A Limerick man extradited from Bulgaria to face charges of threatening to kill a key State witness, has been granted bail, despite strenuous Garda objection.

An Irish man arrested by gardaí in Bulgaria has been charged with threatening to kill a witness in an ongoing Garda investigation.

A Limerick man who was part of a three-person gang involved in the tiger kidnapping of a post office manager’s son has had his sentence adjourned to allow a suspended sentence hanging over him from Cork Circuit Court be dealt with.

MERCHANT’S QUAY in Limerick was bristling with armed gardaí, TV cameras, photographers, journalists, and curious onlookers.

An Irish choir is preparing to perform at celebrations in Rome this weekend marking the 500th anniversary of the choir of St Peter’s Basilica.

A man has been arrested in Limerick in connection with an abduction which took place earlier this week.

A MAN who had his home confiscated by the CAB and who was shot and wounded in a Limerick gang attack was jailed for eight years for intimidating a witness with the intention of perverting and interfering with the course of course of justice.

A FORMER associate of a well-known Limerick family, along with his wife and children, are living under 24/7 Garda protection, a Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A 24 year-old Tipperary man who beat a woman to death in a Limerick hotel room just over a year ago has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

ON LEAVING a Limerick pub after an argument, a drunken customer armed himself with a loaded sawn-off shot gun, put on a balaclava and returned to shoot the man he had rowed with.

A man has appeared in court charged with threatening to kill a 19 year-old barman who was shot twice last Sunday night in a busy Limerick city pub.