A schoolteacher, mugged by a violent criminal, picked herself off the ground and chased her attacker to recover a handbag, a court in Limerick heard yesterday.

AN Englishman told gardaí he was offered €10,000 to plant a bomb that was intended to kill eight people in Limerick.

A 30-year-old man was offered €10,000 to plant a bomb in Limerick city, a trial has heard.