A leading figure in Irish fashion design who has lost her cherished career after she tripped on a broken concrete surface injuring her elbow yesterday launched a High Court action for damages.

A MAN thought to be in his late teens was in a critical condition in hospital last night after being shot in the neck and legs in what gardaí believe is part of a Limerick gangland feud.

A NOTORIOUS Limerick gang is suspected of carrying out the city’s latest murder after a man was gunned down on a busy street yesterday morning.

A YOUNG man died in agony in a freak incident yesterday after he fell from a drainpipe and became impaled on railings.