A Limerick woman last night told of her nightmare ordeal at being trapped in her car as it was swept off a road and down into a field by an avalanche of slurry from a roadside farm.

The family of a young Limerick woman who came back from ‘locked-in’ syndrome having caught a serious infection from cleaning parrot cages have admitted they are stunned at her recovery.

THINK of all the phrases you never want to hear, and chances are this one will be right at the top of your list: “I’ve done all I can, but I don’t think she will survive.”

Gardaí at Bruff are appealing for witnesses to a single-vehicle road accident in Co Limerick yesterday evening, in which a six-year-old boy lost his life.

A 6 year old boy has been killed in a single vehicle road collision in Limerick this evening.