A convicted killer and rapist, who strangled a Cork beautician, has been cleared of a gun attack in Limerick.

A four-week-old baby narrowly escaped shotgun pellets which hit the seat in which she had been placed earlier, a court heard.

Two of Limerick’s most dangerous criminals have received life sentences for the murder that finally forced the city to fight back.

Two Limerick criminals have been sentenced to life in prison for the revenge murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in the city over five years ago.

The family of Roy Collins, who was murdered in Limerick in 2009, have said that his murderers have "infected" their lives and "destroyed everything" they held dear.

Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen have been found guilty in their non-jury trial of murdering Roy Collins in Limerick in 2009.

A verdict is due today in the non-jury trial of two men accused of murdering Limerick businessman Roy Collins.

The main witness against Wayne Dundon in the Roy Collins murder trial has explained how he mistakenly implicated Dundon in a separate murder that he could not have committed at that time.

A court has heard one of the men charged with murdering businessman Roy Collins was allowed to spend his days in prison chatting with his cousin while all other prisoners worked or were locked in their cells.

The father of murder victim Roy Collins has told the Special Criminal Court that Wayne Dundon made intimidating gestures towards him during a previous criminal trial.

The Special Criminal Court has heard murder accused Wayne Dundon had a notorious reputation among Limerick gardaí.

Ballistics evidence is being heard at the Special Criminal Court trial of two Limerick men accused of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

The first Steve Collins knew about his son being shot was when one of his barmen told him there was "a fellow bleeding next door", a court has heard.

A key prosecution witness is giving evidence in the trial of two Limerick men accused of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Limerick brothers Wayne and John Dundon — both of whom are serving lengthy sentences for threatening members of the same family — have complained to the High Court about their treatment in different jails.

Limerick City Council has been accused of “squandering” State funds by spending up to €1,000 a day on seizing stray horses illegally kept in the city.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Ger McMahon in Limerick.

A DISPUTE over a woman may have led to the murder yesterday morning of a middle-aged Limerick bachelor.

THE turkey is finished. All the presents are opened.

THE home of an elderly Limerick woman was ransacked and set alight shortly after she moved to live in a nursing home.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing nine people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

THE media fanfare over the British royal wedding and the upcoming visit of the Queen of England contrasts with the neglect now shown to the 1916 Memorial in Limerick.

A Limerick man, who was arrested along with seven other men following a Garda investigation into extortion, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to violent disorder.

Joseph O’Brien rode a final day double to draw level with Gary Carroll and Ben Curtis as the three shared the apprentice jockeys’ title on 39 winners on a thrilling night at Dundalk.

OPINIONS on the Good Friday opening of Limerick pubs ranged from “sensible” to “scurrilous” among worshippers arriving for the 3pm Passion and Veneration of the Cross ceremony at St Joseph’s Church in the city centre.

UP TO 2,000 workers who lost their jobs in Dell and nine of its supply companies yesterday attended the first of a two-day information forum to help get them back into the workplace.

Rose Martin discovers a Cobh residence that’s perfectly finished.

THE first baby born after the Good Friday Agreement has spent her school years involved in cross-community projects.

Gardaí are investigating a number of fires around Limerick city overnight.

Gardaí have today linked a shooting incident in Limerick City to an ongoing localised feud.

Gardaí in Limerick have released a 25-year-old man arrested yesterday in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city.

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a 25-year-old man following the fatal stabbing of another man in the city this morning.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating the death of a man who was found with serious injuries in a house in the city this morning.

THUGS who failed to gatecrash a Limerick wedding, later torched the home of a relative of the bride while a baby and childminder slept upstairs.

UP to eight shots were fired at houses during a spate of gun attacks in Limerick early yesterday.

TRAGEDY visited a Co Tipperary family for the second time yesterday morning when their 35-year-old son was stabbed to death in a Clonmel apartment.

A LIMERICK toddler has just returned from the United States where he made some very special new friends.

A COMMUNITY activist has criticised a contemporary production of Romeo and Juliet, which mirrors the bloody Limerick feud, as “an insult to the city”.

A STUDY out yesterday warned of a unique “corridor of disadvantage” and social divide in Limerick city.

A STUDY out today warns of a unique “corridor of disadvantage” and social divide in Limerick city.

I WELCOME recent statements by the Government that Ireland does not plan to restrict access to its labour market when 10 new members join the European Union on May 1.

A MAN was shot in Limerick last night, the latest in a spate of violent incidents plaguing the city.

Gardai in Limerick are investigating a shooting incident in the city in the early hours of this morning.