A widow returning from the cremation of her husband fell to her knees when she saw the damage done to her home by heartless thieves who not only burgled their house, but destroyed many of their possessions as well.

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

A nun found a man sleeping in her bed at a convent, a court heard.

MERCHANT’S QUAY in Limerick was bristling with armed gardaí, TV cameras, photographers, journalists, and curious onlookers.

Ireland rugby Grand Slam hero Niamh Briggs has been hailed for helping steer children living in two of Limerick’s troubled estates away from crime and into sport.

Two Limerick men were charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday with the murder of local businessman Roy Collins in 2009.

Nine suspected members of the Real IRA were being held by gardaí in Limerick last night following early morning raids in the city and county that involved more than 50 gardaí.

A family of eight were yesterday trying to come to terms with the tragic death of a student who was in the middle of his Leaving Certificate exams.

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral Mass of twin brothers who were found dead in their apartment in Limerick City last week.

Armed with a shovel, a Limerick man wrestled a toddler from the jaws of a pet husky, saving the child from certain death.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating two separate abductions in Limerick.