Two Limerick brothers have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of between them threatening to kill three members of the same family.

A Garda witness in the trial of two Limerick men accused of threatening to kill a mother and three of her children has denied that one of the complainants received “special status” after making the allegations.

A garda witness in the trial of two Limerick man accused of threatening to kill a mother and three of her children has denied that one of the complainants received any “special status” after making the allegations.

Two Limerick men threatened to kill a mother and her three children after a row over visiting rights for the children of their incarcerated brother, their Special Criminal Court trial will hear.

Prosecution evidence in the trial of two Limerick brothers charged with threatening to kill four members of the same family is due to begin this afternoon.

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.

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 LIMERICK criminal with 84 previous convictions, who used to drive around the city in a powerful, bullet-proof BMW, was jailed yesterday after a woman who offered to pay bail for him was not accepted by Limerick District Court.

THE home of a high-profile associate of Limerick’s McCarthy-Dundon gang came under attack early yesterday when it was raked by machine-gun fire.

Gardaí in Limerick believe an explosive device was used in an attack on a house in the city in the early hours of this morning.

A 21-YEAR-OLD Moroccan man was last night charged at a special sitting of Limerick District Court with the murder of a Somali teenager in Limerick last Saturday.

A man has been injured in a drive-by shooting in Limerick.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating a shooting incident in the city.

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