THE driver of an articulated truck had no chance of avoiding a car in which two men died following a head-on impact near a notorious junction on the Limerick-Nenagh N7 roadway, an inquest heard.

A RETIRED surgeon died after he was apparently trampled by a herd of cattle while out walking his dog, an inquest in Limerick heard yesterday.

THE body of a Polish national who died in a house fire was identified by his dental records, an inquest in Limerick heard.

A LIMERICK teenager died from a cocktail of drugs which included heroin, an inquest heard yesterday.

A CORONER’S inquest was told yesterday that a 73-year-old retired farmer was already dead on the road before being run-over by a car outside the north Clare town of Ennistymon last year.