Net closes on gang who fired gun in bank raid

THE net was closing last night on raiders who fired at unarmed gardaí during a bank robbery in Co Limerick yesterday.

Gardaí, aided by an air support unit, last night recovered an undisclosed sum of cash and a shotgun in follow-up searches in the Kilmallock area.

A forensic team will today examine a getaway jeep abandoned close to the scene, as a massive hunt continues, with armed gardaí manning checkpoints.