After being slashed on the forehead with a knife an 80-year-old retired taximan, recovering from heart by-pass surgery, took on his attacker knocking him to the ground, a court heard.

A student’s body was discovered in an apartment in Limerick by friends, with whom he had shared accommodation.

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A violent Limerick criminal has been jailed for six years for attacking and falsely imprisoning a hotel night manager.

The manager of a Limerick hotel was terrified when a man put a syringe to his neck and grabbed a cash box, a court heard.

One of the childish pleasures of boating on the inland waterways is throwing the crusts overboard after breakfast and watching the melee. 

A man has died in another drowning tragedy on the River Shannon this morning.

The company that employed two workers who drowned in a tragic accident on the River Shannon on Saturday has described their deaths as “heartbreaking”.

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.

A teenage girl, who lost a cousin to suicide, has won council backing for her bid to light up bridges in her native Limerick with anti-suicide messages, to try to prevent others taking their own lives.

A Limerick teenager personally affected by suicide has collected thousands of signatures in a bid to light up the city’s bridges with life-affirming messages — reaching out to anyone thinking of taking their own life.

A man has been saved from drowning by firefighters in a dramatic four-minute river rescue.

The body of a man, who entered the River Shannon in Limerick City two days ago, sparking a major search, was found this evening.

The body of a man who entered the River Shannon in Limerick city two days ago, sparking a major search, has been found.

A major search is underway for a man who entered the River Shannon in Limerick city tonight.

Limerick gardaí say they are close to identifying the people who were in a car from which a known criminal fell to his death when travelling on the N69.

A controversial decision to rename Shannon Bridge in Limerick city centre after president John F Kennedy has been put on hold.

A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic river rescue.

A major JP versus JFK row has erupted in Limerick over the renaming of a bridge at a secret session of the city council.

DNA samples from people whose family members disappeared without trace in Limerick over 20 years will be used to try and identify skeletal human remains found by the river Shannon in Limerick yesterday.

It was a huge day for Galway hurling on Sunday, a historic day, Kilkenny beaten and, just as significantly, a first Leinster title for Connacht’s lone top-level flag-bearer.

Goalkeeper for the Clare football team Garda Joe Hayes proved to be a life-saving last line of defence yesterday in a dramatic river rescue in Limerick.

More than €6.6m in funding has been announced for nine outdoor tourism projects.

COMMERCIAL sea plane flights between Dublin and the mid-west were given official approval yesterday.

A MAN in his 50s is still in a critical condition at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after being rescued from the Shannon on Wednesday.

LIMERICK’S accident-prone metal Christmas tree, designated to be a permanent river feature in the Shannon near the city centre, keeled over yesterday.

SAINT Patrick’s Day may just be around the corner but thanks to one “landmark” the Christmas spirit will be staying in Limerick city for the time being.

A LIMERICK man who, with two others, was involved in an alcohol-fuelled attack that resulted in their victim choking to death on his own blood, was yesterday jailed for seven years.

ON the eighth day of evidence, a defendant yesterday changed his plea at Limerick Court and admitted to a charge of manslaughter.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man charged with the manslaughter of another man in Limerick in 2006.

The body of a man has been recovered from the River Shannon in Limerick.

AS the funeral takes place today of a Limerick man who died in sinister circumstances, gardaí are believed to have made significant progress in the investigation into the disappearance and death of Francis Greene.

LIMERICK’S 100ft tall floating metal Christmas tree, which was badly damaged in the recent floods after it was swept into the side of the Shannon Bridge, was refloated on the Shannon last night.

Limerick City Council Crisis Management Team has been advised by the ESB that they have reduced the level of water release at Parteen Weir again today by a further 6%.

Towns and communities across the country were today counting the cost of the clean-up operation after being devastated by some of the worst floods in living memory.

Up to 150 people are taking part in a massive search operation along the banks of the River Shannon for a 20-year-old man who's been missing since the beginning of the year.

Four people have been hospitalised following a collision between a truck and a car in Limerick this morning.

LIMERICK’S skateboard enthusiasts did twirls of delight yesterday in a new €300,000 skate park, which was opened by mayor John Gilligan.

A CALL was made yesterday for a controversial bus lane scheme to be put on hold in Limerick until the planned new Shannon tunnel is completed.

TWO men were jailed by Limerick Circuit Court yesterday for a total of 17 years for their part in battering a man to death.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

The funeral of the 25-year-old man who was murdered in Limerick last Thursday is taking place in the city today.

Three men are due to appear in court this morning in connection with the murder of a 25 year old man in Limerick.