{"id":319548,"date":"2026-02-27T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/319548\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:19:10","slug":"limerick-gardai-probe-serious-assault-involving-man-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/319548\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick gardai probe serious assault involving man released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UP TO 10 gardai responded to a serious altercation in the city centre on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick Live<\/a> understands one of those involved was a man who was released from prison recently and is well-known to gardai.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the man had been asked to leave a number of city pubs by staff earlier in the evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following a media query from Limerick Live, a garda spokesperson confirmed: \u201cGarda\u00ed received a report of an alleged incident of assault at a premises in the O\u2019Connell Street area of Limerick city on Wednesday, February 25 at approximately 10pm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2025795\/gardai-seize-firearm-and-70k-of-cocaine-close-to-limerick-tipperary-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gardai seize firearm and \u20ac70k of cocaine close to Limerick-Tipperary border<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up to 10 gardai rushed to the scene to intervene and assist the injured party. The extent of injuries suffered by the victim is not known but they are not thought to be life threatening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations are ongoing,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody who witnessed the assault, or has camera footage, and can assist gardai is asked to contact investigating gardai in Henry Street on 061 212400 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UP TO 10 gardai responded to a serious altercation in the city centre on Wednesday night. Limerick Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,44,43],"class_list":["post-319548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-city","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}