A man has pleaded guilty to possession of a large sum of cash under Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing legislation.

A former Limerick primary school teacher was yesterday found guilty at Limerick Circuit Court of 30 charges of indecently assaulting boys he taught over 35 years ago.

A jury is due to begin its deliberations on Friday in the trial of a 73-year-old retired primary school teacher who is accused of indecently assaulting 13 boys at a school in the Limerick area.

A man who claims he was indecently assaulted as a schoolboy has attributed becoming a child sex abuser himself in later life to what had been done to him, a court heard.

A pensioner who groomed a 10-year-old boy for sex sessions at his home in Limerick told gardaí: “I didn’t feel bad. Age never came into my head”.

A Limerick teenager who sexually abused his younger stepsister while babysitting her has been sentenced to eight years in prison with the final three years suspended.

The State has asked the High Court to strike out an action for damages brought by the widower of murdered mother-of-two Sylvia Roche Kelly.

The debt-ridden Cork building contracting firm of O’Brien and O’Flynn Ltd is to be wound up by order of the High Court.

A petition to wind up the Cork building contracting firm O’Brien and O’Flynn Ltd, which owes Nama €71m, has been adjourned for a fortnight after a judge heard that "not all of the facts" had been presented to the High Court.

A professional Limerick courier who acted as a ‘storeman’ for a drugs gang in order to pay off gambling debts was yesterday jailed for five years at Limerick Circuit Court.

A DRUGS courier who was caught bringing drugs worth almost €250,000 from the North to Limerick has been jailed for four years.

A MAN who died of cancer two years ago was exposed to asbestos over a six-month period 40 years ago and yesterday his family was awarded €190,000 compensation.

A DRUGS courier who was viciously assaulted a week after he admitted having €200,000 of heroin has avoided jail because of the severity of the brain injury he suffered in the attack.

Two men were jailed today for five years in the first Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

LIMERICK City Council paid out just over €617,500 in legal expenses to solicitor firms and lawyers last year.

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.

Five Limerick men who were involved in a pitched battle in the city today began their appeal against their jail sentences.

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