A judge has told a man who put motorists’ lives in danger by driving up the motorway the wrong way three times, “don’t come out of Cork”.

Radio warnings were broadcast and motorists had to take evasive action to avoid colliding with a man driving his car the wrong way down motorway lanes linking Limerick to Ennis.

A 29-year-old man charged in connection with a ‘barbaric’ attack on three pensioner siblings at their isolated home in Limerick will serve no time in jail after receiving a suspended jail sentence.

A man who through financial difficulties was at the beck and call of a violent gang, drove armed and masked men on a raid during which they subjected two elderly sisters and their bachelor brother to what was described as a barbaric attack at their isolated rural home, a court heard.

A van driver going around a dangerous bend while using a mobile phone forced an oncoming car into a ditch to avoid a crash — and two off-duty gardaí were travelling in the car.

A hooded criminal, who robbed a service station at knifepoint, was found by gardaí hiding under a rug with the cash stuffed in his socks.

A MAN who gave up his job to care for his elderly mother dashed into a blazing bedroom to try and save her, a Limerick inquest heard yesterday.