Four men today received sentences totalling 31-and-a-half years for offences including violent disorder and demanding money with menaces, in the largest tranche of Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Two men were jailed today for five years in the first Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Limerick man, who was arrested along with seven other men following a Garda investigation into extortion, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to violent disorder.

A Limerick man, who was arrested along with seven other men following a Garda investigation into extortion, has pleaded guilty to violent disorder before the Special Criminal Court.

A LIMERICK man who survived a bullet wound to the head turned up unexpectedly at his girlfriend’s 21st birthday party and proposed to the dumbstruck birthday girl.

A MAN who took part in a brutal gang rape of a woman at Cratloe in Co Clare in 2004, when he was aged 16, has been jailed for failing to notify gardaí of where he was living, which was compulsory after he been placed on the Sex Offenders Register as part of his sentence for the horrific attack.

Eight Limerick men facing a variety of charges including violent disorder, making threats to kill and demanding money with menaces will stand trial together in March next year.

Eight Limerick men arrested as part of an investigation into extortion appeared briefly at the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

EIGHT Limerick men are to face charges including extortion and threats to kill at the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

A HIGH-PROFILE Limerick figure last night sparked political outrage after he appeared on a court prison video link with his face partially masked by a bandana mask and making a finger gestures to the camera.

A 24-year old Limerick man, who associated with the notorious Dundon-McCarthy criminal gang in the city, has been jailed for life for the murder of businessman and father of two Roy Collins last year.

A man’s body was discovered last night in a caravan fire in Limerick.

TRAGEDY struck Euro lottery millionaire Dolores McNamara last night when her brother-in-law died in a caravan fire.

A GARDA had his ear almost completely bitten off and a colleague’s face was smashed by a head butt when they went to assist a distressed young child in a Limerick fast-food premises.

A FEMALE shop assistant was taken to hospital yesterday after she was injured during an armed robbery.

FOLLOWING the jailing of a Limerick man yesterday after a mob attacked the emergency services on a late night call, the Limerick State Solicitor Michael Murray called for the deployment of water cannon in the city to tackle street violence.

A 16-YEAR-OLD Limerick girl miraculously escaped death yesterday when she was accidentally shot by friends doing target practice with a powerful handgun at an all-night house party.

A 16-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after she was injured in a shooting in the Roxboro area of Limerick this morning.

The home of an elderly Limerick woman was targeted by feuding factions this morning for the second time in recent weeks.

A Limerick man who participated in a savage gang-rape of a woman in a wood last year has been jailed for 21 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A 21-year-old Limerick man who walked free from court last year after a murder trial dramatically collapsed was back in court today on road traffic offences.