A Co Limerick man who was died instantly when his van collided with the back of an articulated truck outside Limerick city, Saturday has been named locally as Ivan Harvey

The incident occurred shortly before midnight after the gardaí attempted to stop a car at the Crescent Shopping Centre Car Park.

Gardaí are investigating after a Limerick man was found injured and chained up on the side of a road on the outskirts of the city.

Gardaí have arrested two men in an investigation into a number of burglaries and thefts in Limerick.

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in locating a woman who is missing from Limerick city.

Gardaí have made a fresh appeal for information in relation to a hammer attack on a man in Co Limerick last March.

Latest: Derek Cooper has been found safe and well.

Eleven people have been arrested as part of an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation.

Gardaí at Roxboro Road are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision involving a motorcycle in Southill, Limerick.

A man charged in connection with the abduction of his 80-year old father, and stealing his savings, was granted bail Tuesday, despite strenuous objections from gardaí.

A CORK man, who is accused of clocking a car’s mileage by illegally tampering with the vehicle’s odometer, before selling it online, has been ordered to refrain from using the DoneDeal.ie website, as part of his bail conditions.

Gardaí and the Irish Prison Service are conducting investigations as part of normal protocols following the sudden death of a remand inmate at Limerick Jail.

Old Christians GAA club is situated in the southside of Limerick city, in between the socially deprived and crime stricken areas of Southill and Ballinacurra Weston.

Gardaí are investigating allegations of a child being offered for sale in Limerick.

A man murdered in Limerick was arrested hours beforehand for public disorder and being intoxicated in a public place.

A man is in hospital after what Gardaí have described as a "serious assault" in Limerick city last night.

Gardaí have recovered 11 vehicles and made seven arrests in three operations over two days targeting organised burglary gangs.

Gardaí are hunting a three-man gang who beat and robbed an elderly man in his home in Limerick.

Gardaí are hunting a three-man gang who beat and robbed an elderly man in his home in Co Limerick.

A 29-year-old man who was intercepted by gardaí while allegedly on his way to a hotel to have sex with a boy last Monday, has been remanded in continuing custody with consent to bail.

A 29-year old man who was intercepted by gardaí while allegedly on his way to a hotel to have sex with a boy last Monday, has been remanded in continuing custody with consent to bail.

Two men who died following a head-on road traffic collision were yesterday described by colleagues as dedicated to helping people with disabilities.

Two investigations are continuing into the disappearance of €10,000 in bail money from a safe in an administrative area of Limerick Prison.

It was literally a case of a criminal laundering money.

A man described by gardaí as the “head of the Dundon McCarthy” gang has been remanded in custody on a charge of threatening to kill his sister’s father in law.

A man was brought before Limerick District Court yesterday charged with the murder of a motorcycle enthusiast last Saturday.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the horrific murder of a teenager who was beaten to death with an axe.

Gardaí believe a fatal stabbing in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, on Thursday night happened during a drink-fuelled row at a house party.

Gardai have described a pipe bomb left on a footpath outside a house in Limerick City as been a "very serious danger to the public" and to the occupants of the house.

Gardaí are continuing a major investigation into a bizarre attempted child snatch in Co Limerick.

A schoolteacher, mugged by a violent criminal, picked herself off the ground and chased her attacker to recover a handbag, a court in Limerick heard yesterday.

Julia Walsh spends her birthdays wondering where the body of her son Des lies.

Limerick retailers and hoteliers are gearing up for a business bonanza worth in the region of €20m-€30m this weekend as the biggest event of the year rolls into town.

The biggest outdoor art event ever witnessed in this country takes its first, spectacular step today when a giant grandmother commences a three-day odyssey through the streets of Limerick.

A woman has died in a house fire believed to have been started by a cigarette.

A mother of two has died in a house fire, which is believed to have started by a lit cigarette.

A woman in her 40s has died in a house fire overnight in Limerick.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a third serious aggravated burglary in Co Limerick in a little over a week.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has been accused of gross negligence over the failure to fill a key Garda post in an area of Limerick ravaged by gang crime.

A man and a woman in their 20's remain in Garda custody this morning in connection with a robbery and assault in Limerick.

Location: Limerick

An inquest jury in Limerick returned a murder verdict in the death of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan who was shot dead near his home in Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, on the night of Nov 9, 2008.

A man in his 30s is in a critical condition in Limerick after an attack in the city this afternoon.