Deadly feud claims another victim as man gunned down
John Ryan, who was married with a family, was working outside his house in High Road, Thomondgate, around 6.30pm when a motorbike with two passengers approached him. The pillion passenger fired four shots from a handgun, striking Mr Ryan in the stomach and leg.
He was rushed by ambulance to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital where he died shortly after 7pm.
