Accidental death recorded at inquest of 12-year-old boy who was driving car...
AN INQUEST held on Wednesday (May 31) into the death of a 12-year-old boy, who was driving a car that veered straight into the path of an articulated truck, has found his death was a “tragic accident”....
View ArticleGardaí appeal for information after City Centre assault
GARDAÍ in Henry Street Garda Station are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted on Patrick’s Street on Saturday last (May 27). The victim, a man in his twenties, stepped outside a pub to...
View ArticleJudge sentences man for carrying ‘menacing’ kitchen implement
A MAN with 28 previous convictions who was found with a menacing implement had “no reason” to carry such an item, a judge ruled. Paul Ahearn (25), of 30 Claughaun Court, Garryowen, was stopped by...
View ArticleLimerick TD weighs in on debate over transgender prisoners with histories of...
LIMERICK TD Willie O’Dea has backed calls for transgender women prisoners with a history of sexual or physical violence against other women to be incarcerated in men’s prisons. The local Fianna Fáil TD...
View ArticleLimerick people warned of investment scams following local reports
PEOPLE in Limerick are warned to be aware of investment frauds that are currently doing the rounds. Investment frauds are a form of fraud where people are persuaded to make an investment under the...
View ArticleSalmon poachers net hefty court fines and convictions
TWO Limerick men have been found guilty of being in breach of fisheries legislation for using a net to illegally capture salmon. They will have to pay fines amounting in one case to more €2,000. The...
View ArticleAccused sent to higher court on signed plea to 52 charges
A MAN who has pleaded guilty to 52 charges under the Fraud and Theft Offences Act has been sent forward to the Limerick Circuit Court on signed guilty pleas. John Campbell (28), with an address at...
View ArticleGardaí warn members of the public to protect their personal property
PEOPLE in Limerick are advised to take care of their personal property when out and about in the city and county. Sergeant Ber Leetch, Crime Prevention Officer at Henry Street Garda Station, said that...
View ArticleRoxboro Gardaí investigating syringe-point mugging in city
GARDAÍ in Limerick are investigating an incident that saw a woman mugged in the city under threat of being spiked with a syringe. The mugging occurred on Friday last (June 2) at around 10.20pm, when a...
View ArticleYoung Limerick fan scuppered after match ticket scam
GARDAÍ are warning that thieves are on the lookout for a chance to take advantage of eager GAA fans after match day frenzy got the better of a young Limerick woman and left her €150 worse off....
View ArticleGarda Commissioner issues anniversary appeal for information on suspects in...
GARDA Commissioner Drew Harris issued a fresh appeal for information today (Wednesday June 7), which he hoped would lead to the arrests of two individuals Gardaí suspect were involved in the 1996...
View ArticleCourt hears case of gin glass attack in popular restaurant
A 33-YEAR-old Limerick man, who punched a woman in the face with his fist after she struck him across the head with a gin glass in a pub row, this week escaped a criminal conviction. At Killaloe...
View ArticleCall for Central Criminal Court to sit in Limerick
CALLS have been made for the Central Criminal Court to once again sit in Limerick in an effort to speed up dealings with serious criminal matters. The call comes after a Limerick victim’s family had to...
View ArticleGardaí investigating drive-by shooting in Limerick City
GARDAÍ are investigating an alleged drive-by shooting in Limerick City last weekend, it emerged this evening (Thursday). Shots were reportedly discharged from a firearm from a car driving by a house on...
View ArticleNew scams reported to Gardaí in Limerick
PEOPLE in Limerick have once again been warned about sophisticated new scams doing the rounds in the area. Gardaí received a report about a ruse in which a man in the Ardagh area of Limerick was almost...
View ArticleDriver caught doing 138km/h on city road
A DRIVER was clocked driving at 138km/h in the 50km/h zone on the Dock Road in Limerick City over the June Bank Holiday weekend. The driver was spotted by Gardaí carrying out speed checks across the...
View ArticleCar owner got shock call to say his car was involved in collision
A CAR owner who went to bed at his home on the Bloodmill Road, having locked his car and brought the keys inside, got the shock of his life when the Gardaí rang him to say it had been involved in a...
View ArticleFormer male model jailed for four years for rape of Limerick student
A FORMER male model and Limerick student has been jailed for four years for the rape of a fellow college student. Utseoritselaju Uwatse (25) of Avonmore Road, Raheen, Limerick, was found guilty of a...
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Department of Transport refute claims of obstructing inquest into death of...
A SENIOR counsel representing the Department of Transport at a preliminary inquest hearing into the death of County Clare Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas refuted suggestions by a maritime lawyer...
View ArticleGardaí make fresh appeal for information over drive-by shooting in Limerick City
GARDAÍ issued a fresh appeal for information on Wednesday (June 14) about a drive-by shooting that occurred in Limerick City last week. At least one shot was fired from a firearm in the vicinity of a...
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