Armed gardaí will patrol Rathkeale this Christmas when thousands of transient Travellers descend on the west Limerick town from all over Europe.

A judge yesterday admonished a young Limerick drug abuser, telling him he did not give “a toss” what he put into his arms, up his nose or into his bottom.

It was shocking to say the least that the most experienced member of the Garda Traffic Corps in Limerick was driving his own private car to work without tax and up-to-date NCT cert, a judge said yesterday.

A mother charged with the murder of her son in Co Cork could not be brought to court as she was medically unfit.

Clare 0-13 Waterford 0-7

SIGNIFICANT savings can be made on hands-free mobile phone sets in Limerick this month, thanks to a campaign by the gardaí and Limerick Chamber to reduce road accidents and carnage.

KILKENNY 0-2 CLARE 4-18, Nowlan Park

Limerick 1-13 Clare 1-09

Clare manager Frank Doherty has handed debuts to three players ahead of the Banner County's Munster SFC clash with Limerick at Cusack Park, Ennis on Sunday.

A late point from Paul Earls earned Wicklow a 0-15 to 2-09 draw in their Allianz NFL Division 4 clash with Waterford at Aughrim today - but this was a game they could so easily have won.

TEAK-TOUGH Bishopstown back Noel O’Donovan and stylish Ballincollig winger Patrick Kelly have been drafted into the Cork team to play Meath in the opening round of the Allianz National Football League at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

A BRAZILIAN who worked at a Charleville food company, denies stabbing his best friend to death while partying in the town, the Central Criminal Court sitting in Limerick heard.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial lied in his garda statement because he didn't want to be blamed for the serious part of the fight that led to the death of the 18-year-old student, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

IT’S hard to get a handle on how big Cnó Capaill is until you see it — and that’s big, as in impressive, not in a look-at-me kind of way.