Date set for trial of All-Star hurler
A JUDGE has directed that the assault trial of former All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan be listed for July 15. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford made the order...
View ArticleTwo arrested and drugs seized following shooting in Limerick City
TWO men have been arrested and almost €30,000 in drugs has been seized following a Garda investigation into gunfire in Limerick City on May 8. Gardaí this Tuesday (June 10) confirmed that the two – a...
View ArticleMother slashed with Stanley knife protecting new-born baby from violent attack
A JUDGE has jailed a Shannon man for 22 months for slashing a mother of five with a Stanley knife and smashing glass in a caravan close to where her two-week-old baby lay during a violent attack. At...
View ArticleLimerick brothers jailed for savage attack transferred to open prison 19...
TWO Limerick brothers jailed for a savage unprovoked attack on a former friend have been transferred from Limerick Prison to an open, low-security facility, four months into sentences of two and two...
View ArticleMan serving rape sentence jailed for committing sex act with underage girl
A MAN who is serving a sentence for raping a woman in Limerick City has been jailed again after he pleaded guilty to engaging in a sex act with an underage girl in Limerick. Cristian Gogosiou (40), of...
View ArticleGarda appeal after homeowner confronted by knife-wielding thief in Limerick
GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses and information about an aggravated burglary in which the occupant of a home in Limerick City was confronted by a knife-wielding thief. No one was injured in the...
View ArticleMayor’s task force can help win the war on drugs
WE have to believe we can win all wars, including the war on drugs, Mayor John Moran told the Limerick Post in an exclusive interview this week. Mayor Moran, sitting down with this newspaper a year...
View ArticleCourt hears man charged in connection with drive-by shooting is ‘actively...
A MAN who Gardaí allege is “actively involved” in an ongoing violent feud in Limerick City was today (Monday) refused bail on charges connected to a drive-by shooting this past May. The gun attack...
View ArticleStolen firearm focus of Limerick Garda investigation
A FIREARM stolen from Kilmallock, County Limerick, is the subject of a Garda investigation. The firearm could potentially be used in criminal activity, Gardaí have warned. Licenced firearms holders are...
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Bail denied to man Gardaí believe is one of ‘leading instigators’ in Limerick...
A MAN charged in connection with a drive-by shooting is one of the leading instigators in an ongoing feud in the city, Gardai alleged in court this Tuesday (June 17). Shane Blackhall (20), of Mungret...
View ArticleHome demolished after bomb attack and school runs monitored by Gardaí as...
A HOME in Limerick has been levelled in a controlled demolition after it sustained major structural damage in a pipe-bomb attack linked to an ongoing violent feud on the southside of Limerick City....
View ArticleMan jailed for stabbing pensioner in the head and ramming Garda car while...
A YOUNG man who stabbed a pensioner in the head while attempting to rob him was on bail for endangering the lives of two Gardaí by ramming a patrol car. Sean Byrnes (26), with an address at Limerick...
View ArticleAlmost €3m worth of cannabis seized in joint operation in Limerick
REVENUE officers seized almost €3million worth of cannabis in Limerick yesterday (Thursday June 19). The seizure, which was made under an intelligence-led operation, saw an estimated €2,940,000 worth...
View ArticleGardaí suspect €2.9m cannabis seizure in Limerick was destined for foreign...
THE almost €3million cannabis haul seized in Limerick this past Thursday (June 19) was destined for foreign shores, Garda sources suspect. The drugs were seized by Revenue’s Customs Service in a...
View ArticleThree injured in overnight violence linked to Limerick feud
THREE men were treated in hospital following violent clashes linked to feuding in Limerick City overnight. One of the three taken by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick was described as being in...
View ArticleJury sworn in to hear student sex assault trial in Limerick
A JURY has been sworn in to hear the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman when they were both students in Limerick. The jury was told by prosecution barrister John O’Sullivan that they...
View ArticleLimerick TD calls for increased policing following increased gang violence...
LOCAL Labour TD Conor Sheehan has called for additional funding for policing in Limerick, specifically for King’s Island and the city centre. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Sheehan also wanted an...
View ArticleCourt told woman was sexually assaulted by man sharing bed with her and friend
A WOMAN told a court she was sexually assaulted by a man while she, the man, and one of her friends slept beside one another following a night out. The alleged victim told the opening day of the man’s...
View ArticleGardaí detain man in connection with serious assault in Limerick five years ago
A MAN was being questioned by Gardaí in connection with an investigation into a serious assault in Limerick five years ago. The man was arrested in an early morning planned Garda operation in the St...
View Article‘It didn’t happen’: Man denies sexually assaulting woman while she and friend...
A MAN who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman as she slept in a bed with him and another woman told Gardaí he was “shocked” when told of the allegation, his trial heard this Wednesday (June 25)....
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