An eight-year-old Springer Spaniel missing for two weeks after the Limerick floods, and then hit by a car on the Ennis Road, has been re-united with his delighted owners.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the jail sentence imposed on a 33-year-old Limerick man for the manslaughter of his friend whom he injected with heroin and was later found dead in a laneway from seven to five years.

JAIL sentences of 10 months were imposed yesterday on a Limerick couple who pleaded guilty to operating an illegal money-lending scam involving child-benefit books.

A 31-year-old man charged in connection with the death of a father of four, whose body was found in a laneway last week, has been further remanded in custody at Limerick District Court.

A 43-year-old Limerick security man shot dead near his home early on Friday morning had previously been intimidated by a drugs gang, gardaí revealed last night.