A young couple have been hailed as "heroes" after alerting firefighters to a blaze that engulfed the home of a elderly husband and wife who were inside the property at the time, writes David Raleigh.

A man has been arrested by gardaí, who are investigating a violent carjacking in Limerick city.

ELEVEN student apartments developed in a 48-unit scheme on the site of Cork City’s old, famed Arcadia Ballroom, by Kent Railway Station, and with a rental income of €125,0000 per annum, are to go under the auction hammer with Allsop later this month: the former Section 50 units (the tax reliefs have now expired) are priced at €825,000, or less than seven years’ income.

John Dundon is one of five sons of Kenneth Dundon and Anne ‘Doll’ McCarthy.

Limerick criminal Christy O’Donnell’s latest escapade may earn him a place in penal folklore.

Gardai have launched a major search for two cousins who escaped from custody today.

A MAN was yesterday being questioned by Limerick gardaí in connection with a vicious weekend attack on a middle-aged woman.

A MAN in his 50s is still in a critical condition at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after being rescued from the Shannon on Wednesday.

RESIDENTS opposed to a new bus lane being developed on a key Limerick city route are expected to pack a specially convened meeting of Limerick City Council this afternoon, when a vote will be taken.

MANAGEMENT at Limerick City Council are determined to face down moves by elected council members who want to block the provision of a key bus lane into the city centre.

IF Limerick gang criminal, Wayne Dundon, moves to Newcastle West, as reported earlier this week, it would have major repercussions for the town, a TD has warned.

Fire crews in Limerick are continuing to water-down a "highly volatile gas cylinder" found during a large warehouse fire yesterday evening.

WITH more people sleeping rough in Limerick, a voluntary group wants to extend its soup runs from two to four night a week.

LIMERICK city firefighter Marty Mannering owns the country’s only full-speed electric motorbike — but his employers have refused to allow him to charge the bike at work.

A 15-YEAR-OLD Limerick youth travelled to the home of a man who had earlier been involved in a pub row with his father and threatened him with a gun, it has emerged.

A 15-year-old youth is being questioned by gardaí after a gun was produced during a row in Limerick city last night.

A THREAT to the future of one of Limerick’s most historic musical institutions has been lifted with the provision of a temporary home for the St John’s Brass and Reed Band.

CITY Hall brass in Limerick are out of tune with one of the country’s best known marching bands.

FURTHER intimidation of the family of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins has led his father to call for the internment of the McCarthy-Dundon gang.

A WELL-KNOWN member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang was one of two men arrested after the murder in Limerick yesterday of a respected businessman.

WILLIAM CARROLL sipped his first pint of the day.

A number of polling stations traditionally used for voting in Limerick have disappeared from the list of places for The Lisbon Treaty poll, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin said today.

The Court of Criminal appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by a Limerick man against the conviction and 10-year jail sentence he revived for threatening to kill a young barman who refused to allow his 14-year-old sister into a pub.

A SPECIAL place of prayer for a Limerick community has been desecrated in a violent attack of vandalism.

THE brother of the latest victim of Limerick’s bloody feud yesterday paid a defiant farewell from inside the walls of Limerick prison.

A PUBLIC house security man was shot and wounded in Limerick last night.

A Judge has ordered that the proceeds of a brothel be donated to the Limerick Rape Crisis Centre.

A LIMERICK residents group yesterday accused the city council of slipping social housing into their community through the back door.

INVESTIGATORS in Limerick now believe the fire which gutted Brannigans pub in Mulgrave Street was malicious.

Gardaí were today investigating a suspicious fire at a pub in Limerick city.

A YOUNG Limerick barman who was shot twice after he refused to serve the underage sister of a local thug, says he will not be further intimidated by criminals.

A 27-year-old Limerick man who violently assaulted two gardaí while in custody, has been described by a senior member of the force as one of "the most violent criminals in Limerick city".

ANGRY residents from the Garryowen area of Limerick yesterday called on the city council to demolish eight derelict houses which they say have now become a major source of anti-social behaviour.

Nine new court facilities will be built around the country as part of a multi-million euro revamp over the next two years, it was confirmed today.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

A man has appeared in court charged with threatening to kill a 19 year-old barman who was shot twice last Sunday night in a busy Limerick city pub.

A LIMERICK criminal shot a teenage barman on Sunday night because an associate was refused a drink at the pub earlier that evening, gardaí believe.

Eight men arrested when gardaí swooped on a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in Co Waterford last August were further charged with new offences when they appeared at the Special Criminal Court today.

SOME of Limerick’s top criminals involved in an ongoing feud in the city have been transferred from Limerick Prison to Cork Prison as part of a major security review.

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a teenager in the city more than three months ago.