Fresh facelift for revamped Pallaskenry Garda Station as sole Garda returns...
AFTER a temporary sojourn in Askeaton, the sole Garda holding down the fort at the Pallaskenry Garda Station has returned to his post and is primed and ready for duty. That’s because the local...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí issue warning following opportunistic car theft
GARDAÍ in Limerick this past week issued a warning to the public about leaving cars unattended following an opportunistic theft in the South Circular Road area. On Wednesday January 8, the owner of a...
View ArticleCourt appearance for man arrested in connection with organised crime probe
A MAN in his 30s was to appear before a special sitting of Ennis District Court this Sunday (January 19) in connection with the seizure of drugs and cash in Limerick City earlier this week. The...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí stop man using phone while driving during national day of action
GARDAÍ in Limerick were out in force as part of a National Day of Action last Wednesday (January 15) to crack down on driving while holding a mobile phone and distracted driving. During the operation,...
View ArticleJail sentence for Limerick man who stole clothes from washing line
AN ACCUSED man with 159 previous convictions who admitted stealing clothes from a washing line had tried to get sober in residential care but “didn’t last very long”, a judge was told. Nigel Sheehan...
View ArticleGardaí stop driver travelling over 200km/h on Limerick road
GARDAÍ in Limerick last week arrested a driver found to be travelling at more than 80km/h over the speed limit. The driver was later discovered to be under the influence of drugs. That’s according to...
View ArticleFormer soldier denies five counts of indecent assault on two girls during 1980s
A WOMAN told a court today (Tuesday January 21) that a former solider sexually assaulted her in Limerick a number of times when she was a young child. The woman was giving evidence on the first day of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Body of man found after two women imprisoned and assaulted in Limerick
THE body of a man suspected of having falsely imprisoned and assaulted two women in Limerick was found today (January 21). The man, aged in his 50s, and from Ireland, was found dead on the outskirts of...
View ArticleMan convicted of sex act with 14-year-old girl remanded in custody for sentence
A MAN, who was previously convicted of raping a woman at knifepoint, was this week found guilty of engaging in a sex act with a 14-year-old girl in Limerick. The man, who cannot be named by court order...
View ArticleSuspect in Limerick sex worker attack found dead
THE SUSPECT in an investigation into an alleged kidnap and horrific attack on two sex workers in Limerick has been found dead, it has been confirmed. This comes alongside reports of a worrying increase...
View ArticleGarda HQ encourages sex workers to report assaults following attack in Limerick
GARDA Headquarters today urged any sex worker in the Limerick or Munster area who has been the victim of assault to report the matter confidentially to Gardaí. The appeal was made following an alleged...
View ArticleJail for Limerick man who stole van containing €1million in pharma products
A MAN in the throes of a heroin addiction who robbed a delivery van containing over €1million worth of pharmaceutical products, after the driver left the keys in the ignition, did not know the...
View ArticleJudge in Limerick raises spectre of data breach after hijacked licence used...
A JUDGE remarked that a well-known car-hire company has “a big problem” concerning data protection after she heard evidence that a man had apparently been duped into giving his driving licence and...
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Former solider Cathal Crotty jailed for two years for assault
23-YEAR-OLD former Irish soldier Cathal Crotty, who beat Limerick woman Natasha O’Brien unconscious, fled the scene and later boasted about the attack to friends on social media, has been jailed for...
View ArticleMan who seriously injured father of Irish rugby star remanded for sentence
A MAN who drove a tractor and trailer in a careless fashion, causing “serious bodily harm” to Gerry Murray, the father of Ireland rugby legend, Conor Murray, has been remanded for sentence. Seamus...
View ArticleBiker threatened and forced to hand over bike
GARDAÍ in Bruff, County Limerick, are investigating following the theft of a motorcycle, in which the owner was hijacked by at least three people and forced to hand over the bike. Crime Prevention...
View ArticleConvict facing decade in jail for sex assault on little girls in Limerick
A JUDGE told a former member of the Irish Defence Forces he faces “up to ten years in jail” after he was convicted of sexually assaulting two girls in Limerick in the 1980s. The defendant, 60s, who...
View ArticleThief who stole fuel hit Limerick business with a double whammy
A THIEF hit a business owner with a double whammy when he drained the fuel from multiple machines. Because he couldn’t start a truck he was attempting to use on a building site after the robbery, a...
View ArticleLimerick father threatened to kill maternity doctor who examined his partner
A FATHER of three was given a fully suspended three year jail sentence after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a doctor who he wrongly believed had molested his then partner during an examination...
View ArticleFamily “disgusted” that driver who mowed their son down will serve “not one...
THE FAMILY of student hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan, said they were “disgusted” by his killer’s sentence of six and half years, after a judge said it would run concurrent to another sentence imposed...
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