Mother heard daughter’s ribs crack as medics tried to save her
A HEARTBROKEN mother told a judge how she and her husband heard their daughter’s ribs crack as medics at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) tried to resuscitate her after she collapsed. Eve Cleary (21)...
View ArticleGardaí investigating suspected badger baiting incident in County Limerick
GARDAÍ in West Limerick are investigating after they were alerted to a suspected badger baiting incident on Wednesday of this week (January 24). The alert was raised after two large holes were observed...
View ArticleLimerick TD calls for parents of ‘feral youths’ to pay the price of ‘street...
FIANNA Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has met with Gardaí in relation to a significant spike in anti-social behaviour from a gang of “feral youths” in the St Joseph Street/Wolfe Tone Street area of Limerick...
View ArticleLimerick couple victims of wedding day theft
A GREAT many couples hope that cash gifts from wedding guests will help recoup some of the cost of a wedding, but one County Limerick groom got a shock when he went to pick up the cards and cash guests...
View ArticleDoorbell camera saved Corbally couple from theft
A DOORBELL video recorder saved the day recently for a Corbally couple who might otherwise have been caught napping. The pair were asleep when they received a notification on a mobile phone device...
View ArticleLimerick brothers go on trial accused of running horse-drawn cart off road...
TWO Limerick brothers went on trial today (Monday January 29) over their alleged involvement in running a horse-drawn cart off a roadway and assaulting the driver and his nephew. The two accused...
View ArticleCrime figures signal need for CCTV cameras in Limerick neighbourhood
THE suburb of Garryowen in Limerick City meets the threshold – from a crime statistics perspective – to warrant CCTV cameras, Gardaí said at a public meeting this week. Two houses, both located on...
View ArticleAlleged victim in sulky ramming case tells trial he identified ‘the wrong men’
A MAN who had identified to Gardaí a group of men allegedly involved in ramming him and a horse-drawn sulky cart off a roadway, and attacking him with implements on the side of the road four years ago,...
View ArticleAlleged victim of sulky ramming tells court he ‘can’t remember’ attack
A MAN who had identified to Gardaí a group of men allegedly involved in ramming him and a horse-drawn sulky cart off a roadway, and attacking him with implements on the side of the road four years ago,...
View ArticleQuest for truth in suspicious death of Patrick Nugent continues
THE family of a young chef who died in suspicious circumstances 40 years ago, along with Gardaí, have made fresh appeals for information about his death. Patrick Nugent (23), from Feenagh,...
View ArticleApology meant more than compensation for family of Eve Cleary
THE FAMILY of a young Limerick woman who died of deep vein thrombosis hours after she was discharged from University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and told to go home and rest have settled their High Court...
View ArticleFormer World Handball Champion feared he would be killed in crash with cow
A FORMER world handball champion told a court that he feared for his life and thought “that’s it” after his car struck a loose cow on the M18 motorway on the approach road to Limerick. When he arose...
View ArticleGardaí keeping the pressure on scrambler scourge in Limerick City
FIANA Fáil councillor Kieran O’Hanlon highlighted incidents of “petty criminal activity” by youths on scrambler bikes in Rhebogue and urged Gardaí to keep on top of this issue. Speaking at a meeting of...
View Article€1.1million of cannabis seized in Limerick as part of joint operation
MORE than €1million worth of illegal cannabis has been seized in a joint operation involving Customs and Revenue Service personnel and Gardaí in Limerick. The drugs were seized yesterday (Thursday...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí working to ease ‘tensions’ in Ballinacurra Weston
GARDAÍ in Limerick say they have employed resources to ‘reduce tensions’ in Ballinacurra Weston after separate incidents in which a man was shot with a shotgun and firearms were discharged in recent...
View ArticleLimerick man admits string of child sex offences before court
A MAN from Limerick City has been remanded in custody for sentence after pleading guilty to a string of child sexual offences before the courts. The man, who presently cannot be identified by order of...
View Article26,000 cigarettes seized by Revenue officers in Foynes
REVENUE officers seized 26,000 cigarettes bound for the black market in a County Limerick port last month. The seizure was the result of “an intelligence-led operation” by Revenue officers based at...
View ArticleGardaí say no visible rise in racial abuse on streets of Limerick City
SOCIAL Democrats councillor Elisa O’Donovan told senior Limerick Gardaí that local migrant communities have reported a rise in racially-motivated torrents of abuse on the city’s streets since the riots...
View ArticleThefts of heating fuel increasing, says Limerick crime prevention officer
THEFTS of heating fuel are becoming a serious problem, particularly in public buildings, with the latest victim being a national school, according to a local crime prevention officer. “It is important...
View ArticleJury considering verdict in trial of brothers accused of ramming sulky driver...
A JURY is back before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court this Tuesday morning (February 6) to continue its deliberations on charges against two brothers accused of ramming a sulky driver off a roadway and...
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