Armed gardaí called to court after gang leader assaults solicitor

MEMBERS of the regional armed support unit rushed to Limerick Courthouse yesterday after violence flared when a notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang leader assaulted controversial criminal solicitor, John Devane, as he spoke with a client in the court corridor.

At about the same time elsewhere, a teenager, 17, who is related to another notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang member was rushed to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital with a bullet wound to the leg.

Gardaí investigating that shooting believe it may have been carried out by a member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang well known to him. Some sources said the shooting may have been carried out because of an unpaid debt.