A PRIEST attempted yesterday to reach out to men of violence who continue to “crucify” the families of their victims.

THE part-time security man murdered in Limerick early yesterday was the stepfather of the Murray children Millie and Gavin who were badly burned in a fire-bomb attack in Moyross last September.

AS the Government moves to crack down on gangland thugs waging open war on society, it is alarming to hear that children as young as nine and 10 are turning a once peaceful community into a living hell for elderly people.