Plans to revitalise Limerick's main thoroughfare took a step forward this week.

Caroline Delaney is impressed with this well-laid-out semi-detached bungalow in Cloyne, Co Cork

What once was a ‘mess,’ now is both a tidy and a healthy investment.

It’s not often you find a three-bed semi-detached with three double bedrooms, but this former showhouse does, says Trish Dromey.

The court heard that Mr Hoare married William Naylor's mother in the 1980s. Mr Naylor had always believed another man - his mother's first husband - was his father.

For those going to this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, there will be a lot to enjoy, both on and off the course. As part of the Rolex Series the event will be the biggest and richest ever.

Two men were sentenced to life in prison today after being found guilty of murdering a man at a house party that descended into violence.

A man died when a knife pierced his heart during a "violent and frenzied" attack, a pathologist has told a murder trial.

DNA on a screwdriver found at the scene of a fatal stabbing matched the deceased and one of the two men accused of his murder, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman has told a murder trial that she tried to intervene while her boyfriend was being stabbed to death by two men.

Originally a gated community catering for the Victorian elite, The Crescent in the harbour town of Cobh presents a rare opportunity with stunning views, says Tommy Barker.

A Limerick taxi driver was yesterday found not guilty of threatening to kill a National Transport Authority inspector after his vehicle failed a meter verification test.

A 50-year-old Limerick taxi driver was yesterday found not guilty of threatening to kill a National Transport Authority (NTA) inspector after his vehicle failed a meter verification test.

After a taxi driver’s car failed a fare meter test, he threatened to “put a bullet in the head” of a National Transport Authority inspector, a court has heard.

The most recent resale at The Crescent, off Cork’s Farranlea Road, was to private/family buyers, but that was for a version of this novel, contemporary crescent-shaped terrace of three storey homes which had an added-on ground floor room that made it even more suitable for smallies.

Limerick’s bid for European Capital of Culture in 2020 went off without a hitch on Tuesday July 12, with limerick looking like the lady it is for the eight hour tour the visiting judges were brought on.

Yesterday’s 12th of July celebrations North and South would have bamboozled King Billy himself.

7 The Crescent is in good shape, says Tommy Barker.

A man charged with murdering another man in a “frenzied” knife attempted to flee Limerick District court yesterday morning.

A Dublin man who led gardaí to a van containing over €370,000 of drugs when he failed to use the indicators on his car has been jailed for seven and a half years.

A man who died in an alleged “frenzied assault” at a house last Thursday night was stabbed 23 times, Limerick Distrtict Court has heard.

Two men appeared in court in Limerick charged in connection with the death of a 31-year-old man on Thursday night.

Gardaí have brought two men before a special court sitting in Limerick charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man.

A man has been rushed to hospital after falling off a ladder while painting a building in Limerick City.

A 28-year-old man who claimed he hurt his left foot after allegedly slipping on a wet mat as he walked out of a Spar supermarket seven years ago yesterday withdrew his damages action at the High Court.

The biggest outdoor art event ever witnessed in this country takes its first, spectacular step today when a giant grandmother commences a three-day odyssey through the streets of Limerick.

HAVE you ever wondered what it might have been like when banquets were held in fairytale castles, and the mead flowed freely for ladies and lords of the manor? 

Gardaí have appealed for information after the father of Ireland and Leinster rugby scrum half Eoin Reddan was held up and robbed by at least one man in his home last night.

A former estate agent charged with the murder of his partner’s son is to be served with a book of evidence in five weeks.

The partner of Dean Fitzpatrick's mother Audrey has been charged with murdering her son in north Dublin last May.

A family of three, who had to flee their home for their own safety in the middle of the night, has been awarded damages for assault against a Dublin businessman and landlord and his two sons.

Three men have appeared in court in Waterford this afternoon charged in relation to a drugs seizure in the city on Friday.

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The High Court has ruled that a 57-year-old man is entitled to a 120-acre farm of a man who turned out to be his biological father.

A judge said the Court Service was independent of him and he was independent of it when he refused a request to order the handing over of district court audio tapes.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of a woman who received a five-year suspended sentence for assisting armed robbers and possessing a gun more than four years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today has reserved judgement in the case of two men appealing against their convictions for having bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment two years ago.

THERE’S something about Montenotte — the quality of the buildings, or that feeling of the last vestige of Empire.

IT has a big green area to the side and this attractive, four-bed semi in Donnybrook, Douglas, also comes with great space for a family.

Two men have been jailed for nine years by the Special Criminal Court today for having bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment two years ago.

Two men who were found guilty by the Special Criminal Court today of having bomb-making equipment at a Dublin apartment last year were the last people to be convicted at the Green Street courthouse in Dublin.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of two men accused of having explosive materials at a flat in Dublin last year.

A Dublin man was cleared by the Special Criminal Court today of possessing bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment.

A young Belfast man told detectives he was in Dublin to meet someone about “finance and accommodation”, after his arrest at a Clondalkin apartment on suspicion of unlawfully possessing bomb-making material, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A young Dublin man denied knowing anything about bomb-making paraphernalia discovered during an armed raid on a Clondalkin apartment, when he was questioned by gardaí, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Residents at a Clondalkin apartment block were evacuated and a team from the army bomb disposal unit called in after bomb-making equipment was discovered in one of the apartments, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Enough explosive material to fully construct four pipe bombs was discovered during an armed raid on a Clondalkin apartment, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Armed detectives were acting on information that bomb-making equipment was found during a raid on a Clondalkin apartment when they arrested a young Dublin man in a car park next to the complex, a court has heard today.

A Monaghan man in his 20s failed to offer any explanation for why he had certain explosive materials in his presence when he was arrested during an armed raid on a Dublin apartment, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Explosive materials were discovered by Gardai who raided a Dublin apartment as part of a surveillance operation in Clondalkin, the Special Criminal Court heard today.