THE Limerick teenager shot dead late on Wednesday night was possibly a “soft target” revenge killing for an attack, earlier that day, on members of a city feud gang.

A Limerick teenager has been shot dead in a gangland-style execution on the outskirts of the city overnight.

Five Limerick men who were involved in a pitched battle in the city today began their appeal against their jail sentences.

A 20 year-old Limerick man was jailed for life today for murdering a friend who he shot in the chest after a five-day drinking binge.

Gardaí in Limerick have launched a murder inquiry following a fatal shooting in the city last night.

A 27-year-old man has denied trying to kill another man at a house in Limerick city almost six years ago.

FEARS of a revenge attack were growing in the Moyross area of Limerick city after a 23-year-old man was murdered on his way home from a party early yesterday morning.

Gardai in Limerick are investigating the discovery of a man's body in Moyross this morning.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are investigating a possible link between two shooting incidents in the Moyross area within three days, it emerged yesterday.