Gardaí suspect dissident republican Michael Barr was shot dead because it was believed by the Kinahan cartel he provided a “safe house” to one of the gunmen in the Regency Hotel attack.

Statements have been taken from a number of people as part of a probe into the disappearance of a large sum of money from a Limerick GAA club.

Ben Stiller is getting some of the biggest names in contemporary art to help Haitian children affected by last year’s earthquake.

AN annual sporting pilgrimage to the Listowel Races by a group of horse racing friends from Limerick ended in tragedy on Sunday night when three of them were killed instantly as they returned home in a hackney.

A 43-year-old homeless man arrested during an incident outside Government Buildings on Thursday has been remanded in custody for one week.