Gardaí and the Irish Prison Service are conducting investigations as part of normal protocols following the sudden death of a remand inmate at Limerick Jail.

Gardaí are hunting three male suspects after a student attending Limerick Institute of Technology was thrown from a car and injured after been held against his will and robbed near the college.

Gardai have confirmed members of a criminal gang who broke into a farmhouse and discovered the decomposing corpses of a fraudster and her partner, are not likely to face charges of breaking and entering until the investigation into the couple's deaths is concluded.

Gardai are investigating after the body of a woman was discovered following a fire at a house in Limerick tonight.

Gardaí have described the death of two-year-old Robert Kelly from Limerick, as a "family tragedy".