{"id":648024,"date":"2026-10-08T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648024\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:08:10","slug":"walls-windows-and-ceilings-of-limerick-house-destroyed-during-student-party-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648024\/","title":{"rendered":"Walls, windows and ceilings of Limerick house destroyed during \u2018student party\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed<\/a> are investigating a break-in and criminal damage at a house in Limerick linked to a student party in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Investigating garda\u00ed are seeking the \u201cpublic\u2019s assistance\u201d as part of their investigation into \u201cburglary and criminal damage at a domestic residence\u201d.<\/p>\n

Videos showing young people running amok in the house was shared on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Walls and ceilings were knocked through and fixtures and fittings were torn down in the overnight vandalism.<\/p>\n

One video showed young people throwing a shelving unit through a window.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly before 1am, garda\u00ed were alerted to a large public gathering in a domestic residence. Garda\u00ed attended the scene and no persons were present inside the domestic residence which had undergone significant criminal damage,\u201d garda\u00ed said.<\/p>\n

A technical examination of the scene was carried out and Garda investigations were \u201congoing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other homes in the same estate and surrounding areas have been badly damaged in similar incidents over the years.<\/p>\n

The video showed a group of suspected students screaming and laughing as more damage was caused to the property.<\/p>\n

A male voice is heard shouting, \u201cOh my god\u201d, as a wheelie bin is thrown at glass doors.<\/p>\n

Walls and ceilings were also torn down in the property.<\/p>\n

At one point during the video footage, the camera is pointed up at a ceiling on the first floor, revealing no ceiling but a gaping void into the attic and roofing joists.<\/p>\n

The first floor of the property was also littered with what appeared to be attic and wall insulation, and fixtures and fittings in an upstairs bathroom were also destroyed.<\/p>\n

\"DamagedDamaged house in College Court, near the University of Limerick. Photo: Brendan Gleeson <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is f*cked,\u201d said another male in the video, while a female voice is heard saying: \u201cNo lads, every f*cking room, welcome to our house tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

A local person at the scene said: \u201cAll the windows have been knocked out of it. A couple of students said there was a party there; they must have all gone berserk.\u201d.<\/p>\n

A Garda spokeswoman said: \u201cGarda\u00ed received a report of an incident of criminal damage that occurred in College Court, Castletroy, Co Limerick, in the early hours of Wednesday morning 7th October 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokeswoman said garda\u00ed conducted a \u201ctechnical examination of the scene\u201d and \u201cinvestigations are ongoing\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was unclear if the youths filmed inside the property have any affiliation with University of Limerick (UL<\/a>), which is located close to College Court.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement, UL said it was \u201caware of an incident that took place off campus and that an investigation by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is underway\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cUL strongly promotes responsible behaviour and positive engagement with the community. While the vast majority of students are respectful and valued members of the community, the university recognises that instances of antisocial behaviour, including property damage, public disorder and other actions that negatively impact residents, are a matter of serious concern,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are mechanisms within the university student code of conduct for breaches of the code to be dealt with and complaints made to the University about individuals are taken very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating a break-in and criminal damage at a house in Limerick linked to a student party…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,42,1396,43,17159,40,38,41,39,101139],"class_list":["post-648024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-headlines","tag-limerick","tag-news","tag-third-level","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-university-of-limerick-ul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648024","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=648024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}