Jury acquits man accused of three-in-a-bed sex assault
A MAN accused of a three-in-a bed sex assault was found not guilty by a jury. The man, in his 20s, denied one count of sexually assaulting a woman who invited him back to her apartment and allowed him...
View ArticleMan seeks paternity test court order after hearing two other men may be...
A MAN went “ballistic” after his former partner told him he may not be the father of their son, naming two other men who may have fathered the child, a court has heard. At Ennis District Court,...
View ArticleSentencing adjourned for farmer convicted of raping man
A MARRIED father of four convicted of raping a man twice had his sentence adjourned. Thomas ‘Tossy’ Nyhan, (64), of Crookstown, County Cork, was found guilty by a jury following an 11-day trial at the...
View ArticleGarda action called for in dealing with harassment and drug dealing in...
LABOUR Party councillor Joe Leddin urged the Council to request a meeting with An Garda Síochána to address ongoing harassment and drug dealing on Limerick City’s streets. Cllr Leddin hopes the meeting...
View ArticleVisits cancelled at Limerick Prison as staff caught up in outside duties
PRISONERS in Limerick Prison had family visits and meetings with their legal representatives cancelled in a highly unusual move by the prison services. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) confirmed that a...
View ArticleGardaí warn they are sole agency ‘preserving peace and order’ as migrant...
GARDAÍ have sought to make it clear that they are the “sole agency with the statutory role of preserving peace and public order” following the broad daylight assault and hospitalisation of a migrant...
View ArticleServing soldier bailed after one-punch row ends in life-changing brain injury
AN Irish soldier was bailed after admitting delivering one punch to a man who fell to the ground, striking his head and suffering a traumatic brain injury. Alan Costello, of Shantraud Woods, Killaloe,...
View ArticleMan arrested for second time in Limerick in relation to killing of 98 year old
A MAN who has protested his innocence in respect of the murder of Josephine “Josie” Ray last year was re-arrested today in connection with her killing. Hasan Ali Gori, (50s), was arrested by Gardaí in...
View ArticleGardaí and Defence Forces investigating suspicious device in Foynes
GARDAÍ sealed off a premises near Foynes, in west County Limerick, this Friday following the discovery of a suspicious unexplained device. Gardaí requested the services of an Explosive Ordnance...
View ArticleGardaí probing if bomb found near Russian-owned Limerick company was reaction...
GARDAÍ are investigating whether a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery located at Askeaton, County Limerick, last Friday (July 4) was a direct reaction to Russia’s military...
View Article14-year-old Limerick boy found guilty of sex assault
A TEENAGE girl told a Garda specialist interviewer that she was “scared and angry” after a then 14-year-old boy “humped” her at a popular swimming spot in Killaloe, County Clare, three years ago. In...
View ArticleFile gone to DPP in Garda investigation into death of 89-year-old
A FILE has gone to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the killing of Josephine ‘Josie’ Ray last year, following the release of a man who had been arrested in Limerick for a second time...
View ArticleGarda appeal after latest in Limerick Cork feud sees gunshots fired at home
GARDAÍ appealed for information after a gunshot was allegedly fired at a family’s home in a suspected connection to a violent feud between Traveller families from Limerick and Cork. Gardaí said they...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty ‘by reason of insanity’ to charges of assault with an...
A MAN pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of assault and producing an improvised bladed weapon during an alleged attack at an addiction treatment centre in County Limerick. A jury was...
View ArticleAughinish bomb suspect arrested
GARDAÍ were questioning a man in his 40s in connection with the discovery of viable bombs in Limerick and the north of Ireland last Friday. Reliable sources said the man was being questioned as part of...
View ArticleMan extradited from the UK to face court in Limerick this morning
A MAN is due in court in Limerick this morning following extradition from the UK in connection with an international arrest warrant. The man will appear before the Limerick District Court this morning...
View ArticleMan allowed bank account be used in student accommodation fraud
A MAN who allowed his bank account to be used as part of a scheme to defraud people looking for student accommodation in Limerick has been handed a suspended two-year prison sentence. Having heard...
View ArticleMan questioned over Aughinish bomb released
GARDAÍ have released a man in his 40s who was arrested in connection with the discovery of viable bombs in Limerick and the north of Ireland. Reliable sources said the man – who has not been charged...
View ArticleThoughts of family being murdered made man slash innocent man’s throat at...
A MAN told Gardaí he slashed the throat of a fellow resident at an addiction treatment centre because “thoughts and images” in his head that his family would be murdered forced him to do it, a court...
View ArticleMan arrested following road crash to appear in court on suspicion of driving...
A MAN arrested following a road crash has been charged and remanded on station bail to appear in court on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on a road in County Limerick. The man was arrested after...
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