Evidence entered at the John Dundon trial which has amazed many related to a meeting in Cruises St on Oct 29, 2008.

A businessman who has been under armed guard for over eight years says he has no intention of leaving Limerick despite the continuing threat to him and his family.

SENIOR gardaí will object to any compassionate release sought by members of the McCarthy Dundon gang for the funeral of their mother who died in a road collision in London, it has emerged.

Trying to live a normal life in the face of growing gangland threats, mid-west correspondent Jimmy Woulfe talks to families hit by Limerick’s bloody feud as it reaches its 10th anniversary.

TOMORROW marks the 10th anniversary of the murder which led to an all-out war between two Limerick feuding gangs.

JOHN McGRATH hit 11 points as the hosts retained the Tipperary Supporters club All-Ireland U16 hurling crown with a convincing victory at Semple Stadium yesterday.

Goalkeeper Graham Clarke completed a stellar day for Down GAA when he won the overall title in the M Donnelly All-Ireland Poc Fada competition at the Annaverna Mountain.

TWO Limerick brothers who were the alleged victims of a kidnapping in 2003 shortly before the murder of a city gang leader were yesterday jailed for a total of 14 years after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition earlier this year.

An attempt by five Limerick men to appeal their murder convictions to the country’s highest court failed today.

Five Limerick men have lost a bid to bring an appeal against their convictions for the murder of crime boss Kieran Keane to the Supreme Court.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in the case of five Limerick men who want their appeal against their murder conviction to be dealt with by the Supreme Court.

A bid by five Limerick men to have an appeal against their murder convictions dealt with by the Supreme Court gets underway before the Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday next.

HUNDREDS of mourners last night attended the removal of the remains of murdered Limerick breadman Daniel Treacy to St Mary’s Church.

Two men were being questioned today over the murder of the brother of a high-profile supergrass.

DANIEL TREACY’S father, Phil, who owns the family bread business, is protected by armed gardaí when he goes on his bread rounds since the Kieran Keane trial in which another of his sons, Owen, was the key state witness.

The man shot dead at a Limerick petrol station early this morning was the brother of a high-profile state witness, it has emerged.

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”.

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.

A SPLIT has developed in one of Limerick’s feud gangs over moves to call a truce.

THE discovery yesterday of a body partly buried in open ground in Limerick is almost certainly the 10th tit-for-tat murder in the continuing feud between two rival drugs gangs.

THE widow of murdered Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane survived a gun attack late on Monday night, it emerged yesterday.

Five men serving prison sentences for the murder of a notorious Limerick crime boss today had their application to appeal the convictions dismissed.

AS Limerick today marks the anniversary of a notorious feud murder, gardaí now say they know the identity of the teenage thug who gunned down John Ryan in cold blood on July 7, 2003.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are finalising a legal action to confiscate €60,000 in cash they discovered during a raid on the apartment of former publican Jim ‘Chaser’ O’Brien.

The Limerick woman who won Europe’s largest ever-jackpot is the aunt of a convicted murderer, it emerged tonight.

LOTTO millionaire Dolores McNamara has a dark family secret.

A man described as "one of most violent criminals in Limerick city" was jailed for 10 years today, for threatening to kill a 19-year-old barman who was was shot in a pub in Limerick city last year.

A Limerick man who was jailed for four and a half years earlier this month for threatening to kill a key witness in a high-profile murder trial was jailed today for a further 20 months.

A man who threatened to kill a key witness during the trial of the murderers of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane was jailed for four and a half years today.

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.

The Army bomb squad dismantled a pipe bomb in Limerick today which was destined for use in the city's ongoing bloody feud.

LIMERICK’S bloody feud has got out of control in recent days, a senior detective warned yesterday.

The teenage son of murdered crime boss, Kieran Keane, was the intended target of the latest gun attack in Limerick city, it has emerged.

Armed gardaí prevented a major clash outside the home of Owen Treacy early today.

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.

Gardaí in Limerick say they are satisfied with the level of resources and support available to them in their fight to tackle the city's gangland crime.

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 fellow Limerick man Kieran Keane has been sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict.

A defence laywer acting for one of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane told the jury today that there is no “external evidence” linking his client to Mr Keane or any of the key scenes.

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 trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering fellow Limerick man Kieran Keane continued in legal argument at the Central Criminal Court today.

The chief prosecution witness in the trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane refused the opportunity to enter the State Witness Protection Programme, the Central Criminal Court has heard.