Three people were injured following a three-car collision in Limerick on Tuesday.

The two men already facing a charge of obtaining two cheques worth a total of €6,500 by deception have now been charged with additional offences.

Latest: A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in his 30s in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick.

A GARDA was last night hailed a hero after he saved the life of a 79-year-old man trapped in a house fire.