Gardaí have recovered the religious artefact that was stolen from St Manchan's Church in Boher, Co Offaly yesterday.

Gardaí have released two men in their 30s who were being questioned in connection with the theft of a religious artefact in Co Offaly.

A priceless artifact has been stolen from St Manchan's Church in Boher, Co. Offaly.

A MONUMENT unveiled yesterday in honour of a brave young Irish soldier, who has been missing in action for 50 years, will help ensure his memory and sacrifice endures, his family said.

AFTER a drinking session with friends, a businessman drove his 4x4 from a Co Limerick pub on the wrong side of the road and ploughed into a car killing a retired Clonmel secondary school teacher, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

A man remains in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in Co Limerick last night.

SIPPING a pint at Pa O’Riordan’s pub in Athlacca yesterday, Joe Mulcahy summed up the plight of rural drinkers.

AN American airline hostess was viciously assaulted in a four-star Limerick hotel by a man who had been with a party of mourners returning from a funeral.

A man in his 50s has died in hospital from injuries he sustained in a road accident in Co Limerick yesterday afternoon.

A 55-year-old man has been killed in a workplace accident in Co Tipperary.

A Limerick man who was earlier acquitted of firearms charges is a member of the Real IRA, a chief superintendent claimed in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A 34-year-old Limerick man was jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for firearms and ammunition offences.

Two men arrested in Limerick during garda investigations into the activities of the Real IRA were charged with firearms and membership offences at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin tonight.

ONE of two men arrested yesterday in an operation against suspected members of the Real IRA served a long prison service for his involvement in an armed robbery that led to a businessman being shot.