“I didn’t do it”: Man charged with attempted murder following Limerick...
A man charged today with the attempted murder of a man who was shot and wounded in Limerick told gardai last night that he “didn’t do it”, a court has heard. Paul Coffey, 44, with an address at Lord...
View ArticleMinister for Justice Heather Humphreys publishes Mid-Year Progress Report on...
THE Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys, T.D., has today published the mid-year progress report on Justice Plan 2021. Justice Plan 2021, which contains more than 230 actions, is the first in a...
View ArticleMan and woman arrested on suspicion of murdering four-year old Limerick boy...
GARDAI have arrested two people on suspicion of murdering four year old Limerick boy Mason TJ O’Connell-Conway, last March. Little Mason was found by gardai with critical head injuries at a house in...
View ArticleFormer Limerick soccer star died after city assault
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former junior international soccer player who died after being assaulted in Limerick City last night. The victim, named locally as 48 year-old Alan Bourke, a native of St...
View ArticleLimerick fatal assault victim to be buried on Friday
SOCCER and rugby clubs will provide guards of honour at the funeral of one of their former stars who was fatally assaulted in Limerick City last week. Alan Bourke, (48), a native of St Mary’s Park, was...
View ArticleGarda inquiries continue as Limerick fatal assault victim buried
A LIMERICK father who died after being assaulted last week was remembered at his funeral today (Friday) as having led a “great sporting life” culminating in playing soccer and rugby for Ireland....
View Article#BREAKING: Two arrested in relation to fatal assault
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke at Colbert Station Plaza in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15 have arrested two men this afternoon. The men, who are in...
View Article#BREAKING: Man charged in relation to Limerick fatal assault
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke at the Colbert Station Plaza, Parnell Street in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15 have charged one man in relation to...
View Article#BREAKING: Limerick man charged with robbing fatal assault victim
A 35-year old unemployed Limerick man has appeared in court charged with robbing the late Alan Bourke of cans of alcohol and a bicycle in Limerick City on Good Friday, April 15. At a special sitting of...
View Article#BREAKING: Second man charged in Limerick fatal assault investigation
GARDAÍ investigating the fatal assault that claimed the life of Alan Bourke on Good Friday, April 15, have charged a second man in connection with the investigation. The man, who is aged in his 30s, is...
View ArticleLimerick man charged with assault and robbery of fatal attack victim
A 38-year old unemployed Limerick man has appeared in court charged with the assault and robbery of Alan Bourke who died in University Hospital Limerick after being found seriously injured on the...
View ArticleLimerick recycling firm ordered to pay €10 000 donation over safety breaches
A COURT has ordered a Limerick recycling firm to pay a €10,000 donation to help Ukraine refugees after it admitted breaching waste management legislation by not having fire safety equipment to deal...
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Father of murdered Limerick teen ‘devastated’ as investigations run cold
THE family of murdered Limerick teenager Jeffrey Hannan, who was beaten to death with a hatchet 15 years ago, have all but abandoned hope that his killer will ever be brought to justice. Alan Hannan,...
View ArticleLimerick communities could benefit from proceeds of crime
THE establishment of a fund to invest money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) into community projects should benefit areas of Limerick that have suffered the impact of crime. That’s according...
View ArticleUS army veterans guilty of interfering with operation of Shannon Airport
Two US Army veterans have been found guilty of interfering with the operation of Shannon Airport as part of an anti-war protest three years ago. The men, who are in their 80s, were cleared of...
View ArticleAnti-war protestors fined €10,000 for interference at Shannon Airport
TWO US army veterans in their 80s have been fined €5,000 each for interfering with the operation of Shannon Airport as part of an anti-war protest three years ago. At the Circuit Criminal Court in...
View ArticleTrans woman denies threatening to kill her mother
A WOMAN, who a court heard was born a man, has gone on trial accused of threatening to kill or cause serious injury to her mother, and an employee of a special care unit in Limerick. Barbie Kardashian...
View ArticleTroubled young woman threatened care worker’s family
A YOUNG woman who was being detained in one of the country’s most secure units for severely troubled youths, went on trial at Limerick Circuit Court today accused of threatening to kill or cause...
View ArticleBlackmail attempt over Limerick teen’s naked images
A LIMERICK teenager who sent naked images of himself to a social media account was almost immediately sent a message looking for money and threatening to publish the pictures. Although the boy told his...
View ArticleJury will resume deliberations in Kardashian trial on Monday
THE jury in the trial of Barbie Kardashian, who is charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to her mother and another person, retired today to continue its deliberations on Monday. Ms...
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