A Limerick man was fatally shot in his back as he chatted on the street during a Saturday afternoon, a court was told today.

An armed garda was recovering in hospital tonight from injuries he suffered while arresting suspected gangland criminals in Limerick.

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

Gardaí in Limerick have appealed for information on the murder of Mark Moloney in Limerick yesterday.

The State Pathologist is due in Limerick to conduct a post mortem on the body of a man who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Garryowen on Saturday.

A Garda hunt is underway in Limerick this evening after a man was gunned down in the city earlier.

A MAN whose fully clothed body was found yesterday in a skip at a Limerick refuse depot may have died violently some time last week.

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

A LIMERICK taxi driver who made a drugs drop to help pay off a debt was jailed yesterday for four years at Limerick Circuit Court.

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.

FORGET playercam, now there’s fancam.

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 letting and in some cases the possible sale of some 14 vacant Dairygold-owned properties in Cork, Limerick and Tipperary was announced yesterday.

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.

RUMOURS raged around Limerick on Thursday night that Liam Keane, 19, had been shot dead.

THE anti-terrorist branch of the London Metropolitan Police is still questioning three men arrested in Lancashire on Sunday in connection with the supply of weapons to gangs in Limerick.

FOUR more people were arrested by Limerick gardaí yesterday in connection with the murder of 47-year-old John Ryan.

GARDAÍ in Limerick were yesterday questioning two men in connection with the brutal murder of 47-year- old John Ryan, the third victim to die in the bloody feud in the city.

A MAN was shot dead in Limerick last night, the latest casualty in a bloody feud between crime gangs which has plunged the city into terror.

IT’S 49 days since the Ryan brothers were abducted in Limerick.

GARDAÍ in Limerick yesterday arrested four people as part of the investigation into the murder of Kieran Keane and the abduction of Eddie and Kieran Ryan.

LIMERICK crime boss Kieran Keane was buried amid tight security as fear gripped the city yesterday.

A GARDA forensic team cordoned off a house in a quiet Limerick estate yesterday as the Kieran Keane murder investigation intensified.

THE mother of returned Limerick brothers Kieran and Eddie Ryan vowed yesterday she will never leave her Kileely home.

THE abduction of two brothers and the shooting of a criminal may have been ordered by a gang trying to win control of the drugs scene in Limerick.

THE Minister for Justice last night pledged to restore law and order to Limerick.

THE heavily armed garda emergency response unit is trying to restore calm in Limerick following a brutal shooting.

The two brothers who were abducted at gunpoint in Limerick city last Thursday night have turned up safe and well in Co Laois.

Gardai in Limerick are questioning four people in connection with a haul of drugs, firearms and cash.