LOTTO millionaire Dolores McNamara has a dark family secret.

LIMERICK gardaí fear the discovery of a pipe bomb and a shooting incident are linked to heightened tensions in the city feud over recent days.

Five men serving life for murder were sentenced today to a further 15 years for attempted murder and seven for false imprisonment.

Desmond Dundon, who was convicted yesterday of murdering Limerick man Kieran Keane, is planning to appeal the court’s decision at a higher court.

Five Limerick men were tonight jailed for life after being convicted of the murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew Owen Treacy.

The jury in the trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane has been sent to a hotel for a second night after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane has been offered free flu vaccinations to protect them from illness in the event of a flu epidemic during the high profile trial.

The chief witness in the trial of five men accused of murder has alleged that four men were to be murdered on the night Kieran Keane was shot dead and he himself was left fighting for his life.

A trial judge today threatened to send various media reports to the Attorney General in connection with the coverage of the trial of five Limerick men accused of murder.

The trial of five Limerick men for the murder of Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew opened amid tight security in Dublin's Cloverhill courthouse today.

A number of media organisations were criticised in the Central Criminal Court today for what was termed "prejudicial" coverage in advance of a forthcoming Limerick murder trial.

The trial of five men charged with the murder of crime figure Kieran Keane - which has yet to hear any evidence - has already cost the taxpayer in the region of €200,000.

The trial of five men charged with the murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane was adjourned today after jurors were discharged from the jury panel.

Five men charged with the murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane have pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

Five men charged with the murder of crime boss Kieran Keane must stand trial in Limerick, a judge has ruled.

MORE THAN 60 armed detectives and uniformed gardaí were detailed for the biggest security operation ever mounted for a court case in Limerick, as four men appeared in connection with the murder of crime boss, Kieran Keane.

GARDAÍ were yesterday still quizzing three people arrested last Friday in connection with the murder of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane.