THE Government is to appoint a crime czar for the troubled Limerick housing estate of Moyross, with huge powers to tackle crime and social problems.

DISCIPLINE in the gardaí has been lost, the Morris Tribunal has concluded.

LIMERICK gardaí have intensified their crackdown on firearms as it emerged yesterday that nearly one-third of all shootings in the country this year happened in the city.

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe speaks to the head of the Limerick gardaí.

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe speaks to the head of the Limerick gardaí.

THE head of the Limerick garda division has expressed his shock at the 20% increase in the number of motorists stopped for drink driving in Limerick this year.

A SURPRISE 21st birthday party last night became the latest casualty of a vandal attack on the playing pitch at Thomond Park, where a number of rugby games have already been cancelled.

CLERGY and gardaí in West Limerick last night appealed to the mother of a newborn baby, whose body was discovered in a rubbish skip, to come forward and seek medical help.

EXTRA armed and uniformed patrols have been deployed in Limerick in a bid to tackle the recent upsurge in shootings in the city.