Baby Gary McDonagh passed away in August last year and is buried at Taylor's Cross in Fedamore.

While men sentenced to death were more likely to be executed, Ian O’Donnell finds that women who found their sentences commuted were often sent to another institution such as a convent after they had served time in prison.

A well-organised and determined campaign, set against the background of a presidential election, helped farmers secure a fairer price for their milk 50 years ago, writes Ray Ryan

A student from Limerick has told how she witnessed the shocking events in Nice.

When gardaí raided a garage in Co Limerick they found a stolen Audi A6 being “cannibalised” for spare parts.

The huge passage of time added to the complexity of finalising a case involving an assault which occurred 14 years ago, a judge said yesterday.

A jury which last night found a Limerick man guilty of slitting a man’s throat with a blade added a rider to their verdict, saying that the accused’s actions were not intentional but reckless.

A man driving a group home from a 21st birthday party in Limerick collided with a parked car and ended up having his throat slit by the vehicle owner, a court heard.

Gardaí issued an alert to parents in Limerick yesterday following a suspicious approach made to a 14-year-old girl near Annacotty on Tuesday as she returned home from school.

LAND seized from Irish developers and now the subject of enforcement order via receivers and liquidators has been marketed by NAMA — and much of it will revert to farmland values when sold.

A BOY stole 25 cars in six months, a court heard.

MOMENTS after discussing the suicide of a friend, a woman fell to her death from an upstairs apartment, an inquest in Limerick heard.

A MAN who had his home confiscated by the CAB and who was shot and wounded in a Limerick gang attack was jailed for eight years for intimidating a witness with the intention of perverting and interfering with the course of course of justice.

A FORMER associate of a well-known Limerick family, along with his wife and children, are living under 24/7 Garda protection, a Circuit Court heard yesterday.

AFTER a drinking session with friends, a businessman drove his 4x4 from a Co Limerick pub on the wrong side of the road and ploughed into a car killing a retired Clonmel secondary school teacher, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

A HOAX bomb caused major traffic disruption for motorists heading into a city during morning rush-hour.

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a man in connection with a post office raid this morning.

THE man shot and wounded near Thomond Park on Friday night as rugby fans left the Heineken Cup game between Munster and Northampton was allowed home from hospital yesterday.

A man in his twenties is being treated in hospital after being shot in Limerick.

AN ICE-CREAM van which travelled to festivals around the country was used to launder drug money, Limerick District Court heard yesterday.

WHAT is regarded as the most brutal and depraved murder in the Limerick feud was recalled yesterday at Limerick Circuit Court when a man was jailed for his part in the death of Michael Campbell McNamara.

A LIMERICK secondary school says it will become the first co-ed in Munster to offer scholarships to girls pursuing third level degree courses from September.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a fatal accident in Co Limerick yesterday has been named locally as Finbar O’Keefe.

Four more people have died in three separate road accidents in the Republic overnight, bringing the death toll so far this year to 140.

A former Limerick criminal who spent almost €100,000 on foreign holidays, cars and a security system for his family's home, has appealed a decision by The Department of Social Welfare to refuse him a disability allowance.

ONE of the best known private nursing homes in Limerick has decided to close down for business reasons.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau yesterday sold a house they seized from a major Limerick criminal for €225,000.

The Criminal Assets Bureau sold the home of a convicted Limerick criminal for €225,000 at a public auction earlier today.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) last night promised further action on Limerick’s feuding crime gangs after it was allowed to seize the home of convicted criminal Brian Collopy.

The Criminal Assets Bureau is seizing the home of a Limerick man.

The Food Safety Authority has revealed that it served closure orders on three premises last month.