An attack which resulted in two Limerick City fire- fighters being hospitalised has been condemned as “shocking and disgraceful”.

A man who was the subject of a garda manhunt this week after escaping from custody calmly walked into court yesterday to be sentenced for burglary at the home of a prominent solicitor.

A GIRL aged six was hit by gunfire from the occupants of two cars that sped through a built-up housing estate, Limerick Circuit Court has heard.

A MAN with shotgun wounds to his backside did a slow and painful runner from the A&E unit at Limerick hospital yesterday before doctors had a chance to treat his wounds.