Queues form ‘like clockwork’ to buy drugs in Limerick park
A CONCERNED local councillor raised the issue at City Hall around “queues” forming regularly in the People’s Park in Limerick City of people attempting to buy drugs from dealers clad in balaclavas....
View ArticleJury finds Limerick brothers not guilty of ramming sulky driver off road
TWO Limerick brothers were found not guilty of assaulting a sulky driver and causing him harm after it was alleged he was rammed off a road by an SUV the siblings were travelling in. Vincent Collopy...
View ArticleO’Dea claims people under ‘curfew’ in homes amid ‘tidal wave of anti-social...
FIANNA Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has hit out at what he described as a “tidal wave” of anti-social behaviour in Limerick as he raised concerns in the Dáil about low Garda numbers in the city and county....
View ArticleGardaí appealing for information after unprovoked city centre assault
GARDAÍ in Limerick are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in the city centre over the weekend. The assault happened on Friday (February 2) after the man had left a nightclub in the...
View ArticleImmersion switch leads to breach of court order
THERE have been at least two breaches of a warring couple’s sworn undertakings given before the court in relation to the use of an immersion switch in the family home, a court has heard. In the case,...
View ArticleCastletroy residents say two years too long to wait for Garda station
RESIDENTS of a Limerick suburb have said that that two years is too long to wait for a local Garda station to be opened, claiming that crime in the area is on the increase on a daily and nightly basis....
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí to be among first in country to be equipped with bodycams
LIMERICK Gardaí are to be among the first cohorts in Ireland to be equipped with bodycams after An Garda Síochána published a request for tender for a new pilot scheme. Gardaí in Limerick, as well as...
View ArticleBarbie Kardashian faces trial over alleged threats to kill or harm two women...
LIMERICK Circuit Criminal Court heard the case of alleged threats to kill or cause serious harm to two women in Limerick City last year by a transgender woman. Barbie Kardashian (22), with an address...
View ArticleMan charged over knife incident in Limerick
GARDAÍ have charged one person in connection with an incident in which a man was allegedly observed behaving erratically with a knife in Limerick earlier today (Friday). Gardaí were contacted for...
View ArticleMan charged in connection with knife incident in Limerick to appear before...
A MAN who has charged in connection with an incident of “acting erratically” with a knife in Limerick yesterday is due to appear today before Nenagh District Court. This comes as a principal of a...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with stabbing in Limerick City
A MAN was being questioned today (Saturday) by Gardaí in connection with a stabbing incident during a violent clash between a number of people on O’Connell Street in Limerick City last night. One man...
View ArticleBarrister seeks safety measures for man accused of knife and assault offences...
A BARRISTER representing a man accused of assault and knife offences in Limerick yesterday (Friday February 9) told a court today that, following comments about the case on social media, he wanted...
View ArticleMan due in court in connection with alleged stabbing in Limerick City
GARDAÍ in Limerick have arrested two men in connection with an alleged violent disorder incident and stabbing on the city’s main thoroughfare, O’Connell Street, on Friday night (February 9). Gardaí...
View Article17-year-old Limerick teen tried to stab doorman on his first time drinking
A YOUNG man who tried to stab a doorman on what a court heard was his first time to drink alcohol was given a chance to change the path he might go down. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of...
View ArticlePregnant woman narrowly avoided stabbing in violent O’Connell Street incident
A JUDGE heard details of a violent row on Friday night (February 9) on Limerick City’s main thoroughfare in which two men were left with stab wounds and a pregnant woman was attacked with a Stanley...
View ArticleLimerick man caught with cocaine while on bail for ‘terrifying’ knife attack...
A MAN has been jailed for three years and eight months after he was caught “red handed” with cocaine while on bail for holding a butcher’s knife to a woman’s throat and threatening to kill her unless...
View ArticleNo answers for bereaved Limerick family of stab victim
A DECISION not to hold an inquest into the death of a Limerick father of two who was stabbed to death in Manchester has left his family without answers, they have said. Thomas Murphy (42), originally...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí appeal for information into “unusual” crime
GARDAÍ are appealing for information after an “unusual” crime in Ferrybridge, Clarina, County Limerick, last Thursday (February 1). Between 6.30pm and 10.30pm, 28 bales of haylage were stolen from...
View ArticleMan accused of assault and knife offences in Limerick remanded in custody
A MAN accused of assault and knife offences in Limerick City last Friday (February 9) has been remanded in custody. Chinonso Igboanusi (28), of no fixed abode, appeared before Limerick District Court...
View ArticleMan involved in alleged knife attack in Limerick City ‘too ill’ to appear in...
A MAN charged with being involved in a row on O’Connell Street on Friday night last (February 9), in which it is alleged a pregnant woman was attacked with a Stanley knife, could not appear in court...
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