A Limerick criminal who claims he is addicted to fast cars, sped through heavy city centre traffic in a stolen BMW pursued by armed gardaí, crashing into two patrol cars and a bus before knocking down a garda, a court heard.

Four people, including two Garda officers, were hospitalised yesterday following a dramatic two-car collision in Limerick city centre.

Three tapas and a tipple — count me in

PROWLING for sex with prostitutes ended in “remorse and significant embarrassment” for 21 men caught by female detectives in a Garda operation.

A bus has been gutted by fire in Co Clare just minutes after dropping off the last of its passengers.