A Limerick mother of four young children attacked a man with a bottle during a house party with such ferocity that doctors feared he would not survive the brain injuries that he received.

The circumstances in which a Limerick woman was found with a powerful submachinegun were the most “bizarre and bewildering” a judge had ever come across.

An electrician has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering a bread delivery man in a Limerick petrol station three years ago.

AMID armed Garda security, a 29-year-old Limerick man was remanded in custody at a special sitting of the District Court last night charged with the murder of bread man Daniel Treacy last week.

Two men, who were refused bail on firearms charges, are both involved in an ongoing Limerick feud, a special court sitting heard.