Garda sources said that, as part of several lines of inquiry, they were investigating if Kevin Sheehy, (20), from John Carew Park, Limerick, was specifically targeted.

The Special Criminal Court trial of a man accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning another man has been listening to evidence of garda interviews conducted with the suspect.

Two Limerick men who pleaded guilty to a "depraved and barbaric" assault during which a 53-year-old man was nailed to a kitchen floor have both been jailed for three years.

A man was ‘crucified’ by having his feet nailed onto the kitchen floor of a house where he was held captive, it was alleged yesterday at Limerick District Court.

During planned ambushes on two pizza delivery men in Limerick, one of of the victims, an Indian man, received multiple stab wounds before he ran barefoot through city streets fearing for his life, a court heard.

A Limerick man, who gardaí allege is a senior criminal figure, has appeared in court charged in connection with a high-speed chase over the weekend.

Two ‘dopey’ middle-aged drug mules who spent six days in hospital expelling more than 90 swallowed pellets of cocaine smuggled in from Spain have been each jailed for two years.

A Limerick man who spent six days on the run after escaping from custody has been jailed for four months after a suspended prison sentence imposed for throwing a wheelchair in a busy emergency department was activated.

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.

A MAN has been acquitted of threatening to kill the father and sister of his former business partner after a week-long trial at the Special Criminal Court.

A LIMERICK man accused of threatening to kill his former business partner’s father and sister told gardaí he wished someone would put a gun to his head after learning of the allegation against him.

The Special Criminal Court has heard that a Limerick man feared his life would become “hell” if he made a statement to gardaí alleging a threat made against the life of his father and sister.

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.

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 teenager is due to appear in court in Limerick today in connection with the murder of Patrick Coleman last year.

A man is due in court in Limerick this morning charged with the murder of a 36-year-old man in the city on Saturday night.

A man has today been arrested in Limerick in connection with the murder of another man in the city last night.

Gardaí in Limerick have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a man's body in the Southill area of the city last night.

THE 19-year-old man found murdered in Limerick yesterday was bludgeoned to death with a blunt weapon yards from his home in Southill.

Gardaí in Co Clare are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a man who has been missing for almost three weeks.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Patrick Coleman in Limerick city last month have made a further arrest this afternoon.

One of Ireland's top gardaí has given a commitment that the people responsible for the murder of a man in Limerick on Sunday night will be brought to justice.

A murder probe was launched tonight by gardaí investigating the death of a man in Limerick.

Gardaí in Limerick were this afternoon questioning two youths about the death of a man in the city.

The body of a man in his early 30s has been found in Limerick.

THREE men were being questioned by Limerick gardaí last night in connection with the murder of 26-year-old Thomas Moran who was shot dead in Southill on November 13.

A LIMERICK drugs dealer suspected of murdering a heroin addict in Southill is believed to have fled the country.

GARDAÍ recovered heroin with a street value of over €200,000 when they carried out searches in Southill yesterday as part of their investigation into the murder of Limerick man Thomas Moran.

A WELL-KNOWN Limerick drug dealer is suspected of murdering Thomas Moran moments after he attacked the criminal’s home in Southill after being refused a ‘fix’.

Gardaí today named the murder victim found on waste ground in Limerick in the early hours of this morning

Six people are being questioned by Gardaí in Limerick following two gun-related incidents in the city.

A MAN appeared at a special sitting of the Limerick city district court yesterday in connection with a suspected feud killing three years ago.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating a gun attack on an unoccupied house in the city last night.

A Limerick man has been found guilty of the murder of a man he described as a friend by a unanimous jury verdict in the Central Criminal Court.

A jury has retired to consider a verdict in the trial of a Limerick man accused of murder.

A jury in the trial of a 38-year-old Limerick man accused of murder by stabbing is expected to retire to consider a verdict on Tuesday next.

A 20-year-old Limerick man bled to death from a total of 63 knife wounds inflicted rapidly and possibly while he was crouched in a defensive position, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A 38-year-old Limerick man went on trial in the Central Criminal Court today for the murder of another man who died after being stabbed and cut 63 times.

The state pathologist Dr John Harbison is due in Limerick later today to carry out a post mortem on a man who died three months after being admitted to hospital with suspected head injuries.