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The sentences handed down at Limerick Circuit Court on December 15 to two cousins, who were involved in a burglary in which the bachelor homeowner died of a heart attack when he went to challenge the intruders, is to be appealed by the DPP as unduly lenient.

Two criminals, both with long lists of previous convictions, ignored pleas for help from a dying man’s sister as they fled from his home which they had just burgled. They have now been jailed, but could be due for release within 16 months.

Some of Cork’s favourite retailers explain how they create their famous Christmas windows, writes Ciara McDonnell

Munster JFC semi final

After 125 years of waiting, St Patrick’s, Cullyhanna are back in the county final after a dramatic semi-final against Ballymacnab.

An agricultural contractor who feared for the lives of himself and his family fired two shots into the air from his shotgun when a car arrived in his yard following reports another family were coming up to sort him out.

Champions Dromcollogher-Broadford remain the only side with a 100% record in the Limerick SFC after four rounds of group games.

GATHERINGS may be all the rage for 2013, but the concept is old hat to Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which has been gathering together musicians from across the Irish diaspora for over 60 years.

With three contested positions and three other officers retiring at the end of their five years’ service, yesterday’s attendance at the Limerick GAA convention in the city’s Strand Hotel was the highest for a number of years.

Dromcollogher-Broadford 1-10 Fr. Caseys 0-9

ANDREW McNamara doubled-up on Equation and her former stable-companion Fearnwood Girl in last night’s maiden hurdle action in Sligo.

A MAN described as one of Limerick’s most vicious criminals has died suddenly in jail while serving life for the brutal murder of a barman in the city.

A CORK CITY Sinn Féin councillor has said child rapists should “hang upside down and have their fingers cut off so they could die a slow, painful death”.

A MAN who burst into a house in Limerick firing at the occupant with a pump-action shotgun walked free from Limerick Circuit Court yesterday.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are investigating whether the attempted abduction of a brother of the late Alderman Mikey Kelly at the weekend is linked to an ongoing feud between two local families.

CONTROVERSIAL Limerick figure Anthony Kelly last night told how he survived an attempt on his life yesterday when his car was sprayed with gunfire.

THIRTEEN-MAN Drom-Broadford and St Senan’s booked their places in the Limerick SFC semi-finals with victories over Mungret and Fr Casey’s at the weekend.

One of two men accused of murdering a 65-year-old grandmother told gardaí he “played no role in the death of that poor woman”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

COWS grazed in fields next to Spindlewood when it was built 36 years ago; now this section of the Rochestown Road has Caseys leather furniture from one end to another.