A man charged in connection with a violent carjacking, in which he allegedly struck a woman across the head with a crutch, lashed out in court yesterday and told gardaí and prison officers, “I’ll kill the whole lot of ye bastards.”

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

HUNDREDS of homes across Co Clare are to get free 10-year smoke alarms over the next few weeks, in a scheme launched by Clare County Council.

STRADBALLY of Waterford must travel to Páirc Uí Rinn to take on Cork runners-up Bishopstown this weekend in the semi-final of the AIB Bank Munster club SFC.

A YOUNG Co Clare student died after being struck by a train because of “systematic and avoidable” failures, the Old Bailey in London heard yesterday.