Drivers are being asked to take care on the roads this bank holiday weekend and to watch out for motorcyclists in particular.

Over 470,000 children have taken part in a national competition launched 14 years ago that encourages them to stay safe on the roads.

There have been 171 motorbike riders killed and 629 seriously injured on Irish roads since 2010, it has emerged.

A group of 50 gardaí commenced their shifts yesterday for a six-month test period which is likely to lead to a sea change in policing in the coming years.

The successful fight against feuding gangs has prepared Limerick well to deal with the threat of Islamic State (IS) terrorism, community leaders have been told.

Shannon Airport is a soft touch for terrorists, according to claims by a Limerick councillor who used to work at the airport x-raying passengers luggage.

Gardaí have recovered a gun and arrested three men in a crackdown on organised crime in Limerick.

A batch of Garda recruits has been deployed to Limerick to receive special on-the-ground training from experienced officers who have put their lives on the line to protect the city from gangland criminals.

Three brothers from Co Clare been awarded Garda Youth Awards after they gallantly defended their home and neighbours' properties from last winter's flooding.

A man murdered in Limerick was arrested hours beforehand for public disorder and being intoxicated in a public place.

A blitz on younger drivers, particularly male drivers, over the next eight Saturdays, beginning today has been announced in Kerry, after an analysis of the first six months of the year by senior gardaí in the division found that young men, in the 21-30 age group, are more likely to drink drive than any other group.

It was 6.55am, June 7, 1996, when Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Detective Garda Ben O’Sullivan were targeted by an IRA gang as both officers provided an armed escort for a mail delivery van.

Hundreds of children had their schoolday disrupted yesterday due to bomb hoaxes at several primary schools.

A mother who lost her son after an unprovoked attack is leading a fundraising drive to help the family of a Limerick man who died in the US as a result of a violent incident.

A Dublin company executive and a Brazilian woman, who directed one of the most sophisticated prostitution operations of its kind in the Mid-West region, yesterday walked free from court.

Gardaí believe a fatal stabbing in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, on Thursday night happened during a drink-fuelled row at a house party.

A Garda who was shot and left for dead in New Orleans is “looking forward” to getting back to work and is “hopeful” of returning home in Ireland next week.

A garda who was shot twice and left for dead on a street in New Orleans is looking forward to getting back to work and said he was hopeful of returning home in Ireland next week.

Limerick’s reputation as a violent city is ill-deserved, the most senior circuit court judge said yesterday.

Julia Walsh spends her birthdays wondering where the body of her son Des lies.

Gardaí have described the forthcoming visit of a giant grandmother to Limerick as the biggest event to be staged in Ireland this year.

The head of the Limerick Garda Division yesterday challenged a claim that greater leadership is needed from the force’s management on issues relating to the gay community.

Members of the Defence Forces paid poignant tributes in Limerick and Lebanon yesterday to the little girl who soldiers called their “guardian angel”.

A sea disaster off West Cork over 30 years ago which claimed 17 lives sets the scene for a new film by Jim Sheridan.

Hundreds of gardaí, Customs, Revenue, and social welfare officials have been involved in a major crackdown on people engaged in the multimillion-euro theft of metals.

Ireland rugby Grand Slam hero Niamh Briggs has been hailed for helping steer children living in two of Limerick’s troubled estates away from crime and into sport.

Work on a secure exhibits facility is nearing completion at a Garda station in Limerick.

Nine suspected members of the Real IRA were being held by gardaí in Limerick last night following early morning raids in the city and county that involved more than 50 gardaí.

Eight Limerick pubs and off-licences were found selling alcohol to under- aged persons in a Garda operation carried out over the first nine months of this year.

The jailing of almost 60 key figures in Limerick’s notorious gangs, coupled with in-fighting among active gang members, has led to a significant decrease in crime in the city, according to a senior garda.

Limerick’s image as the European City of Sport suffered a blow yesterday after Manchester City’s Gaël Clichy claimed he was subjected to racism in the city on Sunday night.

A man suspected of being a member of a Cork Traveller gang responsible for a spate of burglaries and robberies across Limerick has been arrested following a massive Garda operation.

The mayor of Limerick has described the departure of gangland crime victim Steve Collins and his family from the city, as a “sad day for Irish democracy”.

SENIOR gardaí in Limerick were in talks last night with the office of the DPP about charging a man in connection with the murder of retired Eircom technician Martin Purcell.

ORGANISED teen gangs made up of boys as young as 13 years old have been responsible for a massive upsurge in house break-ins in Limerick.

THE head of the Limerick Garda division said yesterday while CCTV played an enormous role in tackling serious crime, its widespread deployment in housing estates was not the best way to tackle antisocial behaviour.

Gardaí have been allowed to question for a further 72 hours, six out of eight people arrested in connection with the murders of a couple in Limerick last Sunday.

ONE of the worst multiple murders in the history of the state yesterday claimed the lives of a mother, her two young children and a friend.

IN one of the most heartbreaking days in recent Irish history, seven people — including four children under the age of six — died tragically at their homes in East Cork and Limerick.

Gardaí are appealing to the public for help in their investigation into the murders of four people including a toddler and a baby girl in Newcastle West in Co Limerick earlier today.