Gardaí have described the death of two-year-old Robert Kelly from Limerick, as a "family tragedy".

A Limerick man has told how he "lost the best part" of his life when told his two-year old son was found dead in his home.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has been spared a possible jail sentence and a criminal conviction for an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub two years ago.

A judge has ordered Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly to spend 80 hours teaching GAA to children following an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

A judge has ordered Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly to spend 80 hours teaching GAA to kids following an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

A Dublin football star has been ordered to complete an anger management course before he is sentenced for an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has been ordered to complete an anger-management course before he is sentenced for an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

A date will be set this month for the sentencing of Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly over an unprovoked attack in which a man suffered a fractured eye-socket.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has paid €5,000 to charities nominated by a man whose eye socket he fractured during an unprovoked attack in a pub.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has paid €5,000 to charities nominated by man whose eye socket he fractured during an unprovoked attack in a pub.

Dublin Gaelic football star Diarmuid Connolly has unreservedly apology to a man who suffered a fractured eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly will be sentenced next month for breaking a man’s eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly is to be sentenced next month for breaking a man's eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.

The mother of a man who died in a notorious gang murder four years ago was found dead in tragic circumstances, an inquest has heard.

Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has admitted breaking a man’s eye socket in an unprovoked attack in a pub.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has admitted breaking a man's eye socket in an unprovoked attack in a pub.

The suspect, aged 34, is being held at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

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The jury in a Limerick double-murder trial is to commence its deliberations tomorrow morning.

Joe Canning hit 0-13 for Portumna, but it was not enough to stop the three-times All-Ireland club champions crashing out of the Galway SHC at the quarter-final stage to Turloughmore.

A trial has heard today that an unmarked patrol car driven by a detective garda was well over the speed limit just before the vehicle and a 4x4 were in collision on the M50 in Dublin.

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A LIMERICK man was cleared yesterday by a jury of possessing a Glock semi automatic handgun with intent to endanger life.

IMPORTANT forensic and circumstantial evidence pointed to the guilt of a man charged in connection with the shooting of his daughter’s then-boyfriend, it was claimed at Limerick Circuit Court yesterday.

A LIMERICK trial moved into Southill yesterday when barristers climbed onto the roof of a building to see why a CCTV camera failed to record the shooting.

A LIMERICK man charged in connection with the shooting of his daughter’s boyfriend during a family row claimed he was the one who came under gun attack from members of the boyfriend’s family, Limerick Circuit Court has heard.

BALLISTIC tests on bullet casings discharged from a gun which the prosecution claims was brought from Southill in Limerick shortly after a shooting, matched those found near the home of the man accused of carrying out that shooting, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

A CCTV system, close to a house where a shooting allegedly occurred, had not been functioning for almost three months before the incident, Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday.

SHORTLY after a man was shot and wounded in Southill, the 12-year-son of the alleged gunman arrived at the home of a man he called “Grandad” with two hand guns, a stun gun and ammunition, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

A JURY foreman yesterday reassured a judge that all 12 jurors were giving a case their full attention.

A SHOOTING victim who identified the gunman in a statement to gardaí yesterday told Limerick Circuit Court he did not know who was responsible.

A WOMAN who claims one of her sons was shot by his girlfriend’s father, agreed in court that her three sons had a history of criminal violence.

A LIMERICK man drew a Glock semi-automatic handgun and shot his daughter’s boyfriend in a row between members of the two families, a court has been told by a prosecution lawyer.

Independent Mick Wallace has been elected on the first count in Wexford.

A WELL-known figure in one of Limerick’s most notorious crime spots has insisted he had no involvement in the Sunday morning double murder of Des Kelly and Breda Waters.

THE controversial “shebeen” in Southill which was closed down by a court last October is back in business.

A 24-YEAR-OLD pastry chef from Dungourney will tickle the taste buds for Ireland at the Mondial des Arts Sucrés bi-annual culinary competition in Paris this weekend.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to question three young men in relation to an incident that left a 21-year-old dead from shotgun wounds.

Gardaí in Mullingar are treating the death of a man in the town as a personal tragedy.

AN unauthorised shebeen in a shed behind a family home has finally been closed, a court heard yesterday.

THE days of the Southill shebeen are numbered following a move by planners at Limerick City Council.

LAST Friday three clean-cut young American backpackers arrived at Dublin airport from Texas. They were setting out on the first international leg of a yearlong trip around Europe.

PATRONS of the Southill shebeen gathered last night to celebrate what locals described as the “Mickey Mouse” fine handed down after a judge ruled it was an illegal drinking premises.