The mother of a day-old girl who died in September spoke yesterday of her heartbreak that five teddy bears she had placed on her grave had been stolen.

A COUNTY Limerick teenager was fighting for his life last night following a road accident in which his close friend died.

AN ecumenical blessing took place in a Famine graveyard in Limerick yesterday.

SOME months ago members of the Scottish parliament visited Limerick to have a look at the huge regeneration plan for four of the city’s rundown estates.

GARDAÍ in Limerick were last night treating as suspicious the discovery of a body washed up on the shores of the River Shannon at Portrine, Cratlow.

WIDESCALE searches are being carried out in Limerick for a middle-aged man who has been missing since the weekend.

A MIDDLE-AGED man was killed as he went to attend his badly injured dog after it was hit by a car, an inquest heard yesterday.

Two men have been killed in separate road accidents in counties Offaly and Limerick.

A pedestrian has been killed in a road accident in Co Limerick.

A GIRL aged six was hit by gunfire from the occupants of two cars that sped through a built-up housing estate, Limerick Circuit Court has heard.

A BRAVE schoolboy died suddenly in his classroom following a nine-year battle with cancer.

A GROUP calling itself the Caherconlish Taliban halted an underage GAA game, when they stormed a field armed with hurleys.

Two teenage girls who were described as “inseparable” in life have been buried side by side in a small Co Limerick graveyard.

THE driver of the car in which two teenage girls lost their lives early on Saturday morning is to be further interviewed as part of the investigation into the crash, gardaí confirmed yesterday.

TWO Limerick teenagers brought up as sisters will be buried side by side tomorrow.

Gardaí have confirmed that a second teenage girl has died following a road accident in Co Limerick yesterday.

A notorious drugs gang has been dealt a major blow after gardaí seized €300,000 worth of cannabis destined for sale in the Limerick region.

Cannabis resin with an estimated value of €300,000 has been seized in Limerick.

The first two pubs to be successfully prosecuted for breaching the smoking ban in the mid-west region have each been ordered to pay almost €2,000 in fines and legal costs.

Up to five customers were smoking illegally in a Co Limerick pub and the bar counter was strewn with ashtrays full of butts, it was alleged in court today.

Gardaí in Munster are currently searching for two armed gangs who held up a shop in Limerick and a bank in Co Cork this morning.

Two cousins have been found not guilty of the manslaughter of a youth in Dublin two years ago but found guilty of reckless endangerment which led to his death.

The jury in the trial of two young men charged with the manslaughter of a youth on Portobello Bridge almost two years ago has been sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict.

The closing stages have been reached in the trial of two youths charged with the manslaughter of a teenager at Portobello Bridge in Dublin two years ago.

A Co Limerick youth told gardai that a tragic teenager stumbled and hit his head on the ground after he struck him on the side of the head, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Co Limerick man fatally struck a teenager twice in the head after being urged to do so by his cousin who earlier threatened to kill the victim after a row outside a disco, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.