It has been a year of firsts for Gearoid Hegarty — a Limerick hurling debut, a first Munster championship win followed quickly by a provincial medal and now a first All-Ireland final appearance.

A €13m plan to tackle homelessness in Limerick was launched yesterday by the local authority.

A teenage girl who talked a man down off a bridge after he threatened to kill himself in the River Shannon has called for greater awareness surrounding suicide and depression.

The former secretary general of the Department of Finance, John Moran, has admitted to an omission in his impressive CV.

A Limerick man who was extradited from Bulgaria to face charges of threatening to kill a key State witness has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court.

It was like a scene straight from a Las Vegas crime caper.

Four graffiti enthusiasts yesterday spent over an hour in a holding cell at Limerick courthouse.

An underage hurling match had to be abandoned after a pitch invasion by a Traveller wielding a slash-hook.

A mother has told a court how six gardaí arrived at her home in the middle of the night to arrest her over an unpaid fine for using a mobile phone when driving.

Munster GAA have succeeded in building their new, state of the art €3.5m headquarters without acquiring a bank loan.

Two men arrested in Limerick over the discovery of cannabis herb and resin in the city yesterday have been released without charge.

Two men have been arrested in Limerick in relation to the discovery of cannabis herb and resin in the city yesterday.

Garda and officers from Customs and Excise, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection were involved in a major operation at a halting site in Limerick city yesterday, investigating illegal activity involving unlicensed, untaxed vehicles, and the use of illegal fuel.

BREAKING records and climbing Everest are synonymous and tomorrow an Irishman will kickstart his attempt to become the youngest person in the republic to conquer the world’s highest mountain.

A SERIES of new and separate claims by various banks seeking judgment orders for more than €150 million over unpaid loans, the vast majority property related, came before the Commercial Court yesterday.

AN emergency mobile phone call saved a woman from disaster in Cork harbour yesterday when she became trapped in mud on a rising tide.

MUD, mud glorious mud, there’s nothing quite like it for cooling the blood, but two people who got bogged down in separate incidents at the weekend might disagree.

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.

IN reply to your editorial headlined ‘Shell disruption — No support for protests’, (September 11), surely the criminal act here is that our natural resources were sold to this conglomerate at a giveaway price contrary to Article 10.1 of the constitution which states that all natural resources and royalties belong to the State.

A man has been injured in a drive-by shooting in Limerick.

THE elderly Limerick teacher who accidentally locked herself into a school for four nights over a bank holiday weekend has still not returned to work, more than a month after the incident.

EVERYONE was a winner yesterday as Limerick took to the roads in the Irish Examiner Limerick Women’s Mini Marathon.

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating the discovery of what appears to be a severed arm and hand in the city this morning.

Armed gardaí prevented a major clash outside the home of Owen Treacy early today.

Four men were arrested by gardaí today following a series of armed raids in Limerick city and county earlier this week.

Gardaí in Limerick have recovered a number of firearms.

I BELIEVE that we have far too many TDs (166) and senators (60).

PAUL NOLAN has just bought a house in Limerick. Yesterday, he lost his job and his future suddenly became unclear.