Part of the Dublin to Limerick rail line has been closed after a woman died after being struck by a train this evening.

A 50-year-old Limerick taxi driver was yesterday found not guilty of threatening to kill a National Transport Authority (NTA) inspector after his vehicle failed a meter verification test.

An 89-year-old sister-in-law of the late well-known Limerick solicitor, Gordon Holmes, is distressed over her son-in-law taking her to court in a dispute over a property in the holiday resort of Kilkee.

Surgeons were last night attempting to reattach a man’s arm after it was sliced off in a workplace accident yesterday morning.