A conviction has only been secured in less than a quarter of the more than 300 cases of witness and juror intimidation in which proceedings were initiated over the last 10 years.

Limerick criminal Brian Collopy has had his eight-year sentence for witness intimidation reduced by two years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Many leaders of a prolific crime scene have been jailed, writes Jimmy Woulfe

AS three major players in Limerick’s ongoing gang feud commenced long prison sentences in recent days following prosecutions at the Special Criminal Court and Limerick Circuit Court, a fourth gang figure left prison in England after serving five-and-a-half years for a gun offence.

A MAN who had his home confiscated by the CAB and who was shot and wounded in a Limerick gang attack was jailed for eight years for intimidating a witness with the intention of perverting and interfering with the course of course of justice.

A 38-year-old father-of-three has been jailed for eight years for intimidating a key witness in an upcoming criminal law trial.

A FORMER associate of a well-known Limerick family, along with his wife and children, are living under 24/7 Garda protection, a Circuit Court heard yesterday.

THE man shot and wounded near Thomond Park on Friday night as rugby fans left the Heineken Cup game between Munster and Northampton was allowed home from hospital yesterday.

A LIMERICK gangland figure who shot himself on Saturday remained on a life support machine last night.

AN ICE-CREAM van which travelled to festivals around the country was used to launder drug money, Limerick District Court heard yesterday.

LIMERICK gardaí were yesterday continuing their investigation into the shooting in which city gang figure Brian Collopy was shot and wounded.

WESLEY College and Scoil Chaitriona Glasnevin won through to the last 16 of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools Quiz at the Montrose Hotel, Dublin, last evening.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau yesterday sold a house they seized from a major Limerick criminal for €225,000.

The Criminal Assets Bureau sold the home of a convicted Limerick criminal for €225,000 at a public auction earlier today.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) last night promised further action on Limerick’s feuding crime gangs after it was allowed to seize the home of convicted criminal Brian Collopy.

The Criminal Assets Bureau is seizing the home of a Limerick man.