A caretaker of a sheltered housing complex for the elderly today told how he came face-to-face with the assailant of a resident when he investigated a night-time panic alarm.

A 25-year-old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged with murdering a 74-year-old man in the city last week.

A 25-year-old man is to appear before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged in relation to a murder inquiry into the death of a pensioner last Thursday.

Limerick gardai are to question a man for a further six hours about the murder of 75-year-old retired schoolteacher Joe O'Doherty.

Gardai in Limerick are searching for a person seen running from the home of Joseph O’ Doherty shortly before his body was found yesterday.

Gardai in Limerick are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in the city overnight.

The families of a young couple who died in a suspected drowning accident on the Italian island of Sardinia, are waiting to find out when the bodies can be returned to Ireland.