A man is to face trial charged with aggravated burglary at a house, where three occupants including a pregnant woman were allegedly threatened with a butcher's knife in their beds.

A 19-year-old Limerick man, who walked free from court last year after a murder trial dramatically collapsed, has been jailed for five months today on charges relating to a stolen motorbike.

A 19-year-old Limerick man at the centre of a collapsed murder trial has been jailed for a further three months.

A 19-year-old Limerick man, who was at the centre of a collapsed murder trial, has been jailed for four months for public order offences outside the city's courthouse.

The trial of a Limerick man accused of murder walked free from court today after the sixth prosecution witness denied making a statement identifying the accused man as the killer.