Three people have been arrested after a man in his 60s was stabbed in Limerick last night.

THE number intravenous heroin addicts in Limerick has spiralled to nearly 600 from a figure of “almost zero” four years ago.

Three men and two women were being questioned today by detectives probing the murder of a young father dumped in a shallow grave.

An armed garda was recovering in hospital tonight from injuries he suffered while arresting suspected gangland criminals in Limerick.

Three men and a woman were arrested and a firearm seized in Limerick today as part of a crackdown on gang crime.

A 17-year-old male has been arrested in Limerick in connection with a shooting in the city last weekend.

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with the fatal stabbing of another teenager.

A 49 year-old Clare businessman has been charged with the murder of nightclub security man, Brian Fitzgerald, in Limerick nearly four years ago.

THE garda chief heading the investigation into the car inferno, which caused serious burns to brother and sister Millie and Gavin Murray, said last night the inquiry was as big as any murder probe.

Gardaí were today investigating two separate shootings which left one man badly wounded.

Gardaí launched a murder investigation today following the death of an 18-year-old man in hospital in Limerick.

THE self-proclaimed “scumbags” responsible for digging almost 500 holes on the playing pitch at Thomond Park on Wednesday afternoon left a note at the ground.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

A man on trial for murder allegedly named the two gunmen he drove to and from the shooting of Limerick man, Eddie Ryan Senior, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A man who was captured on video camera stabbing his sister's boyfriend to death has been jailed for life in the first ever murder trial to take place outside Dublin.

Two men have been arrested in Limerick in connection with a shooting in the county earlier.

Gardai in Limerick have arrested two more people in connection with the murder of 42-year-old Kieran Keane in the city on Wednesday night.

A murder investigation has been launched following the shooting of a man at his home in Co Clare.

Gardaí in Limerick are continuing to question five men in connection with a probe into the continuity IRA.

Six men have been arrested and are being questioned by Gardai on suspicion of membership of the Continuity IRA.