Two prison officers are recovering after suffering smoke inhalation during a fire at Limerick Prison.

A late night escapade involving two men, a woman, and a teenage girl escalated into a fierce confrontation after they tried to raid the home of a detective superintendent, Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A Limerick man has appeared in court charged with escaping from lawful custody.

The home of the great Limerick writer Kate O’Brien has been saved from dereliction by a mystery benefactor who plans to turn it into a cultural centre.

Nine men arrested after gardaí swooped on a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in Co Waterford in 2003 pleaded guilty to firearms offences at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A 27-year-old man has died in a road accident in Limerick city.