Limerick would be the last place one English visitor would return to if he ever came back to these shores, a judge said yesterday.

A man has been arrested following the seizure of cannabis and cocaine worth more than a quarter of a million euro in Limerick.

A Lithuanian man has appeared in court, charged in connection with an incident in which another man was shot by a garda, last week.

Gardaí in Limerick are this morning expected to launch a murder investigation after the body of a well-known athlete was found in the back garden of a suburban house yesterday.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a pensioner was attacked in Limerick City. The man, 72, was grabbed from behind by a cyclist while he took a stroll last Sunday afternoon.

Heavy weaponry and witness intimidation made Limerick’s gangs almost untouchable in the previous decade. Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe speaks to the man who ended their reign of terror.

An off-duty Garda, his brother, and another man, accused of getting involved in a street fight last summer, have appeared in court in Limerick.

A Limerick man who was part of a three-person gang involved in the tiger kidnapping of a post office manager’s son has had his sentence adjourned to allow a suspended sentence hanging over him from Cork Circuit Court be dealt with.

Gardaí have launched a murder probe after a pensioner was fatally stabbed at his home.

Following a 13-day trial at Limerick Circuit Court, a man was yesterday found guilty of abducting the son of a Limerick postmistress and his friend.

A man accused of abducting the son of a Limerick post mistress dyed his hair some days after the incident, a jury heard yesterday.

A teenage boy appeared at Limerick District Court yesterday charged with the rape and sexual assault of girl aged seven.

A man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda has been allowed leave the country to go on a Mediterranean sun holiday.

A Limerick accountant who perpetrated what a judge described as the most vile, well-planned, base sexual exploitation of a girl when she was aged between six and 12, was yesterday jailed for five years.

The father of a man who died in a car crash on Friday broke down as he paid tribute to his son, who was hoping to start college shortly.

Former detective Ben O’Sullivan, who survived the hail of IRA gunfire which claimed the life of his colleague, Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, yesterday revisited that black day, Jun 7, 1996.

A senior Limerick GAA figure was arrested yesterday following allegations of sexual assault.

A drink-driving case was dramatically dismissed against a two-time All Star hurler last night after his uncle admitted giving him whiskey after the sports star had knocked down a pedestrian.

A man has been arrested in Limerick in connection with an abduction which took place earlier this week.

Gardaí are questioning a 16-year old boy in connection with an attempted tiger kidnapping in Limerick.

Two men were charged at a special court sitting yesterday with possession of an estimated €1.5m worth of cannabis for sale or supply.

A woman has admitted being in a “loving embrace” with a violent sex offender just one day after complaining to gardaí that she was in fear for her life following threats made by two of her ex-partner’s brothers.

TWO known sex offenders, one of whom was previously jailed for a serious sex attack, were in custody in Limerick last night following a shoot-out in which a Garda car was rammed.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a teenager in Limerick four years ago have arrested a woman in her late 30s.

AS darkness last night enveloped the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Newcastle West, candles flickered in a symbolic embrace of two communities in Limerick and Cork devastated by grief.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating reports of a sexual assault in the city.

Gardaí in Limerick are questioning three men in relation to a cocaine seizure in the city yesterday.

Gardaí in Limerick are holding five men following a cannabis seizure on the Ballysimon Road yesterday evening.

Two kilograms of heroin and a small quantity of cocaine have been seized by gardaí in Limerick.

A 20-year-old man is in garda custody in Limerick after he was found in possession of a loaded gun.

LABOUR Youth is planning to protest today outside Limerick’s Henry St Garda Station to highlight ongoing concerns about lack of garda reform.

Four men were arrested by gardaí today following a series of armed raids in Limerick city and county earlier this week.

A Limerick man charged with membership of an illegal organisation and possession of a handgun and ammunition was freed on bail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A fingerprint expert told the Special Criminal Court today that a fingermark on a paper bag found in a house in Limerick where gardaí discovered ammunition and explosives matched the fingerprint of the accused man.

Gardai discovered Semtex explosives and assorted ammunition when they raided a house in Limerick city last November, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A Limerick man denied that a meeting at house in the city was a Continuity IRA inquiry into the acquiring of guns by criminals in the city, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that a search warrant was issued for a house in Limerick city where seven men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were arrested after he briefed another senior garda officer in the city.

Gardai in Limerick have arrested four people in connection with three separate investigations into criminal activity.

Two men have been charged with membership of the IRA and possession of semtex and ammunition at the Special Criminal Court today. One of the men was also charged with possession of an assault rifle at his home in Limerick.

Two men have been arrested in Limerick on suspicion of IRA membership.

Gardai in Limerick are questioning three people including a teenage boy in connection with a large drugs find overnight.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested by Gardai following the murder of a woman in a hotel in Limerick City.

A third man has been arrested in Limerick following a major drugs haul in the city.

The Garda who was shot alongside fellow Detective Jerry McCabe during a bungled IRA raid on a post office van in 1996 is to retire today.