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This week
11th January 2026 - 17th January 2026
Girl, 8, found bleeding and 'gasping for breath' after alleged knife attack by mother, trial hears
Verdict of medical misadventure at inquest of mother who died in HSE home birth service
Two Limerick houses linked to son of murdered crime boss to be sold via auction next month
Woman stabbed her 8-year-old daughter over 70 times, attempted murder trial told
Last week
4th January 2026 - 17th January 2026
Limerick golf club objects to proposed housing development citing 'stray balls' risk to residents
Last month
December 2025
Driver killed after car destroyed by fire following crash with lorry in Co Limerick
Gardaí investigating shots fired at house in Co Limerick
Man jailed after ploughing into garda and reversing car at him as he lay injured
Limerick brothers jailed for combined 14 years for gun attack on family’s home
Chief Superintendent denies offering 'inducements' to alleged suspects in garda traffic probe
Man found guilty of murdering 84-year-old former army captain Patrick O’Mahony in Co Kerry
Retired Superintendent said enquiring into potential prosecutions 'allowed' under Garda directives
Ex-GNBCI head denies seeking to quash road traffic summons in trial of gardaí accused of the same
Retired superintendent tells garda trial he 'looked after' hundreds of summonses for people
Garda accused of interfering in prosecutions told investigation he was following Superintendent's orders
Trial into alleged interference with road traffic offences told former superintendent central to case
Last year
2025
Coroner returns 'medical misadventure' verdict in case of 16-year-old girl who died at UHL
Gardaí seized files, phones and computer equipment in raid on Limerick Garda office, trial hears
Former Defence Forces member pleads not guilty to murder of his elderly friend
Trial of gardaí and retired superintendent hears evidence of road traffic summonses 'struck out'
Garda stations and homes raided during probe into alleged interference with road traffic offences
Gardaí have power to cancel penalty points, trial of four gardaí and retired superintendent hears
Man killed in hit-and-run was 'left to die like a dog in the road', sister tells court
Manhunt underway to find violent prisoner who escaped custody during hospital visit
Limerick man who deceived pensioner out of €73K life savings jailed for two years
Harvey Sherratt's mother shocked at whistleblower claims about son’s care by CHI
It is alleged that Children’s Health Ireland removed Harvey from its active spinal surgery waiting list after it wrongly determined he was a ‘palliative’ patient.
Man (50s) appears in court charged over death of Josie Ray in Co Tipperary last year
Senator condemns 'act of moral cowardice' after suspicious package at Limerick school deemed a hoax
Parents of Harvey Sherratt to meet Tánaiste over crisis in scoliosis care this month
Man appears in court charged with 2010 Limerick murder of Lee Slattery
Community shocked after father of Limerick hurling star stabbed several times at his home
Three prison officers allegedly assaulted at Limerick Prison earlier this week
Man hospitalised after shooting and car ramming in Limerick
Man charged after gardaí in Limerick respond to reports of people being threatened with a knife
Inquest into fatal assault of former Limerick sports star Alan Bourke set for October
Garda investigation launched after masked armed gang set car alight and damage house in Limerick
Man who sexually abused girl during sleepovers with one of his children jailed for six years
Date set for appeal of sentence given to criminal over journalism student Joe Drennan's death
Married Cork farmer jailed for close to 10 years for rape of another man
Man fatally assaulted near home was 'proper character with heart of gold', funeral told