A violent Limerick criminal has been jailed for six years for attacking and falsely imprisoning a hotel night manager.

All-Ireland fever grips community as local hero Jason Flynn prepares for battle with Kilkenny

In one of the first cases of its kind in Limerick, a notorious rapist who attacked a teenage French student the day before she went home was yesterday given a suspended jail sentence for failing to notify gardaí that he had moved address in the city.

A young man has been hailed a hero after helping to reunite a toddler with his family after the boy disappeared from the family home in the early hours of yesterday morning.

By David Raleigh

As a Limerick youth, described by his family as dangerous, was at large last night, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald was accused of gross incompetence in failing to provide adequate places of detention for troubled teenage boys.

A large haul of cocaine, a handgun, ammunition and cash, have all been seized by gardai in Limerick.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of eight pipe bombs in a housing estate in Limerick City yesterday afternoon.

Armed gardaí stormed a pub in the early hours of yesterday after a man suffered slash wounds to his face from a blade during a birthday party.

TWO young men who died after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda were yesterday laid to rest amid a continuing investigation into the incident.

GARDAÍ believe that the car carrying the two men who were knocked down and killed on the outskirts of Limerick on Wednesday contained illegal drugs and are hunting for the female driver who sped off after the fatal accident.

TIPPERARY midfielder Kevin Mulryan has announced his retirement from intercounty football, aged 29.

A WIDOW in Limerick city, who has suffered a series of petrol-bomb attacks on her home, believes her life is under threat since her husband passed away.

Three people were being questioned today over a gang-related gun attack which left a young man fighting for his life.

A man in his 20s was fighting for his life today after being injured in a shooting as he sat in a car in Limerick city.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has made changes in senior ranks of the force in the southern region.

Gardaí are today investigating a gun attack on a house in Limerick.

A 23-year-old man is being questioned by gardaí in connection with the death of a mother of two at a Limerick hotel.

Former colleagues of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will gather in Limerick tomorrow for a private memorial to mark the 10th anniversary of his brutal killing by an IRA gang.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital tonight after a shooting in Limerick city.

AN underage youth has been questioned by Limerick gardaí in connection with a serious sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl.

A former recipient of a Scott Medal for bravery has been appointed to the most senior Garda position in Limerick.

Gardaí in Limerick have seized cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €175,000.

DEADLY explosives found during a major garda operation in Limerick yesterday are believed to have been brought to the city for use in the bloody, ongoing feud.

A ROW over a taxi led to a stabbing incident in which a 41-year-old man was seriously injured, gardaí in Limerick confirmed yesterday.

GANG members are playing garda interview videos to their Limerick crime bosses to prove they have told gardaí nothing, it emerged last night.

A SPECIAL garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) should patrol Limerick permanently to tackle crime, former Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan said yesterday.

A DISTRICT court judge has ordered the arrest of Liam Keane, whose trial for murder collapsed at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday.

THE head of the Garda Representative Association has welcomed the Justice Minister’s pledge of an additional €2 million to fight crime but said it had to be viewed in the context of a €23m cut in garda funding this year.

A MAN accused of threatening two prison officers was extradited from England, Limerick District Court heard yesterday.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are making progress in their investigations into two alleged rapes in the city over the weekend.

GARDAÍ in Limerick were last night questioning a man in his 30s suspected of being a member of the Continuity IRA.

OBJECTIONS to a Leaving Cert party offering free cocktails for students over 18 who produced their exam results and ID card yesterday led to the event being cancelled.

THE anti-terrorist branch of the London Metropolitan Police is still questioning three men arrested in Lancashire on Sunday in connection with the supply of weapons to gangs in Limerick.

FEARS of a revenge attack were growing in the Moyross area of Limerick city after a 23-year-old man was murdered on his way home from a party early yesterday morning.

“WE are absolutely devastated by this tragedy because what has happened is a complete mystery to the family.” These were the words of heartbroken Ray Poland after his 39-year-old brother Seán was shot dead when he opened the door of his home to thieves on New Year’s Eve.

A GARDA told a court yesterday how he feared for the safety of the people of Limerick as two men were charged with possessing a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

Gardai in Limerick have arrested seven people after seizing two samurai swords, a meat cleaver, a shotgun and other weapons during a raid on a house last night.