The Special Criminal Court today refused bail to a Dublin man facing a firearms and IRA membership charge.

One of two Limerick brothers accused of threatening to kill three members of the same family was refused bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Four men today received sentences totalling 31-and-a-half years for offences including violent disorder and demanding money with menaces, in the largest tranche of Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Two men were jailed today for five years in the first Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

COREY Pavin, the US Ryder Cup team captain, must be wondering what’s going on these days.

HE’S a chip off the old butcher’s block.

HUNDREDS of mourners last night attended the removal of the remains of murdered Limerick breadman Daniel Treacy to St Mary’s Church.

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SHOWS are an important part of the fabric of Irish life, according to John Browne, the new chairman of their national umbrella body, the Irish Shows Association.

COCAINE parties in “session houses” around Waterford are a weekly occurrence, it was claimed yesterday, as two local men continued to fight for their lives after taking ill at a party on Sunday morning.

THE Government’s top drugs adviser yesterday said the emergencies in Waterford city highlighted the danger of taking several drugs.

A JUMP in the availability of cocaine and heroin, a ready supply of those willing to peddle drugs to vulnerable young people, waiting lists for treatment services and counselling are just some of the problems facing the city of Waterford, and many other towns and cities, as they battle against the consequences of drug taking.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested on Sunday night in connection with the Waterford investigation is still being held at Tramore Garda Station. He can be questioned for up to seven days, under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

THE agricultural shows which begin over the May Bank Holiday weekend are much more than a great day out for rural people — they also play an important role in raising standards in the country’s sport horse, livestock and artisan food sectors.

Gardaí in Waterford say they believe murdered mother-of-one Margaret Walsh knew her killer.

Five members of a Limerick crime gang jailed for their part in a pitched battle with rival criminals outside a fast food outlet in the city today had their sentences reduced.

Five Limerick men who were involved in a pitched battle in the city today began their appeal against their jail sentences.

Five Limerick men will today appeal jail sentences they received for their part in a pitched battle between feuding gangs in the city over three years ago.

The DPP is likely to appeal the leniency of a three-year sentence handed down to a Limerick teenager who blinded a man for life after hitting him in the face with a a hurley, it has emerged.

A 19-year-old Limerick man had both his eyeballs lacerated and was blinded for life after he was assualted with a hurley, a court heard today.

AS armed patrols keep the lid on the Limerick feud, the tried and trusted tactic of gardaí pounding the beat is turning the tables on the city’s more traditional trouble maker.

THE man shot and wounded early yesterday in Limerick was named locally as Aaron O’Brien from Delmege Park, Moyross.

DEADLY explosives found during a major garda operation in Limerick yesterday are believed to have been brought to the city for use in the bloody, ongoing feud.

Nine men convicted of charges relating to a “pitched battle” between members of Limerick feuding factions outside a family restaurant, have been jailed for a total of just over 38 years.

Seventeen-year-old schoolboy sensation Pablo Martin has history in his sights going into the final round of the Canaries Spanish Open in Tenerife tomorrow.