A Limerick man, who was arrested along with seven other men following a Garda investigation into extortion, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to violent disorder.

Eight Limerick men facing a variety of charges including violent disorder, making threats to kill and demanding money with menaces will stand trial together in March next year.

Eight Limerick men arrested as part of an investigation into extortion appeared briefly at the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.