TOWNS and villages throughout the mid-west are being thrown into lawlessness by “neighbours from hell”.

THE Limerick crime boss who died late on Sunday night after accidentally shooting himself in the head, only last month told a Limerick court that people were “trying to shoot him every week”.

TWO teenagers were last night being questioned by Limerick gardaí in connection with the weekend death of a man following an assault in his home.

THE alliance between the McCarthy and Dundon families goes back to the early 1970s, when one of the McCarthy family from Ballincurra Weston married Kenneth Dundon whose family came from Ballynanty, across the city.

FEUD violence flared on a busy street yesterday in front of frightened passersby.

FIVE people were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting of a six-year-old girl in Limerick city last weekend.

GARDAÍ investigating the shooting of Mark Moloney in Limerick last Saturday have focused their investigation on the movements of the black Toyota Celica used by the gunman.

ARMED Garda units were on high alert last night in Limerick amid fears of more bloodshed following the latest feud murder.

A MIDDLE-AGED woman related to a Limerick family feud narrowly escaped death in a drive-by shooting late on Monday night.

THREE women and a man were being held by Limerick gardaí last night in connection with the abduction of a girl which sparked a gang murder on December 18 last.

DURING a high-speed incident involving feud gangs, a gunman opened fire while hanging out a car window weaving in and out of traffic, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

EXTRA armed garda patrols were deployed in Limerick yesterday as hostilities flared between two feuding gangs who have used a grenade and automatic firearms in recent attacks.