Man charged with producing slash-hook during violent dispute
A MAN appeared in court this Monday (October 14) charged with producing a slash-hook in violent circumstances at an address in Ennis, County Clare. Patrick Donovan (25), with an address at Clancy Park,...
View ArticleJury deliberating verdict in trial of man charged with threatening to kill...
A JURY has retired to consider verdicts in the trial of a man accused of drugs charges and of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to a Limerick Garda Detective. Kieran ‘Bunny’ Barry (51), with an...
View ArticleJury to resume deliberations on alleged threat to kill a Garda Detective
A JURY will resume deliberations tomorrow morning (Wednesday) in the trial of a man accused of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to a Garda Detective serving in Limerick City. Kieran ‘Bunny’...
View ArticleMan to appear in court in Limerick in relation to rural burglaries
A MAN is due to appear in court in Limerick this Wednesday morning in connection with a number of burglaries in the southern region. The man, aged in his 20s, was arrested as part of An Garda...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of UL student
A MAN was this Wednesday (October 17) remanded in custody after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a University of Limerick student journalist in a hit and run last year....
View ArticleArson attack at Dundon’s home a ‘monumental act of stupidity’
A MAN who petrol bombed a car at the home of convicted murderer and gangland figure, Wayne Dundon, has been jailed for four and half years for the arson attack. Marris Auzins (21), with an address at...
View ArticleTeen faces third assault charge from flight forced to divert to Shannon Airport
A 19-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court concerning an alleged third assault on board a Tenerife-bound flight that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport last June. At Ennis District Court, Jay Dalziel,...
View ArticleMan acquitted of making threat to kill Limerick Garda remanded for sentence...
A MAN has been acquitted of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to a Garda Detective serving in Limerick City, but convicted of possessing drugs and resisting the same Garda from executing the...
View ArticleGardaí investigating after pipe bomb discovered following car fire in Limerick
MEMBERS of an Irish army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit made safe a pipe bomb that was found in Limerick after Gardaí responded to a car fire at a housing estate in the early hours of this...
View ArticleTeen recovering after overnight shooting in Limerick
A MAN in this late teens is recovering in hospital after sustaining injuries in a shooting in Limerick overnight on Sunday (October 20) in what is the latest in a string of violent incidents on the...
View ArticleBrothers of Limerick sport star accused of attacking man with hurley sticks
TWO brothers were this Monday (October 21) remanded on continuing bail for trial, accused of assaulting a man and being armed with hurleys during the course of the alleged attack. Cian Hayes (33) and...
View ArticleBarbie Kardashian goes on trial accused of making threats to kill inmate and...
A JURY was this Monday sworn in before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court to hear the trial of a woman accused of making threats to kill or cause serious harm to a number of people. Barbie Kardashian...
View ArticleMan injured after house petrol bombed in Limerick City
GARDAÍ are investigating a petrol bomb attack on a home in Limerick in which a man was injured on Monday night (October 21). It is the latest in a string of arson attacks and other violent incidents on...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to sex acts on girl at hotels in Limerick
A MAN was remanded on bail before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to performing sex acts on a young girl at a number of hotels in the Treaty City. The man, who...
View ArticleHIV-positive healthcare worker awarded €22,500 for discrimination
A HEALTHCARE assistant, who was told she had no job after her employers learned that she was HIV positive, has been awarded €22,500 in the Labour Court for discrimination. Thandekile Sulo took a case...
View ArticleWoman left ‘shaken and crying’ after rape and death threats from fellow...
A PRISON officer based at Limerick Prison today this Tuesday (October 22) told the trial of Barbie Kardashian that he heard her threaten to rape and kill a fellow inmate at the prison last year. Prison...
View ArticleGardaí investigating incident of criminal damage by fire in Kileely
LIMERICK Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after an incident of criminal damage by fire this past Tuesday night (October 22). The incident occurred at a home in the Kileely area of Limerick City on...
View ArticleLimerick Prison officer was ‘terrified’ by alleged death threats from Barbie...
A LIMERICK Prison officer told a court she was “terrified” when an inmate told her she would rape her with an “implement”. Roisín Linnane told Barbie Kardashian’s trial she feared for her own safety...
View ArticleBrothers of Limerick hurling star to be sentenced for hurley attack
TWO brothers pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and being armed with a hurley and wrenches during the attack. Daragh Hayes and Cian Hayes, both with addresses at Ballyashea, Kildimo, County Limerick,...
View ArticleLimerick-based Gardaí returned for trial in connection with ‘squaring away’...
TWO Gardaí serving in the Limerick Garda Division were this Thursday morning (October 24) returned for trial, accused of a number of counts of intending to pervert the course of justice as part of a...
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