A 21-year-old Limerick man accused of murdering another Limerick man in the city four years ago claimed a garda was lying when he said he didn’t find the accused at home that night.

SOLICITORS and barristers earned €54.3 million between them last year through providing state-funded criminal legal aid, according to figures from the Department of Justice.

The teenage sister of a Limerick man accused of murder was kidnapped hours before the fatal shooting took place, his trial heard.

The jury in a Limerick murder trial was shown CCTV footage of a shooting at a house in the city shortly after the alleged murder took place in a neighbouring house.

The jury in a Limerick murder trial continued in the absence of the jury today so legal argument could be conducted.

The house where a Limerick man was shot dead four years ago had been shot at twice shortly before the killing, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Limerick mother cried in the witness box today as she recalled hearing her son being shot dead from her bed in the early hours of his 40th birthday.

ARMED Garda units were on high alert last night in Limerick amid fears of more bloodshed following the latest feud murder.

A BOY, aged 14, was still being held by Limerick gardaí last night in connection with a shooting incident in St Mary’s Park during which a sawn-off shotgun was used.

DETECTIVES from Limerick travelled to Cork last night to interview the Polish man who was badly burned in an attack over the weekend.

LIMERICK gardaí today hope to speak to the Polish man who was turned into a human fireball in a horrific attack in Limerick early on Sunday morning.