A FIREFIGHTER broke down in court as he spoke about a horrific crash that resulted in the deaths of a garda and a firefighter.

AFTER a Kerry-registered Audi crashed into an accident scene killing a garda and a firefighter, one person emerged from the passenger side of the vehicle saying: “Sorry about that lads,” Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A FIREFIGHTER told how he was knocked to the ground by the body of a colleague which had been hurled violently through the air when a car smashed into emergency services personnel as they were attending a road traffic accident in Co Limerick.

A GARDA and a firefighter were killed instantly when an apprentice carpenter driving with excess alcohol ploughed into them while they attended an accident scene, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

THE fire service in Co Limerick has erected a plaque at Foynes fire station to commemorate colleague Mike Liston who died one year ago in a road incident along with Garda Brian Kelleher who was stationed in Croom.

A 19-YEAR-OLD carpenter was yesterday charged in connection with the fatal crash that claimed the life of a garda and a firefighter in Co Limerick last February.

THE investigation into the road crash in Co Limerick which caused the deaths of Garda Brian Kelleher and the fire fighter Mike Liston on February 25 has been completed.

THE GARDA investigation into the incident in which a garda and a firefighter lost their lives while attending a traffic accident in west Limerick is nearing completion.

A TEENAGE driver involved in a road accident, in which two members of the emergency services lost their lives, was reportedly over the drink driving limit.

FIANNA Fáil elected members have appealed to a colleague to remain as their leader within Limerick County Council after a “stormy” emergency meeting.

A MAJOR split among the 12 Fianna Fáil members on Limerick County Council led to the snap resignation at the weekend of the group leader, Cllr Kevin Sheahan.

THE great love Garda Brian Kelleher had for his wife and three little boys was recalled at his funeral yesterday.

Mourners at the funerals of a garda and firefighter killed in the line of duty today heard calls for people to take greater care on the roads.

Mourners at the funerals of a garda and firefighter killed in the line of duty today heard calls for people to take greater care on the roads.

THOUSANDS of sympathisers filed in silent tribute through two county Limerick towns into late last night to embrace the grieving families of Garda Brian Kelleher and firefighter Mike Liston.

THE garda killed in Sunday’s double road tragedy in Limerick risked his life in a high-speed chase during which a rock was smashed through his patrol car windscreen, it emerged yesterday.

MIKE LISTON, the 47-year-old firefighter and father-of-four killed in yesterday’s horror road accident in Co Limerick, had lost a brother two years ago in another double fatality.

GRIEF-STRICKEN communities in Co Limerick were last night trying to come to terms with the road accident deaths of two men, both husbands and fathers, who had dedicated their lives to the service of the State.