RESIDENTS in a well-off suburb are understood to be against the re-housing there of a family whose two children were badly burned in a firebomb attack.

LIMERICK County Council is to be asked to cede its territory to city authorities to help combat crime in the troubled Moyross Estate.

THE setting up of a Government task force to tackle the problem of crime, disorder and social exclusion in the Moyross area on the northern fringe of Limerick city should be warmly welcomed.

SIX people, including two women, were arrested in Limerick last night as part of a garda anti-feud operation.

THE head of the Garda Representative Association has welcomed the Justice Minister’s pledge of an additional €2 million to fight crime but said it had to be viewed in the context of a €23m cut in garda funding this year.

A man is in a serious but stable condition at Limerick Regional Hospital following a shooting incident in the city last night.

Post mortems are taking place on the bodies of two men, who died in separate assaults in Limerick city over the weekend.