A Limerick family is to go to High Court to seek answers as to why their very depressed loved one was not admitted to University Hospital Limerick after being sent there by his GP with a letter recommending treatment.

Two men have been charged before a special court sitting with possession of an assortment of weapons during the course of a row in Limerick.

A 21-year-old man was hospitalised in the North last night following a paramilitary-style punishment attack.