Andrew Carey at the Special Criminal Court APRIL Collins has denied that she was told by a garda that she would not go to prison for intimidating a witness in the wake of making statements against...
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