Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with a shooting incident in Ennis in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Co Clare.

The Irish Examiner and Munster GAA teamed up in May to launch the search for the Irish Examiner Munster GAA Supporter of the Year with the aim of acknowledging GAA fans who have real pride in club or county.

The High Court yesterday appointed an interim examiner to the Atlantic Home Care chain after it heard there was a reasonable prospect of saving 234 of the 348 jobs at the majority of its nationwide stores.

PROWLING for sex with prostitutes ended in “remorse and significant embarrassment” for 21 men caught by female detectives in a Garda operation.

A MAN was yesterday being questioned by Limerick gardaí in connection with a vicious weekend attack on a middle-aged woman.

RESIDENTS opposed to a new bus lane being developed on a key Limerick city route are expected to pack a specially convened meeting of Limerick City Council this afternoon, when a vote will be taken.

MANAGEMENT at Limerick City Council are determined to face down moves by elected council members who want to block the provision of a key bus lane into the city centre.

THE cable TV and communications company Chorus ntl yesterday announced the creation of 50 positions in its National Contact Management Centre in Limerick.

Gardaí in Co. Clare are investigating after a hand grenade was thrown at a house in Ennis in the early hours of this morning.

FURTHER intimidation of the family of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins has led his father to call for the internment of the McCarthy-Dundon gang.

A criminal gang left a deadly cache of explosives and weapons next to a spot where young teenagers regularly gather, it emerged today.

Gardaí have discovered three firearms and a quantity of ammunition during a search operation on the south side of Limerick city.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Limerick city in the early hours of this morning.

THIRTEEN men living on two Limerick halting sites have made a major educational breakthrough for Travellers at Limerick Institute of Technology.

THE mentally ill Nigerian man who has been moved between prison, a Garda station cell and a hotel over the past five days was admitted to the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum last night.

AN ISPCA inspector prevented youths tossing two kittens into a Hallowe’en bonfire.

A FOURTH teenager interviewed in connection with the murder of a man in Limerick on Monday morning was arrested yesterday and is being held at Roxboro Road Garda Station.

Six people are being questioned by Gardaí in Limerick following two gun-related incidents in the city.

EVEN before the Chirstmas/New Year crackdown on drink driving gets under way, a Limerick garda district yesterday reported a 26% increase in the incidents of drink driving so far this year.

THE Mid-West Support Group for people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) plan to raise much needed funds from the Irish Examiner Limerick Women’s Mini-Marathon.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are investigating the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl as she walked home from evening Mass.

A LIMERICK teenager who was arrested carrying a submachine gun early yesterday may have been on his way to carry out a feud killing.

LIMERICK FC go into action this week when they meet Shamrock Rovers in a pre-season friendly at Hogan Park on Friday night (7.30pm).

A woman and two men were arrested after two hundred cannabis plants were found at houses in Limerick, gardaí said tonight.