DRUG dealers who tried to use the cover of a grotto to hide €100,000 of heroin were foiled when gardaí uncovered the stash during a planned search of wide areas of Southill in Limerick.

The Limerick man alleged to have raped a woman walking home alone in the early hours of Halloween Night two years ago has been linked to her through DNA matching.

The Limerick man alleged to have raped a woman walking home alone in the early hours of Halloween Night two years ago has been linked to her through DNA matching.

Two handwriting experts today said Frank McBrearty Jnr was the author of a contested signature on an alleged confession into the death of a Donegal cattle dealer.

Limerick gardaí are tonight examining a 150kg haul of cannabis resin seized from a car at a checkpoint in the county today.