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26th April 2026 - 2nd May 2026

Courts

Man awarded €39,000 in damages after trailer drove over him at Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival

28 Apr

Last month

April 2026

jason faulkner

'Heartbroken' brother of Scarlett Faulkner laid to rest a week after sister's death

24 Apr

Courts

Man sent online messages about wanting to 'rape and kill a child', court hears

21 Apr

Limerick City

Three young men injured, one seriously, following road crash in Limerick

Updated 18 Apr

Funeral

Scarlett Faulkner’s family tell funeral she ‘will get the justice you deserve’

17 Apr

Southill

Gardaí launch probe after man attacked with steel weapon at house in Limerick

17 Apr

RIP

Limerick woman Scarlett Faulkner to be laid to rest on Friday

14 Apr

C130 Hercules

Man charged with criminal damage of US military plane at Shannon Airport denied bail

13 Apr

scarlett faulkner

Family of Limerick woman critically injured in attack say life support to be switched off tomorrow

9 Apr

March

March 2026

Tobi Omoteso

Gardaí investigating after Limerick hip hop artist partially blinded in baseball bat assault

31 Mar

birdhill

Woman and teenager due in court over assault on Scarlett Faulkner

28 Mar

birdhill

Woman attacked in Co Tipperary named locally as gardaí seek information on two vehicles

23 Mar

Limerick District Court

Man (19) appears in court charged with dangerous driving causing death of nurse Áine O'Reilly

20 Mar

Gardaí arrest teenager over hit-and-run that killed Limerick nurse Aine O'Reilly

19 Mar

Limerick

Man charged over St Patrick’s Day assault in Limerick

19 Mar

Limerick

Man in serious condition in hospital following assault in Limerick City last night

18 Mar

Louay Kila

HSE conducting review of Limerick hospital’s failings over response to doctor who raped nurse

14 Mar

Courts

Doctor who raped a nurse in Limerick jailed for eight years

13 Mar

Courts

Judge says man jailed for harassing woman and setting her house on fire still has 'good' in him

12 Mar

Limerick

Man jailed for six years for beating woman in front of her children and stabbing her boyfriend

11 Mar

Limerick

Man who was ‘steaming drunk’ found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of truck driver

5 Mar

Rathkeale

'We’re cutting you up': Three women jailed for beating and slashing face of Limerick grandmother

4 Mar

United Arab Emirates

'It’s a scary place right now': Limerick man in Dubai on the panic from Iranian missile attacks

1 Mar

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This year

2026

Criminal Assets Bureau

CAB recoups over €1m after selling houses linked to criminals in Limerick, Dublin and Waterford

26 Feb

Drugs Seizure

Man arrested following €1.5 million cocaine and cannabis seizure in Limerick

25 Feb

Courts

Bill and Alison Chawke plead guilty to assault causing harm at luxury Co Limerick hotel

23 Feb

Limerick

Investigation launched after arson attack on Limerick mosque

12 Feb

Limerick

Investigation into Superintendent and gardaí was 'vicious', Garda penalty points trial told

22 Jan

Limerick

Jury urged to ignore sympathy in Garda ticket-fixing trial

21 Jan

Limerick

Man jailed for five years for dangerous driving causing death of niece after taking cocaine

21 Jan

Limerick

‘It’s terrifying’: Senior ex-garda tells court of toll of suspension on officers

20 Jan

superintendent

Trial hears accused Superintendent had no power to use discretion to cancel road policing tickets

19 Jan

Limerick

Tributes paid to 'full of life' mother of two found dead after house fire in Limerick

18 Jan

Courts

Girl, 8, found bleeding and 'gasping for breath' after alleged knife attack by mother, trial hears

14 Jan

Inquest

Verdict of medical misadventure at inquest of mother who died in HSE home birth service

14 Jan

Auction

Two Limerick houses linked to son of murdered crime boss to be sold via auction next month

13 Jan

Co Clare

Woman stabbed her 8-year-old daughter over 70 times, attempted murder trial told

12 Jan

Castletroy

Limerick golf club objects to proposed housing development citing 'stray balls' risk to residents

9 Jan

Last year

2025

Bruree

Driver killed after car destroyed by fire following crash with lorry in Co Limerick

Updated 24 Dec 2025

Rathkeale

Gardaí investigating shots fired at house in Co Limerick

22 Dec 2025

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