A man who has been charged in connection with a violent carjacking last Sunday, in which a woman was struck on the head before she was driven away by her attacker, told gardaí after his arrest: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it", a court has heard.

Once it was lawless gangs that ruled Balllinacurra Weston with their guns before the law caught up with them. But the troubled Limerick estate recently resumed its Wild West ways when a boy mounted on horse back drove cattle through its streets.

A judge has today warned a mother she will go to jail for seven days for each day her 15-year-old daughter fails to attend school.

Two brothers charged in connection with the seizure of €50,000 worth of heroin in Limerick have been refused bail after a court was told of Garda fears they might leave the jurisdiction.

A man who pleaded guilty to knocking over an elderly nun in the centre of Limerick City and snatching her handbag, has been remanded in custody for sentencing.

When he could not get access to his young daughter, David Markham decided to get his own back on his former partner.

An off-duty Garda, his brother, and another man, accused of getting involved in a street fight last summer, have appeared in court in Limerick.

A young man who crashed his friend’s car while drunk and uninsured was banned from driving for four years and given 140 community service in lieu of 10 months in jail.

A drink-driving case was dramatically dismissed against a two-time All Star hurler last night after his uncle admitted giving him whiskey after the sports star had knocked down a pedestrian.

A judge has found that leading criminal lawyer John Devane had assaulted solicitor John Herbert at Limerick District Court.

A high-profile legal figure has been cleared of assaulting another lawyer outside a courtroom amid claims of client poaching.

A Limerick man has appeared in court charged with escaping from lawful custody.

A judge said the Court Service was independent of him and he was independent of it when he refused a request to order the handing over of district court audio tapes.

THE “temporary unavailability” of judges led to one man doing the work of possibly three at Limerick District Court yesterday.

A MAN charged with the murders of two women and two young children in Co Limerick last year has been sent forward for trial.

STUMBLING blocks have been encountered in the huge investigation into the murders of a mother, her two children and a family friend in Newcastle West, a court heard yesterday.

A LIMERICK taxi driver, jailed for seven years on Monday for raping a teenage customer, was allowed to continue working as a taxi driver by a District Court judge following the rape allegation despite objections by Limerick’s most senior garda officer.

NEARLY €16,000 seized from the home of a Limerick woman, who trades in various street markets, will not be returned until gardaí are satisfied the cash did not result from any illegal activities, a judge has ruled.

THE National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) is concerned at the surge in calls involving small children drinking alcohol hand gels or getting the substance in their eyes.

TWO men gardaí believe can be linked to the murder of 35-year-old businessman Roy Collins have had their period of detention extended.

A JUDGE, shocked by horrific images of livestock cruelty, was yesterday asked to impose a lifetime ban on a farmer from herding animals.

A MAN charged with one of the two recent Limerick feud murders, yesterday complained he was being held under 23-hour lock-up in prison.

A POLISH national appeared yesterday before a special sitting of Limerick District Court in connection with the death of a fellow countryman on Easter Monday.