A woman described as a “sprat” gobbled up by drugs gang “rats” was yesterday jailed for two years.

A MAN who died in a house fire in Limerick lost a sister in a hotel fire when she holidayed in Greece some years ago.

Gardaí are appealing for information after a man was shot in Limerick in the early hours of this morning.

A BITTER internal row within the Labour Party in Limerick cost Fine Gael the mayoralty of the city last night when independent councillor John Gilligan was sensationally elected to the city’s highest office.

Two people charged in connection with the collapse of a high-profile murder trial almost three years have escaped jail sentences.

AS Limerick today marks the anniversary of a notorious feud murder, gardaí now say they know the identity of the teenage thug who gunned down John Ryan in cold blood on July 7, 2003.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating a second shooting at a house on the north side of the city in just over 48 hours.

The brother of a murdered Limerick teenager is recovering in hospital last night, after he was shot in the same housing estate where his brother was stabbed to death four years ago.

A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital this morning after being shot in the arm in Limerick city.

The father of a Limerick man brutally murdered in the city a year and a half ago has appeared in court charged in connection with possesion of a shotgun and ammunition.

Gardaí in Limerick may have foiled a serious feud-related incident at the weekend after a 44-year-old van driver was arrested in possession of a shotgun and ammunition.

A Garda witness in a murder trial has told a jury that she saw a 42-year-old former school teacher being struck on the head with an iron bar, hours before he died in hospital.

A 19-year-old Limerick man, who walked free from court last year after a murder trial dramatically collapsed, has been jailed for five months today on charges relating to a stolen motorbike.

A 21-year-old Limerick man who walked free from court last year after a murder trial dramatically collapsed was back in court today on road traffic offences.

Charges against three people in connection with events which led to the dramatic collapse of a murder trial have been struck out at Limerick District Court.

Three people charged in connection with events which led to the collapse of a recent murder trial have been remanded on continuing bail at Limerick District Court.

Three people appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court today charged in connection with events which led to the collapse of a recent murder trial.

RUMOURS raged around Limerick on Thursday night that Liam Keane, 19, had been shot dead.

THE garda station on King’s Island is boarded up.

A major review of the legal and courts system as well as an examination of garda resources in Limerick is to be undertaken by the Minister for Justice following the collapse of a murder trial yesterday.

JUNIOR Minister for Justice Willie O’Dea, yesterday made an impassioned plea to the two main families involved in the on-going bloody feud in Limerick city to end the cycle of violence once and for all.

“THEY’RE scum. My father’s killers are not human.”

JOHN RYAN was the first to speak out when his missing nephews turned up safe and well after they were allegedly abducted last January.

A 20-year-old Limerick man died after being struck with significant force by an accused wielding a metal object, a murder trial jury heard today.

IT’S 49 days since the Ryan brothers were abducted in Limerick.

LIMERICK crime boss Kieran Keane was buried amid tight security as fear gripped the city yesterday.

A GARDA forensic team cordoned off a house in a quiet Limerick estate yesterday as the Kieran Keane murder investigation intensified.

THE mother of returned Limerick brothers Kieran and Eddie Ryan vowed yesterday she will never leave her Kileely home.

CRIME gangs in Limerick battling each other to gain control of the drugs trade in the mid-west region are among the most organised and well armed criminals in the country.

Another murder investigation is underway in Limerick City tonight after two violent attacks left one man dead and another in a critical condition.

Gardai at Mayorstone, Limerick, have launched a murder investigation following the death of a youth in the city in the early hours of the morning.

Gardai in Limerick are investigating a gun attack on a home in the Lee estate shortly before 11pm last night.

A woman and her four children narrowly escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack on her home in Limerick in the early hours of today.