A son of a former Sinn Féin election candidate who shot at three uniformed gardaí has been jailed for five years.

A 24-year-old Limerick man described in court as an "evil violent criminal" has been jailed for 10 years for his part in a shooting outside a christening party.

AN 18-year-old student who had to repeat the Leaving Cert after his 16-year-old brother died in a drowning tragedy at Parteen, near Limerick city, was “over the moon” when he opened up his results yesterday.

Gardai in Limerick have named the 41-year-old man stabbed to death in Moyross yesterday morning as Patrick Crawford, from Ballygrennan Close.