THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed the DPP’s bid to increase the 10-year prison sentence imposed on a psychiatric patient who admitted stabbing two health workers in a “frenzied” attack at a hospital in Limerick.

The Court of Criminal appeal has dismissed the DPP's bid to increase the 10- year prison sentence imposed on a psychiatric patient who admitted stabbing two health workers in a 'frenzied' attack at a hospital in Limerick.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a psychiatric patient jailed for 10 years for repeatedly stabbing a doctor.

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with a shooting incident in Limerick earlier this week.

A MAN who was shot and wounded in a gun attack on his home in Limerick early yesterday is a brother of the victim of another recent gun attack in the city.

A 24-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of the Limerick