Garda chase ends in court date for man arrested with crack cocaine and heroin...
GARDAÍ in Limerick arrested a man in the city centre following a foot chase. Gardaí attached to Operation Croí – targeting anti-social behaviour, theft, public order offences, and drug dealing –...
View ArticleLimerick man appears in court charged with €16,000 criminal damage to bar...
A 28-YEAR-OLD Limerick man has appeared in court charged with causing €16,000 in criminal damage to the clubhouse bar counter at Wolfe Tones GAA club – club of Clare All-Ireland winning senior hurling...
View ArticleLimerick drug runner busted with cocaine in underwear faces minimum 10 years...
A LIMERICK man caught with over €17,000 worth of cocaine hidden in his underwear is facing a possible 10-year prison sentence after claiming he was an “errand boy” for a criminal gang. Evan McNamara...
View ArticleNew charges brought against mother and daughter over €1.28m Shannon Airport...
FOUR more serious drugs charges have been brought against a mother and daughter accused of possessing €1.28million worth of cannabis at Shannon Airport two days before Christmas Day. Dovil Reifonaite...
View ArticleLimerick driver detected going 65km/h over legal limit
GARDAÍ carrying out an anti-speeding operation over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend stopped a driver in Limerick going 65km/h over the legal limit. That’s according to a Garda statement following a...
View ArticleRestaurant worker jailed for systemic theft that forced owners to sell business
A WOMAN who stole thousands of euros from the restaurant where she worked, forcing the owners to put the business up for sale, has been jailed for three years with the final two suspended. Rachel Kenny...
View ArticleCourt hears Hayes suitable for community service
ALL-STAR hurler Kyle Hayes’s availability for the Limerick senior hurling team this season was given a boost this Monday (April 28), after a court heard he has been deemed suitable for 180 hours of...
View ArticleLimerick man trapped himself in inferno after setting fire to house
A LIMERICK man who set fire to a Council-owned house, while he was locked into the property, is facing a potential maximum life sentence for arson, a court heard. The fire destroyed the house at Island...
View ArticleCourt hears married farmer gave vulnerable man €150 cash after alleged rape
A MARRIED farmer gave a vulnerable younger man €150 in cash after allegedly anally raping him and telling him he wasn’t able to have sex with his own wife, the Central Criminal Court, siting in...
View ArticleAlleged rape victim said married farmer put down €150 cash ‘payment’
*Reader discretion advised* A MAN who has accused a married farmer of raping him in his home after a night out was also allegedly raped by a male relative and another man when he was a child, a court...
View Article‘Depraved paedophile’ jailed for sexually assaulting young girls in 1980s
RETIRED member of the Defence Forces, Eddie Lillis, was described in court as a “depraved paedophile” who preyed upon and sexually assaulted two young girls 40 years ago. Mr Lillis was jailed for three...
View ArticleMan tells court alleged rape by farmer was like ‘barbed wire hell’
A MAN who claimed he was raped twice by a married farmer said the alleged incidents were like being raped with “barbed wire”. “It was like hell, like something burning you,” the man told the accused’s...
View ArticleFlights held at Shannon Airport as three arrested in security fence breach
FLIGHTS were temporarily disrupted and three people arrested after a van was driven through a security fence at Shannon Airport. The incident, which happened at 6.20pm on Thursday (May 1), was a...
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Call for extra Gardaí in Rathkeale after four homes targeted in arson attacks...
A LIMERICK Fine Gael councillor has called on his party’s leader, Tánaiste Simon Harris, to provide additional Gardaí for Rathkeale following four suspected arson attacks on homes in the town this...
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Truck driver jailed for 10 months after causing life-changing injuries to...
A TRUCK driver, who drove through a stop-sign junction, seriously injuring rugby star Conor Murray’s father, Gerry Murray, was jailed for 10 months and banned from driving for three years. Seamus...
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