Two arrested after major cannabis seizure in Meelick
TWO people are being questioned by Gardaí this Thursday morning (May 8) after authorities seized cannabis with an estimated value of between €7million and €10million in south east County Clare. The...
View ArticleGardaí appeal for witnesses after homes damaged in drive-by shooting in Limerick
GARDAÍ appealed for witnesses following a drive-by shooting in Limerick City this Thursday (May 8), as fears grow of an ongoing violent feud escalating. Gardaí said they responded to shots fired at...
View ArticleJury retires to consider verdict in farmer rape trial at Central Criminal Court
*Reader discretion advised* A JURY hearing allegations that a married farmer raped a man multiple times in 2011 and 2019 retired this Thursday (May 8) to consider its verdict at the Central Criminal...
View ArticleUisce Éireann’s ‘appalling’ pollution record revealed as company admits...
A JUDGE in Limerick described the record of pollution by Uisce Éireann as “appalling”, asking: “Is this the state entity entrusted with the quality of our water?” Judge Adrian Harris was hearing a case...
View ArticleThree due in court in connection with ammo and half million euro in drugs...
THREE men arrested in connection with a seizure of half a million euro worth of drugs and 200 rounds of firearm ammunition last Tuesday are to be charged in court this Friday morning. The operation,...
View Article‘Drug mule’ for Limerick crime gang jailed for nine years
A MAN who stored and sold drugs for an organised crime gang, and laundered the gang’s drug money, has been jailed for nine years. Ian Hopkins (33) is being kept under 23-hour protective lockdown in his...
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Bail for three men charged in connection with €500,000 drug seizure
THREE men were charged in court and granted bail following a Garda seizure of half a million euro worth of drugs found at a church, a car, and a house in Limerick. The three accused, Wesley Ryan,...
View ArticleFarmer found guilty of raping man twice
A MARRIED farmer and father of four was unanimously found guilty by a jury of raping a man on two separate occasions. Thomas ‘Tossy’ Nyhan (64), from Crookstown, County Cork, can be named for the first...
View Article‘Flight risk’ former pilot refused bail on €10million drugs charge
A FORMER pilot, charged with possession of more than €10million worth of drugs, has international criminal connections, Gardaí alleged in court. Brendan O’Meara (62), of An Tulach, Summerhill, Meelick,...
View ArticleInvestigations after theft of electric bike in Limerick carpark
GARDAÍ are investigating following the theft of an electric bicycle from the carpark of a shopping centre in the Dooradoyle area. The bike was stolen from outside the entrance of the shopping centre on...
View ArticleMan who abused two young girls jailed for four years
A MAN who sexually abused two young girls he was babysitting as a teenager has been jailed for four years and three months. Kieran Meaney, of Hennessy Avenue, Kileely, County Limerick, was found guilty...
View ArticleRapist told teenage victim ‘a boy has got to do what a boy has got to do’
A MAN who raped a teenager and told her “a boy has got to do what a boy has got to do” has been jailed for seven years. Damien Long (26), of Abbeyvale, Corbally, Limerick, pinned down the then...
View ArticleMan charged with death of Rathkeale mother pleads guilty
A MAN was remanded in continuing custody after indicating he was willing to plead guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a young mother last year. The accused, Danny O’Donoghue (42), of Lower...
View ArticleLimerick Gardaí clamping down on e-scooter speeding
GARDAÍ in Limerick are looking to clamp down on e-scooters speeding throughout the county. Members of the Limerick Divisional Roads Policing Unit have in recent weeks been trained in the use of a...
View ArticleMothers and daughters go on trial in Limerick following alleged knife attack...
FIVE women, including two mothers and two daughters, went on trial this Friday (May 16) in connection with an alleged knife attack on a woman during an alleged aggravated burglary at her home in...
View ArticleGardaí investigating fighting in city after Limerick vs Cork hurling clash
GARDAÍ attended the scenes of an incident of alleged criminal damage and a number of alleged public order incidents following Limerick’s clash with Cork this past Sunday evening (May 18) in the Munster...
View ArticleKyle Hayes gets 180 hours community service in lieu of jail sentence
DECORATED Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes was back in court this Monday, less than 24 hours after he was named Man of the Match in Limerick’s crushing defeat of Cork, waiting for confirmation that he...
View ArticleLimerick man who refused to give Gardaí name of driver who fled checkpoint up...
A LIMERICK man who refused to tell Gardaí who was driving his car when it fled from a checkpoint was protecting a relative, a judge was told. James O’Brien (59), of 9 Roches Road, Rathkeale, County...
View ArticleMan questioned in connection with €140,000 cocaine seizure in Limerick City
GARDAÍ hit a local drug gang for €140,000 worth of cocaine in a planned search and recover operation in the city’s historic old quarter this Tuesday (May 21). The drugs were seized during a raid on a...
View ArticleBail for man who plead guilty to producing live sex video chats with underage...
A MAN has been bailed by a court after admitting to charges of producing live sexual video chats involving underage girls and attending a sex act involving a young girl. The man also admitted inviting...
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