#BREAKING – Father and his partner charged over murder of 4-year-old Limerick...
A FOUR-year old boy’s father and his partner have been charged in connection with his murder in Limerick last year. Mason O’Connell Conway was found with serious injuries at a house in Rathbane,...
View ArticlePunches thrown as County Limerick mothers fought over drunk teen
A ROW that started with an irate mother and a drunken 16-year old, escalated into a full-blown court hearing and charges of assault. Newcastle West District Court heard a saga of kicking, punching,...
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Companies fined €225,000 over worker deaths off Limerick bridge
TWO companies have been fined a total of €225,000 for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act that led to the drownings of two stonemasons in Limerick City seven years ago. Bryan Whelan (29) of...
View ArticleJudge imposes ban on naming parties in Limerick child murder case
A WOMAN charged with murdering a four year old Limerick boy can no longer be named publicly, after a judge imposed reporting restrictions on all parties involved in the case. Judge Carol Anne Coolican...
View ArticleLimerick pensioner rammed jeep with tractor prongs in heated row
A COURT has heard how a County Limerick pensioner repeatedly rammed a jeep with the sharp prongs of a tractor, as a teenager sat inside, in a row over payment for silage bales. Convicting Harry...
View ArticleLimerick family to oppose murderer’s bid for freedom
THE FAMILY of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins have said they will object in the strongest possible terms to his killer being freed early. The 35-year old father of two was shot and fatally...
View ArticleMother wants judge to lift order preventing dead son being named
THE mother of a four-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered has appealed to the courts to lift an order imposed by a judge that prevents her from publicly naming her dead son. A woman and a man were...
View ArticleLimerick gang assets seized in CAB raids
THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) conducted a search operation in counties Donegal, Limerick and Cork earlier today, targeting the activities of a Limerick based criminal gang. The operation was...
View ArticleCourt conviction for Limerick driver who swerved to avoid child
A DRIVER who claimed he swerved and ended up trapped in his work van in a ditch to avoid hitting a child on the road was convicted of careless driving and fined in a Limerick court this week. Patrick...
View ArticleLimerick drink driving charge struck out because car couldn’t be driven
A GARDA told a court how he found a jeep in the middle of the road in Kilmallock with smoke belching from under the bonnet and two men inside, one with his chest covered in vomit. Garda Jerry O’Connor...
View Article290 Limerick people sentenced to prison last year
LIMERICK had one of the highest numbers of people per head of population sent to prison last year. Figures from the Irish Prison Service (IPS), based on the home addresses of people who received...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for Limerick man who sent sexually explicit videos to TD
A COUNTY Limerick man who pleaded guilty to harassing Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has been given a suspended one year prison sentence and ordered to stay away from Leinster House at Dublin...
View ArticleGarda alert over Limerick farm robberies
GARDAÍ are advising Limerick landowners to be on the alert for opportunist thieves after a number of robberies from farms over recent weeks. AN Ivor Williams 505 hunter horse box was stolen from a yard...
View ArticleNo evidence woman four times over drink limit in Limerick town was driving
A JUDGE has reserved a decision in a case against a woman found to be four times over the legal alcohol driving limit after hearing that no-one had asked her if she had been driving the car on the date...
View ArticleClaim that judges unwilling to travel to Limerick rejected
CLAIMS by Sinn Féin Justice spokesman Martin Kenny that judges are unwilling to travel to Limerick and other regional venue have been rejected by a senior member of the judiciary as “simply incorrect”...
View Article26-year-old driver had 52 years of driving bans
A 26-year old driver who was brought before the courts after being involved in a crash had previously been put off the road for a total of 52 years. Newcastle West District court heard that Richard...
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Minister reviewing decision to transfer Limerick boxer’s killer to English jail
THE mother of murdered Limerick champion boxer Kevin Sheehy has described her son’s convicted killer as a monster and says his request to serve out his life sentence in an English jail should be...
View ArticleLimerick Garda warning over ‘crimes of opportunity’
GARDAÍ are reminding the public to check that all doors and windows in their homes and cars are securely locked following what they described as “a number of crimes of opportunity” in the Limerick area...
View ArticleLimerick man fined for travelling to work during lockdown
A JUDGE heard how a man travelled nearly 25km at the height of the Covid lockdown to do some plumbing for a friend, despite a ban on home visits. Garda Elaine Freemantle told Newcastle West District...
View ArticleLaptop security advice from Limerick Gardaí
TREAT your laptop like cash. That was the advice this week from the Limerick Garda Crime Prevention Office. “Along with cash, laptops and tablets are the most common items taken in burglaries and from...
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