A patient deemed to be a "very urgent" case after being rushed to an overcrowded emergency department was not seen by a doctor until he was found dead on a trolley over three hours after he was admitted, an inquest heard.

Steve Collins tells inquest of son’s last moments

Limerick University Hospital failed to notify a coroner of the suspicious death of a patient, as it is obliged to do so by law, an inquest has heard.

A road accident which claimed the lives of two Limerick brothers may have been caused by the sun’s glare on a roadway, an inquest heard yesterday.

A judge said he was anxious to have a man arrested for sentencing on a charge of going to a farmyard and causing fear.

An inquest jury in Limerick returned a murder verdict in the death of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan who was shot dead near his home in Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, on the night of Nov 9, 2008.

An agricultural contractor who feared for the lives of himself and his family fired two shots into the air from his shotgun when a car arrived in his yard following reports another family were coming up to sort him out.

A grieving Limerick family wrongly told their son’s brain had been removed during a postmortem and sent to the state laboratory, also received written pathology and laboratory reports which contained the name of another person.

A shocking mix-up has resulted in a Limerick couple being wrongly advised they could collect their dead son’s brain from the State laboratory.

A RETIRED school teacher received fatal injuries when hit by a falling branch which had been broken off when hit by a passing lorry, an inquest heard yesterday.

A MIDDLE-AGED man was killed as he went to attend his badly injured dog after it was hit by a car, an inquest heard yesterday.

A CORONER yesterday refused an application to record a verdict of misadventure at an inquest into the sudden death of a Limerick teenager who died at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after a routine appendix operation.

EVEN in death the memory of one of Cork’s great characters lives on — in style.

A MAN, living rough and crushed to death in a refuse collection truck, had chosen a homeless lifestyle, his family said yesterday.

THE driver of an articulated truck had no chance of avoiding a car in which two men died following a head-on impact near a notorious junction on the Limerick-Nenagh N7 roadway, an inquest heard.

SHORTLY after being shot in the head, Limerick crime figure Mikey Kelly, 48, told ambulance technicians that a gunman had come into his bedroom and fired at him, an inquest heard yesterday.

EVEN when driving in fields, people on motorbikes should ensure they always wear helmets, a coroner said yesterday.

A MAN who gave up his job to care for his elderly mother dashed into a blazing bedroom to try and save her, a Limerick inquest heard yesterday.

A LIMERICK teenager was impaled on railings, when he fell while climbing up a drain pipe to get into his apartment after he was locked out, an inquest heard.

THE funeral of a young mother which divided two families who brought their dispute to a High Court judge has been recalled at an inquest in Limerick.

A MOTHER whose only child died after a goal post fell on him, said four other children have died in similar circumstances.

A 19-YEAR-OLD Estonian died from acute cardio-respiratory failure after he swallowed 69 capsules of cocaine, an inquest in Limerick heard yesterday.