A friend of Good Samaritan biker, Aidan Lynam, broke down yesterday as he recalled the moment the acclaimed fundraiser met his death during a charity motorcycle event.

A grieving father told an inquest yesterday that he has a real problem with the control of alcohol after hearing that his 20-year-old son fell to his death after an all-day drinking session.

The troubled mother of a Limerick gang killer drowned when she accidentally fell into a city canal when very drunk, a coroner’s court has heard.

The family of Limerick teenager Chloe Kinsella whose body was recovered from the River Shannon a week after she went missing say their appeal to young people to avoid alcohol has “fallen on deaf ears”.