A woman who was to face trial for the murder of a father of three in Limerick was found dead today.

The Croke Park agreement, under which teachers work 33 hours per year in non-classroom contact, has been described as the “greatest waste of time ever”.

Three weeks away from home at a Gaeltacht summer school was a rite of passage, writes Pet O’Connell

A 41-year-old woman - charged with the murder of a father of three in Limerick - is to appear before Limerick District Court this morning.

A woman was yesterday charged at Limerick District Court with the murder of a pensioner on November 10, 2013.

A woman has been charged with murdering a father of three in Limerick.

Sergeant Maurice McCabe made complaints about 16 individual incidents relating to failures by gardaí to investigate reported crimes, internal matters including harassment of officers, and allegations of misconduct by individual members of the force. Caroline O’Doherty and Cormac O’Keeffe report on Seán Guerin’s examination of the matters

There is a theme running through the narrative of the Guerin report like a thread. Time and again, the same issues arise: A criminal investigation is not conducted properly. Sergeant Maurice McCabe complains about it in a detailed manner. The complaint is investigated by senior officers, more often than not concluding there is little to see here.

Allegations of wrongdoing, malpractice and corruption in the Gardaí have claimed a third major scalp with Alan Shatter’s dramatic departure.

A high-profile victim of the Garda whistleblower cases, being examined by a Government-appointed barrister, has hit out at the process after learning she will not be interviewed.

A garda has been given High Court permission to challenge a decision to re-open a disciplinary complaint against him in connection with an investigation involving murderer Jerry McGrath.

IN his speech yesterday, the justice minister made reference to two of the cases included in the dossier compiled by Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe has spoken publicly for the first time to dispute what he says are “false and misleading statements” which were attributed to Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan in reports yesterday.

Ireland is different. Multicultural with a small ‘m’, it is also a modern country where citizens are aware of their rights, and where proper standards are demanded. In this, it would seem, ‘the force’ is somewhat out of time.

Mary Lynch was working her taxi for just over two hours when she encountered Jerry McGrath. It was 2.15am on Monday, April 30, 2007. McGrath emerged from the nightclub in the Headford Arms Hotel in Kells, Co Meath, and asked would she take him to Virginia, Co Cavan, where his sister lived. He was from Dundrum in Tipperary, but was staying with his sister.

Labour has backed embattled Justice Minister Alan Shatter amid claims that he ignored serious allegations of Garda malpractice for over two years.

A woman attacked by a man who went on to murder Sylvia Roche Kelly in Limerick in December 2007 has claimed the 33-year-old would still be alive if her own case had been handled properly by gardaí.

Last Wednesday, in the course of a debate on new whistleblower legislation, Independent TD Mick Wallace referred to a transcript of a conversation between Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe and the man who held the office of Confidential Recipient.

Children need to go to funerals, says Helen O’Callaghan.

The Garda ombudsman is investigating an allegation of a cover-up within the force in a case involving a criminal who committed murder when he was on bail for serious violent charges.

MARY Lynch heard about the murder on the nine o’clock news. It said a woman had been beaten to death and gardaí were looking for a 23-year-old man.

A LIMERICK man was cleared yesterday by a jury of possessing a Glock semi automatic handgun with intent to endanger life.

IMPORTANT forensic and circumstantial evidence pointed to the guilt of a man charged in connection with the shooting of his daughter’s then-boyfriend, it was claimed at Limerick Circuit Court yesterday.

IF the referenda are passed by the people of the Republic of Ireland on Thursday, then truly our education system will have failed.

SHORTLY after a man was shot and wounded in Southill, the 12-year-son of the alleged gunman arrived at the home of a man he called “Grandad” with two hand guns, a stun gun and ammunition, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

A JURY foreman yesterday reassured a judge that all 12 jurors were giving a case their full attention.

A SHOOTING victim who identified the gunman in a statement to gardaí yesterday told Limerick Circuit Court he did not know who was responsible.

A WOMAN who claims one of her sons was shot by his girlfriend’s father, agreed in court that her three sons had a history of criminal violence.

A LIMERICK man drew a Glock semi-automatic handgun and shot his daughter’s boyfriend in a row between members of the two families, a court has been told by a prosecution lawyer.

A COUPLE have warned that their home in an abandoned estate in Clare will become derelict unless AIB agrees to provide services to the property.

The Long Road Home

A BUSY National Organic Week has left the sector buzzing. Plenty of well attended events, some new research, promising policy developments and upcoming opportunities have emerged.

THE death of a child is often seen as the ultimate tragedy, says a bereavement counsellor who has dealt with many families left devastated by such a loss.

AS a resident of Fermoy town, I have just found out my rubbish will not be collected unless I have a wheelie bin.

CONGRATULATIONS to the people who put Jet Magic in flight.

Police hunting a convicted murderer and rapist who disappeared after being released on bail appealed today for him to give himself up following a confirmed sighting in the Brighton area.

By Liam Mackey