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 LIMERICK man who was stabbed 17 times after the murder of his uncle Kieran Keane has described it as “the worst night” of his life.

TWO men were yesterday jailed for 12 years over a petrol bomb attack linked to a family feud in Limerick.

SIX days of exhaustive searches by the army and gardaí have failed to locate two Limerick brothers kidnapped last Thursday.