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Pensioner's lung cancer caused by asbestos at work, Limerick inquest hears

A PENSIONER who died earlier this year developed lung cancer as a direct result of his exposure to asbestos while working 50 years ago, his inquest in Limerick was told. Limerick Coroners Court was told Daniel McCarthy (71) from Charleville died at ...

10 Dec 2017 at 16:00

Crime and Courts

Inquest into murder of Limerick pensioner Rose Hanrahan adjourned by coroner

AN INQUEST into the death of widowed pensioner Rose Hanrahan, who was brutally murdered in her own home in Limerick city, has been opened and adjourned pending a criminal investigation. Rose, aged 78, was murdered at her home on New Road, ...

11 Sept 2018 at 12:02

Local News

Cattle handler’s death was a freak accident rules Limerick coroner

AN EXPERIENCED cattle handler who died at University Hospital Limerick after he was trampled on by a bullock at a farm in West Clare sustained multiple traumatic injuries including a fractured skull, his inquest was told. Patrick ...

29 Nov 2019 at 13:45

Crime and Courts

Limerick man, 56, was dead at home for weeks, inquest told

A MAN whose badly decomposed body was found at his home shortly before last Christmas had been dead for several weeks, the coroner’s court has heard. Gardai made the grim discovery after they called to the home of the ...

16 Dec 2019 at 13:45

Local News

Open verdict returned from Limerick river death inquest

AN open verdict was recorded at the inquest of a man whose body was recovered from the river Shannon earlier this year. Limerick Coroner’s Court was told the body of the 47-year-old was recovered from the water near ...

02 Dec 2019 at 19:00

Breaking News

Inquest into pensioner to be reopened after Limerick family's eight-year battle

THE INQUEST into the death of a pensioner is to be reopened for a full-week hearing later this year, following an eight-year battle by his heartbroken family. Michael Daly Snr, of Lee Estate, died aged 66 in April ...

04 Mar 2020 at 22:00

Limerickleader

Limerick cyclist found in ditch died after suffering heart attack, inquest told

A CYCLIST who was found critically injured at the side of the road earlier this year died from natural causes, a coroner has ruled. A major garda investigation was launched after James Quinlan was discovered on ...

05 Dec 2019 at 19:00

Local News

Limerick inquest hears that man died from ‘blood poisoning’

AN INQUEST in Limerick has heard that the death of a man, caused by septicemia, could have been prevented if he had sought medical treatment. Mayorstone garda Aidan Riordan discovered the body of Croatian ...

30 Nov 2018 at 20:00

Local News

Limerick coroner records misadventure verdict about woman found dead on couch

A VERDICT of misadventure was recorded at the inquest of a middle-aged woman who died after consuming a toxic amount of alcohol. The body of the 57-year-old was discovered slumped on the couch at her ...

04 Dec 2019 at 08:00

Crime and Courts

Limerick inquest hears details of charity motorcyclist's tragic death

AN INQUEST has heard emotional testimony from friends and fellow bikers of the late Aidan Lynam, who died in a road traffic collision in county Clare while he was undertaking a charity motorcycle in ...

05 Dec 2016 at 19:41

Breaking News

Inquest hears woman charged with murdering pensioner in Limerick tried to re-enter crime scene

AN INQUEST has heard that a woman accused of murdering a pensioner in Limerick attempted to gain re-entry to the crime scene and sent “gardai on a wild goose chase” during their investigations. ...

13 Jun 2017 at 18:14

Local News

Reality of suicide is laid bare at Limerick coroner’s court

A SUICIDE verdict was recorded at the inquest of an elderly man whose body was found at his rural home in east Limerick earlier this year. Limerick Coroner's Court was told gardai forced their ...

08 Dec 2019 at 13:45

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