The partner of a Limerick man who was shot dead along with another woman in his home has told a trial one of the accused arrived at her house the day of the killings to offer his condolences but that he “seemed agitated”.

A sister of Limerick murder victim Breda Waters has admitted at the Central Criminal Court she was having an affair with one of the accused but it ended a month prior to the shooting dead of Ms Waters and Desmond Kelly.

A trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick has heard the victims “met death in a violent fashion.”

Three people arrested in Limerick yesterday in connection with the murders of a man and woman almost a year ago have been released without charge.

Five people have been arrested in Limerick in connection with the murders of a man and woman in the city earlier this year.

THERE were dramatic scenes outside Limerick courthouse yesterday when a group of more than 50 men, women and children tried to attack two men who were brought there on murder charges in relation to the shooting dead of Des Kelly and Breda Waters over a week ago.

Two men in their thirties are due to appear in court in Limerick charged in connection with a double murder in the city last week.

Five people remain in Garda custody over the killings of Des Kelly and Breda Waters in Limerick.

Gardaí investigating a double murder in Limerick have released one of their suspects.

Two people who were being questioned by Gardaí about a double murder in Limerick have been released without charge.

The killers of Des Kelly and Breda Waters in Limerick last Sunday have been described as evil.

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.

UP to 1,600 hours of CCTV footage is being scanned by gardaí as part of the double murder investigation into Des Kelly and Breda Waters, who were shot dead in Limerick’s Southill estate last Sunday morning.

Gardaí have arrested a ninth person in connection with a double murder in Limerick on Sunday morning.

Gardaí investigating a double murder in Limerick last weekend have arrested an eighth person today.

Seven people remain in Garda custody this morning, in connection with last weekend's double murder in Limerick.

THE gunmen in the double killing in Limerick over the weekend are clearly identifiable on CCTV footage obtained by gardaí.

Gardaí are appealing to the public for help in tracing two males suspected of carrying out a double murder in Limerick yesterday.

Four men and three women have been arrested in Limerick in connection with the murders of Des Kelly and Breda Waters at the weekend.

Gardaí have launched a double murder investigation following the discovery of two bodies in a house in Limerick yesterday.

Post mortem examinations are due to be carried out later on the bodies of Dessie Kelly and his partner Breda Waters who were found dead in a house in Limerick yesterday.

A MAN and woman found dead in a house in Limerick’s Southill estate yesterday both died from shotgun wounds.