Five appear in court facing charges related to Ashling Murphy murder
FIVE people have been arrested and brought to court charged in connection with the investigation into the murder of Mary Immaculate graduate Ashling Murphy. The 23-year-old primary school teacher was...
View ArticleJudge gives suspended sentence to pregnant woman for no car insurance
A PREGNANT woman, who a judge said had a “cavalier” attitude to legal requirements on the road, received a one-month jail sentence. But Judge Patricia Harney suspended the one-month sentence she...
View ArticleNight-time robbery warning for Limerick over summer months
“LIKE a thief in the night” is a well known expression, but as a number of unfortunate Limerick people discovered recently, there’s a reason it is so well known. Crime Prevention Officer at Henry...
View Article€7.5million settlement and apology from Limerick maternity hospital over care...
A FOUR-year-old boy who is alleged to have suffered brain damage during his birth has received an apology and a settlement of €7.5million from University Maternity Hospital Limerick and the Health...
View ArticleCouncil propose scrambler track to combat anti-social behaviour in city
ONE solution offered by councillors to anti-social behaviour throughout the city from youths on scrambler bikes is a park specifically for those who use these motorised vehicles. At this Monday’s...
View ArticleGardaí unaware of complaint after video emerges of man kicking woman in head...
A VIDEO has been shared online of a man violently kicking and punching a woman in the face in Limerick city centre. The scenes unfolded outside Arthur’s Quay Shopping Centre on Tuesday evening (June...
View ArticleThree members of one family arrested on bench warrants in Limerick court
THREE members of one family appeared before a Limerick court this week, having been arrested on bench warrants for failing to appear to answer various charges. Judge Patricia Harney was dealing with...
View ArticleGardaí arrest man following violent incident in the Arthur’s Quay area
GARDAÍ investigating a violent disorder incident in the Arthur’s Quay/Patrick’s Street area of Limerick City yesterday evening have arrested a man. The man, described by Gardaí as being in his 20s, is...
View ArticleMinister investigates claims convicted man was helped to dodge press cameras
THE Irish Prison Service (IPS) said it was compiling a report into an alleged security breach at Limerick Prison in which prison staff allegedly helped an offender avoid press cameras. Members of the...
View ArticleO’Sullivan calls for separate city-only policing committee
IN HER last meeting as Cathaoirleach of the Metropolitan District, Fine Gael councillor Olivia O’Sullivan called for the establishment of a separate city-only Joint Policing Committee. During...
View ArticleTwo arrested and charged in violent disorder incident in Arthur’s Quay area
TWO people have been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing Garda investigation into a violent incident that occurred in Limerick City this past Tuesday. In a statement issued by An Garda Síochána...
View ArticleSofas, rubbish, and duvets dumped in abandoned car in Limerick estate
A JUDGE heard that household rubbish, broken furniture, and damaged old duvets are among the refuse found by an inspector outside a house in a Limerick council estate. Litter Warden Eamon Dalton told...
View ArticleLimerick woman went ‘berserk’ in back of Garda car after calling Gardaí...
A 20-YEAR-OLD Limerick woman went “berserk” in the back of a Garda squad car causing €1,309 in damage after calling Gardaí ‘skanky f–kin pigs’ in the seaside resort of Kilkee. At Kilrush District...
View ArticleCybercrime an increasing threat to the coffers of Irish businesses
CYBER ATTACKS are numbered among the biggest threats faced by businesses this year, with the cost of cybercrime to businesses predicted to reach $8 trillion US dollars (€7.4 trillion) by the end of...
View Article‘A little bit of reality’ for woman who claimed €7,800 in PUP while working
A COUNTY Limerick woman admitted before a court that she had fraudulently claimed €7,800 in pandemic unemployment payments while she was still working full time. Paula Bowman, of Dublin Road, County...
View ArticleTrial of Gardaí over attempting to pervert the course of justice may take...
THE TRIAL of four Gardaí and a retired Superintendent, who are charged with more than 40 counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, will take approximately eight weeks, Limerick Circuit...
View ArticleVictim told Limerick judge how her security has been shattered by former partner
A LIMERICK woman broke down in the witness box in court as she described how her sense of security had been shattered when her ex-partner broke a court safety order. The woman, who cannot be named to...
View ArticleMother of murdered boxer Kevin Sheehy not allowed to read impact statement at...
MURDERED Limerick champion boxer Kevin Sheehy’s heartbroken mother said she is being prevented from reading out her victim impact statement at her son’s killer’s sentencing in the UK. Tracey Tully told...
View Article27-year-old plumber charged with dangerous driving causing death of Broadford...
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of married father of two and GAA coach, Gerard Gunning (47). At Ennis District Court on Wednesday June 28,...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with multiple fires in Limerick City
A MAN has been arrested in connection with a number of fires that occurred in Limerick City in the early hours of Saturday morning (June 1). Gardaí in Limerick confirmed that the man, described as...
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