A retired Irish army weapons instructor who pulled a revolver in a Limerick takeaway after “losing the rag” with two children was yesterday jailed at Limerick Circuit Court.

Gardaí are to examine security camera footage from locations around Limerick city as they investigate an act of vandalism at the site of the 325-year-old Limerick Treaty Stone, which was defaced in blue paint overnight, David Raleigh.

FITZGIBBON’s book is an in-depth and fascinating account of William of Orange’s war against his father-in-law, the deposed James II, a Catholic, on Irish shores.

REMEMBER the Siege of Limerick in 1690? Cromwell's army was on an all-conquering rampage through Ireland when it came to this fortress town on the banks of the Shannon with very high expectations.

APPROVAL has been granted for a controversial section of motorway to run through a historic battlefield site tagged Ireland’s Gettysburg.