{"id":648072,"date":"2026-10-08T01:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648072\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:18:17","slug":"gardai-investigate-after-student-house-damaged-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648072\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed investigate after student house damaged in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are investigating an incident of criminal damage at a student property near the University of  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/limerick-news_topic-5331485.html\">Limerick<\/a> after footage showing extensive destruction inside the house was circulated online.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at a property in College Court in the early hours of Wednesday, October 7. It is understood that the house was vacant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Videos widely shared on social media show two young men throwing furniture through a window, shattering the glass, while others are heard laughing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The footage shows extensive damage inside the house, including holes in walls and damage to part of the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A Garda spokesperson told the  Irish Examiner: &#8220;A technical examination of the scene has been conducted. Investigations are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some of the social media clips have since been taken down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One video was filmed by a young woman using Sabrina Carpenter&#8217;s song  House Tour, part of a social media trend in which users showcase their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A University of Limerick spokesperson said it promotes responsible behaviour and takes incidents of anti-social conduct seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">While the vast majority of students make a positive contribution to the local community, the university acknowledged that issues such as property damage and public disorder are a source of serious concern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The spokesperson said complaints involving students are investigated under the university&#8217;s code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Students have been urged to be mindful of their actions and the impact they have on the community around them,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating an incident of criminal damage at a student property near the University of Limerick after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[185200,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-648072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-limerick-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648072","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=648072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}