Limerick food delivery driver selling side orders of cannabis
A FORMER ‘Just Eat’ delivery driver for the Limerick area has denied offering to sell cannabis to his customers while delivering Big Macs and pizzas to their homes. At Ennis District Court, Judge Mary...
View ArticleLimerick boxer’s mother wants to meet Minister over transferring son’s killer...
THE mother of murdered Irish champion boxer, Kevin Sheehy is seeking a face-to-face meeting with Justice Minster Simon Harris as soon as possible, to ask him to reconsider his decision granting her...
View Article16-year-old served alcohol in Limerick pub sting operation
A JUDGE heard that a 16-year-old youth was served a pint and a glass of wine in a Limerick pub as part of a Garda operation to test whether the business was checking ID for underage drinkers. Paddy...
View ArticleDrug seizure and arrests on outskirts of Limerick City
Gardaí have seized €100,000 of suspected cocaine and arrested three men at a property on the outskirts of Limerick City. Gardaí attached to Ardnacrusha Garda Station, which is part of the Limerick...
View ArticleGun stolen in Limerick could be used by criminals
GARDAÍ investigating the theft of a licenced firearm from a home in County Limerick are considering the possibility that it could be used in the course of criminal activity. Limerick Garda Crime...
View ArticleSolicitor caught Limerick man dumping bags of rubbish
A COUNTY Limerick man who admitted dumping bags of rubbish on a green space instructed his solicitor to say he was “embarrassed” to be before a court on such a charge. “Embarrassed that he was caught,”...
View ArticleMan charged over €100,000 cocaine seizure
Gardaí have charged a man in connection with a seizure of €100,000 worth of suspected cocaine on the outskirts of Limerick City on Thursday night. The man, who was one of three people arrested in...
View ArticleLimerick drink-driving charges dismissed over time rule
TWO cases against people accused of drink driving failed in a Limerick court this week after a Judge heard that Gardai could not produce evidence that either accused had been driving in the three hours...
View ArticleLimerick judge jails transgender woman for threatening to murder her mother
A TRANSGENDER woman who threatened to torture, rape and murder her mother, has been jailed for five and half years with the final 12 months suspended. The sentence, imposed by Judge Tom O’Donnell at...
View ArticleAttack on Limerick teenager was posted on social media
A 17-year-old who attacked and injured another teenager was part of a group who filmed the attack and posted it on social media, a Limerick judge was told. Judge Patricia Harney heard at Kilmallock...
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Texas court to hear ‘wrongful conviction’ case over Limerick priest’s murder
A TEXAS court is to hear evidence this Friday in support of a man who, it is claimed, was wrongfully convicted of murdering a County Limerick priest forty years ago. The Innocence Project of Texas...
View ArticleLimerick man who claims he is homeless told to get caravan off site
A MAN who told a judge that he is homeless and has no place to bring his children on access visits has been given a month to get a caravan off a site in Croom and tear up the base he put on. Brendan...
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Limerick boxer’s killer transferred to English jail over safety concerns
CONVICTED murderer Logan Jackson could not continue to serve out a life sentence in any Irish jail, because the State authorities feared he would be harmed or killed in custody. The extraordinary...
View ArticleDriver with 54 previous convictions who smoked cannabis banned for 40 years
A DRIVER who admitted to Gardaí that he had been smoking cannabis has been banned from driving for total of 40 years. James Clancy (39) of Bishop Street, Limerick City, pleaded guilty before Kilmallock...
View ArticleLimerick council refurbishing drug dens into affordable housing
SUSPECTED drug dens are being acquired by Limerick City and County Council to be refurbished into social and affordable homes. The council is acquiring the properties by Compulsory Purchase Order and...
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Evidence supports wrongful conviction in Limerick priest murder case
A TEXAS court has heard evidence in support of a man who claims he was wrongfully convicted of murdering a County Limerick priest 40 years ago. In 1983, James Reyos was convicted of murdering Fr...
View ArticleAll-Ireland winning Limerick hurler charged in Garda corruption probe
AN All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler has been arrested on suspicion of committing perjury arising out of a Garda investigation into the alleged squaring away of road traffic offences. The man, in his...
View Article#BREAKING: Jail sentence for Limerick hurler on perjury charge
THREE-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Pat Ryan has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for perjury arising out of a Garda investigation into the alleged squaring away of road traffic...
View ArticleLimerick hurler appeals jail sentence for committing perjury
THREE-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Pat Ryan has appealed a jail sentence imposed on him earlier today when he pleaded guilty to committing perjury during judicial proceedings in which he...
View ArticleDelays in medical reports coming to Limerick courts
A SENIOR Garda told a judge this week that there are delays in getting medical reports from the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) to progress court cases. Inspector Gearoid Thompson told Judge Carol...
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