Snack favourites including KP Nuts, McCoy’s crisps and Hula Hoops were sold to a German firm today in a deal thought to be worth more than £500m (€615.9m).

A WELL-KNOWN member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang was one of two men arrested after the murder in Limerick yesterday of a respected businessman.

A PUBLIC house security man was shot and wounded in Limerick last night.

INVESTIGATORS in Limerick now believe the fire which gutted Brannigans pub in Mulgrave Street was malicious.