Two circus workers were abducted when they came on a promotional visit to Limerick, a court heard.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a crude but viable improvised explosive device (IED) in the Johnsgate Village area of Limerick City early this morning.

A 17-year-old youth was being questioned in Limerick this evening in connection with a stabbing in the city this afternoon.

Residents in some of Limerick’s troubled housing estates will no longer have to turn directly to gardai in the battle against anti-social behaviour.

A Scottish man is in danger of losing his eye after a vicious assault in Limerick city.