Shop damaged and mobile phones stolen in midnight crime spree
A SHOP in Newcastle West was the target of a late-night crime spree last week as a gang of criminals descended in a destructive raid-style burglary under cover of darkness. According to local Gardaí,...
View ArticleConvicted forger used dud cheques in car deal
A COURT heard that a man who bought a car from an unsuspecting Limerick owner used two cheques drawn on a dormant account to pay for it. The Limerick District Court, sitting in Kilmallock, heard that...
View ArticleGardaí issue public appeal for information after one injured on Limerick train
GARDAÍ have issued a public appeal for information following an “incident” which occurred on a train travelling between Limerick’s Colbert Station and Limerick Junction last Thursday afternoon...
View ArticleSmash into wall injured ‘inexperienced’ driver and four passengers
A YOUNG driver who smashed his car into a wall, injuring himself and four passengers, was “lucky not to be a Monday morning road death statistic,” a judge said. Before Limerick District Court, sitting...
View ArticleJury sworn in for trial of All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler and two others...
A JURY was sworn in this afternoon (Monday) to hear a trial of three men, including five-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes, who are charged with violent disorder and assault causing...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí investigating second arson in a week outside houses where...
GARDAÍ are investigating an arson attack at a house Limerick City this past weekend. The house is located next to another house, which was also the target of an arson attack last week, outside of which...
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Court hears Limerick hurler “kicked and punched” man lying on street after...
FIVE-TIME All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes “kicked and punched” a man who was lying defenceless on a street after becoming “upset” that the alleged victim had spoken to two women in a...
View ArticleTeenage girl and mother attacked in Limerick City over handbag
AN UNSUSPECTING teenage girl and her mother were attacked on one of the busiest streets in Limerick City last week in a violent robbery attempt. A 17-year-old girl and her mother were walking on...
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Garda witness says Limerick star hurler’s alleged victim was “subjected to a...
A SENIOR Garda told a jury today (Wednesday) that he believed security staff at a city night club could have been assisting a man who may have been “subjected to a vicious assault” rather than ejecting...
View ArticleLimerick father calls for public inquiry following claims Garda withheld...
THE father of a Limerick teenager who was murdered 16 years ago today has called for a “full public inquiry” into his son’s murder after a Garda allegedly failed to officially record information they...
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Court hears Limerick hurler shouted ‘do you know who the f-ck I am?’ before...
A MAN told a Limerick court today (Thursday) that he was chased, tripped, punched, and kicked as he lay on the ground by a group of males, which included five-time All-Ireland winning hurler Kyle...
View ArticleLimerick Garda warning following spate of car thefts
CAR owners have been warned to use caution after a spate of thefts across the county in the past week. This comes as a Castleconnell woman in her 30s left her running car momentarily unattended in her...
View ArticleLimerick concerns over reports of community policing services being withdrawn
REPORTS of the possibility of community policing services being withdrawn has sparked concern in Limerick. Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea raised these concerns with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil....
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Mother of two jailed for five years after near fatal hit-and-run of Limerick...
A MOTHER of two who mowed down a Limerick Garda, severing his foot and leaving him for dead in a ditch, was jailed for seven years with the final two suspended today (Friday). Niamh McDonnell (30), of...
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Alleged victim of Limerick hurler was stood on and punched during mob...
A MAN told the trial of five-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes, who is charged with assault causing harm to a man outside a city nightclub, that he saw the hurler and others standing...
View ArticleTheft from Newcastle West house as owner slept upstairs
A YOUNG woman in Newcastle West got a nasty surprise after hosting a party in her home this past weekend. According to Sergeant Ber Leetch, the woman was hosting friends and, at some point in the...
View ArticleMan jailed for six years for killing former soccer star over ‘bag of cans’
A MAN who killed a former Republic of Ireland junior soccer star in an assault during a dispute over a bag of cans of alcohol was today (Monday) jailed for seven years with the final year suspended....
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Inquest hears final moments of Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas
HARROWING evidence of the final moments of Irish Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas, who died while assisting in a search and rescue operation off the west coast seven years ago, was given by her...
View ArticleRiots and looting witnessed in Dublin ‘could happen in Limerick’
THE street riots and looting witnessed in Dublin last Thursday night (November 23) – in scenes deemed the most violent in modern times – could happen in Limerick. That’s according to Labour Party...
View ArticleGardaí tell court they saw All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler kick man lying...
TWO Gardaí told a court today (Tuesday) they saw five-time All-Ireland winning hurler Kyle Hayes kicking a man who was lying on the street outside a nightclub in Limerick City. The four-time All-Star...
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