A MAN yesterday appeared at Limerick District Court in connection with the murder of retired Eircom worker, Martin Purcell.

A 32-year-old man has appeared in court in Limerick accused of murdering another man in the city last week.

SENIOR gardaí in Limerick were in talks last night with the office of the DPP about charging a man in connection with the murder of retired Eircom technician Martin Purcell.

A 32-year-old man has been held overnight by gardaí in Limerick over the murder of Martin Purcell.

A MAN in his 30s was in custody in Limerick last night on suspicion of the murder of a father-of-two who suffered multiple stab wounds in a frenzied knife attack.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Martin Purcell in Limerick have arrested a man on suspicion of his murder.

Gardaí in Limerick have confirmed that a man whose body was found in the city yesterday died from multiple stab wounds.

Gardaí in Limerick are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of a 54-year-old man in the city centre.

A SEPARATED father of two, known as a “quiet man who loved his music”, was found slaughtered yesterday in a brutal attack at his flat in Limerick.

A post mortem is underway on the body of a man found dead in a flat in Limerick earlier today.

A WORLD record set in a Belfast shipyard in 1918 has been blown out of the water by an Aer Lingus engineer celebrating his 50th birthd ay in a maintenance hangar in Shannon.

FOR sheer excitement and tension it would be hard to equal the dramatic finish to the Bulmer’s sponsored Munster Pierce Purcell shield final at Castletroy as Holycross farmer Matthew Maher rolled in a tricky four foot downhill putt on the first green to give Thurles a memorable victory.