The son of a murdered Limerick crime boss was jailed yesterday for giving a false statement to gardaí about a serious car accident in which a woman in her 80s was knocked down and badly injured.

Tributes have been paid to former Labour Party stalwart Frank Prendergast who died on Thursday, aged 81.

The church of tomorrow must be inclusive and regenerated by us all, Limerick Bishop Brendan Leahy said as the first synod in Ireland in 50 years was launched.

He quotes Bono, goes to the gym, and listens to Spin FM. Roisin Burke meets Limerick’s top cleric

People clinging to Catholic beliefs by their fingernails have been told to look to Bono for hope.

The new Bishop of Limerick, Fr Brendan Leahy, who will be ordained at St John’s Cathedral next Sunday, plans to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis... in the kitchen.

A Dublin-born theologian, named yesterday by Pope Benedict as the next Bishop of Limerick, said he prayed at “this delicate time” that politicians would be inspired to know how best to protect the lives of mothers and their unborn children.

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

ULSTER Bank League leaders St Mary’s face an immediate test of their resilience when they take on Cork Constitution at Templeville Road today, banking on a second win over Munster opposition to keep them in pole position.

SEVEN singing priests from the Diocese of Limerick are about to serve up a special celebration, with a Christmas CD and a concert later this month.

A NEWLY ordained priest is hoping his life experience as a husband, father and grandfather will give him a greater understanding of his parishioners.

HUNDREDS of postal workers yesterday paid a poignant farewell to their Limerick colleague who died last Thursday when his mail delivery bike collided with a vehicle on his morning round.

A WOMAN died yesterday morning when her car skidded on black ice and hit a tree in Co Limerick.

TOMORROW marks the 10th anniversary of the murder which led to an all-out war between two Limerick feuding gangs.

Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw’s biggest public square today, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week ago.

A MAN jailed for his part in the first killing in the vicious Limerick feud, has narrowly escaped death.

A PARISH priest has been temporarily appointed to manage the diocese of Limerick following the resignation of Bishop Donal Murray.

THE Limerick diocese yesterday revealed how Bishop Donal Murray had informed senior priests in the diocese as far back as December 1 – just four days after the publication of the Murphy report – of his intention to resign.

MORE than 200 people, including about 50 priests, were present in St John’s Cathedral yesterday when Bishop Donal Murray announced his resignation.

Bishop of Limerick Dr Donal Murray will address church-goers today as speculation intensifies that he has offered his resignation.

THE murder of Limerick businessman Roy Collins was yesterday condemned by the Bishop of Limerick, Dr Donal Murray, as “utter madness” which strikes at all of us.

THE Limerick crime boss who died late on Sunday night after accidentally shooting himself in the head, only last month told a Limerick court that people were “trying to shoot him every week”.

TWITCHERS search out rare birds, keeping a list of every one seen.

THE discovery yesterday of a body partly buried in open ground in Limerick is almost certainly the 10th tit-for-tat murder in the continuing feud between two rival drugs gangs.

THE funeral took place in Limerick yesterday of one of the two men killed in last Friday’s crash near Daly’s Cross on the N7.

AN alert has gone out in Limerick after a so-called ‘statue stalker’ struck again.

NEARLY 700 people attending an international religious congress staged a peace walk through the streets of Limerick at the weekend.

THE FUNERAL Mass of 83-year-old Martin Considine took place yesterday.

A BRIDE of just over three months makes a sad return journey to St John’s Cathedral in Limerick this evening to mourn the loss of her husband.

HAVING waited most of her life for the man of her dreams, 86-year-old Limerick bride Mary McGrath did not keep her 83-year-old groom waiting too long at the altar on Saturday.

IRELAND’S oldest groom-to-be is already proving to be a great catch for the woman he will marry on Saturday.

LIMERICK woman Mary McGrath has waited nearly a lifetime for the man of her dreams.

THE blushing bride has waited almost a lifetime to find the man of her dreams. And the groom is unlikely to be able to carry her over the threshold.

JOHN RYAN was the first to speak out when his missing nephews turned up safe and well after they were allegedly abducted last January.

THE Bishop of Limerick is facing a revolt over a plan to place antennae on the spire of the city’s main cathedral.

A HEARTBROKEN family was today in mourning after a second son was killed in tragic circumstances in less than seven months.

A GARDA forensic team cordoned off a house in a quiet Limerick estate yesterday as the Kieran Keane murder investigation intensified.

THE mother of returned Limerick brothers Kieran and Eddie Ryan vowed yesterday she will never leave her Kileely home.

CRIME gangs in Limerick battling each other to gain control of the drugs trade in the mid-west region are among the most organised and well armed criminals in the country.

Less than two weeks before the Queen arrives for an Australian tour, the governor general in Canberra is fighting renewed allegations he covered up child sex abuse in the Anglican Church.