Two men have appeared in court accused of engaging in a protection racket on a building site in Limerick by demanding money from a site foreman. At Cork District Court on Friday, John McCarthy (43) of The Orchards, Castletroy, Limerick and Willie O’Reilly (53) of Kilmurry View, Castletroy, Limerick, were each charged with a single offence. However, one of the conditions of bail was that neither of them would enter any building site. Judge Olann Kelleher remarked that not going on any building site in the country seemed like a very restrictive condition. Judge Kelleher remanded both men on bail to appear again at Limerick District Court on May 25th.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2020 18:22 UTC