The chief prosecution witness in the trial of four men accused of shooting a Limerick bouncer has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that that he had flashbacks after the murder and could hear screaming in his head.

A hired hit man has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the murder of a night club bouncer, who was shot in the head in front of his wife outside their Limerick home.

The wife of a murdered Limerick bouncer came face to face with a man charged with her husband's killing today, almost three years after his death.

A DRUGS boss who ordered the killing of a nightclub bouncer sent members of his gang to America to train for the mission.

A 43-year-old Limerick security man shot dead near his home early on Friday morning had previously been intimidated by a drugs gang, gardaí revealed last night.