Mr Keane has already told the court he was "not the man he was, nor the one he hoped to become" because of the injuries and felt "let down" by his employer, Johnson & Johnson.

At the same time, unbeaten Galway welcome Tyrone to Tuam Stadium

The man used an axe to damage the car, which was parked outside a house in the Limerick region, and then set the vehicle on fire using a can of petrol and a rag

Alice Candido da Costa who is from Brazil had at the time been staying in a house on the farm when it was claimed she was bitten by a brown and white Collie

Daniel Phillips, (35), Crecora Avenue, Ballinacurra/Weston, Limerick, appeared before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court where he admitted one count of dangerous driving causing the death of Maurice Fehilly

Maurice Snowdon, (78), Ogonnelloe, Scarriff, Co Clare, showed little or no empathy for the “many victims” in the child sex abuse material that “he sought for his personal enjoyment”, sentencing Judge Colin Daly said.

The motorway was closed by gardaí to allow emergency services deal with the incident.

Kenneth Dundon said he was shocked to learn he was barred from a pub Limerick

Gardaí said their investigations were “ongoing” into the attack, which investigators suspected was linked to a bitter feud between rival groups residing on the south side of Limerick City.

Joe Drennan was in his final year of a journalism degree at the University of Limerick when he was killed after being struck by a car in October 2023.

Gardaí appealed for witnesses on Tuesday after a pipe bomb was thrown at the front entrance of a house in Limerick overnight but failed to detonate

Judge Walsh remanded Hayes, who sat alone in the courtroom, on continuing bail to appear before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, on the suspended sentence for violent disorder, on March 19th.

The drugs haul was seized after Gardaí stopped and searched a car on the N20 Limerick Cork road, near Croom, Co Limerick.

When they arrived at a house on the outskirts of the city they attempted to gain entry to the dwelling by kicking a lock on a door, and they eventually climbed into the property via a rear kitchen window

Locals reported that the improvised explosive device exploded with a loud bang after it landed in a rear garden at the house.

On Thursday, Cian Hayes (33 and Daragh Hayes (37) were jailed

Daragh Hayes (37) and Cian Hayes (33) lured their friend Ciaran Ryan and set upon him with a hurley and a foot-long steel wrench.

Joe Drennan (21), a University of Limerick journalism student, was killed while standing waiting at a bus stop on October 13th, 2023

An estimated 70,000 homes and businesses were without power across the mid west region as Storm Éowyn continued raging across the country

The appeal was made following an alleged false imprisonment and sexual assault of two female sex workers in Limerick

Dermot Calvert, a father of 15 who formerly lived at Fairview Crescent, Limerick, has 91 convictions, mostly road traffic related

Gardaí said the attack happened at Old Cratloe Road, around 5pm last Sunday evening.

The Aerogen Group is headquartered in Dangan in Galway and the new roles will be across research and development, manufacturing, and science and engineering.

A man has been arrested as part of a Garda operation targeting organised crime in Limerick city

The incident happened in Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick.

A status yellow low temperature and ice warning will remain in place for the entire country until lunchtime on Friday.

A total of 174 people were killed in road collisions in 2024, including 15 persons in December.

Very cold nights with widespread frost, ice and lying snow can be expected until Friday.

The price of buying a home in Ireland last year rose by 9 per cent, according to the latest report from Daft.ie

Marguerita O’Rourke died after a van hit a set of gates she was standing beside on December 21st.

Marguerita Sheridan, aged in her 20s, died after a suspected hit-and-run incident in Limerick on Saturday.

Marguerita Sheridan, who was aged in her 20s, was killed in Rathkeale on Saturday.

The price of homes in counties in the west of the country rose by an average of 16% in 2024.

Marguerita Sheridan died after a silver Ford Transit van ploughed into a set of gates she was standing beside

Gardaí appealed for information after a young female pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run road traffic collision in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, on Saturday

Gardaí supported by members of the Defence Forces recovered a number of suspected improvised bombs in a series of searches in Limerick city and county last weekend, it has now emerged

Kamen Petkov, had been in control of “such a large quantity of drugs that it was impossible not to conclude that thousands of lives would have been affected by such a volume of drugs”

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to contact them

12 bales, containing 308.6 kilos of cocaine wrapped into 306 separate packages, were discovered on board the Maltese registered cargo vessel, MV Verila, when it docked at Foynes Port on December 19th, 2023

The man cage was attached to a crane mounted on a three axle rigid lorry.

A two-year suspended sentence was imposed on five-time All-Star winning hurler Hayes, (26), last December, after he was convicted of two counts of violent disorder at the Icon nightclub, Limerick, on October 28th 2019

Over 16 years after innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan was shot dead in a case of mistaken identity, the notorious Limerick gangster who ordered the hit, John Dundon, has failed in a bid to overturn his murder conviction

€560,000 worth of suspected cocaine was seized yesterday during searches at a number of locations under Operation Tara.