#BREAKING: Man arrested after armed robbery at Limerick off-licence
GARDAÍ have arrested a man following the armed robbery of an off-licence on the Corbally Road in Limerick City on Monday night. At around 9:30pm, Gardaí received report of an incident where a man...
View ArticleYoung Limerick driver had two crashes in four months
A YOUNG driver who panicked and drove away from a crash when the other party said he was calling the guards had another crash just four months later, a court heard. Ricky Houlihan (20) of Mullally...
View ArticleLimerick teenager lucky assault victim took charitable view
A TEENAGER who broke another boy’s teeth by punching him in the face and head repeatedly was very lucky his victim took a charitable view of the matter. Cian Lonergan (18) of Canon Lee Estate,...
View ArticleGarda drug raids as Limerick gang forms alliance with UK criminals
GARDAÍ seized a large amount of suspected cocaine during raids on properties in the Limerick City strongholds of the Dundon McCarthy crime gang, who it is feared have enlisted UK gang members to sell...
View ArticleLimerick domestic violence victims waiting four weeks for court protection
VICTIMS of domestic and gender-based violence in Limerick are waiting up to four weeks to receive temporary protection orders from the district and circuit courts. That’s according to Limerick Sinn...
View ArticleDistrict Court President meets Limerick justice practitioners
THE President of the District Court was told of the pressures facing the local judicial process when he visited the Mulgrave Street courts complex in Limerick City today. Judge Paul Kelly met with...
View ArticleLimerick driver crashed a week after court ban ended
A UNINSURED driver crashed his car into a wall just seven days after his licence was restored following a ban that had him off the road. Before Kilmallock District Court, Jake Rainsford (23), with an...
View ArticleLimerick students fall prey to rental scams
GARDAÍ in Limerick have issued a warning about rental scams after a number of students, under pressure to source accommodation in the ongoing rental crisis, were victims of scammers in recent weeks....
View ArticleEnd of ‘slopping out’ in Limerick Prison as compensation costs mount
WITH inmates at Limerick Prison no longer obliged to urinate and defecate in buckets since earlier this year, there are now only eight prisoners across the 4,409 bed capacity Irish prison system forced...
View ArticleVenue switch for Limerick man’s murder retrial
THE father and daughter convicted of murdering a Limerick businessman have succeeded in having their retrial transferred to another part of the US State where the killing took place. Molly Martens (38)...
View ArticleLimerick man jailed for sexual abuse of partner’s young daughter
A LIMERICK man who repeatedly sexually abused his partner’s daughter over a two-year period when she was a child has been jailed for 12 years. The 59-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the...
View ArticleLimerick Garda warning over investment fraud
GARDAÍ in Limerick are noticing an increase in reports of investment fraud with a particular emphasis on crypto currencies. That’s according to Garda John Finnerty of the Crime Prevention Office in...
View ArticleTwo charged in connection with Limerick man’s death
TWO MEN charged in connection with the death of a County Limerick man appeared in court this morning. Dylan McCarthy (29) from Kilmallock sustained fatal injuries after an altercation in a pub in...
View ArticleDate set for inquest into death of murdered Limerick schoolboy
AN inquest into the death of murdered Limerick schoolboy Brooklyn Colbert has been scheduled for April 19 at Kilmallock courthouse. The eleven-year-old was stabbed and beaten to death by his then...
View ArticleLimerick couple told to start work on house or get off site
A COUPLE who have moved a mobile home and four caravans on to a site in County Limerick where they are trying to restore an old house have been told they have four weeks to move on the restoration or...
View ArticleLimerick man spread intimate details of relationship with former partner
A LIMERICK MAN who had a court order preventing him from contacting his former partner, either in person or by electronic means, used his WhatsApp profile to convey messages. The 38-year-old man, who...
View ArticleLimerick man challenged Garda Sergeant to take off his uniform and fight
A DRIVER stopped by Gardaí challenged a Garda Sergeant to take off the uniform and fight him, a court in Limerick heard. Inspector Gearoid Thompson told Newcastle West District Court that James Mulcair...
View ArticleTeens recorded themselves stealing scrambler
A COURT heard that a 17-year-old boy who was up on a charge of stealing a scrambler bike recorded the whole event on video. The boy, who cannot be named as he is a juvenile, was before Judge Carol Ann...
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Mother of Limerick champion boxer ‘sickened’ by transfer of son’s killer to...
JUSTICE Minister Simon Harris has granted a controversial application by convicted killer Logan Jackson, moving him from Limerick Prison to an English jail near his family. The decision was confirmed...
View ArticleAccused man had been using drugs since he was 12 years old
A JUDGE noted that a Limerick man who was before her on charges of possession of drugs for sale or supply had been using drugs since he was just 12 years old. John Dowling (24), of Castle View in...
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