City tense as search for Ryans continues

TENSIONS were mounting in Limerick last night following violent scenes outside the city's circuit court as the search for two brothers who were abducted at gunpoint continues.

The massive hunt for Eddie Ryan, 20, and Kieran Ryan, 19, has now entered its fifth day. Gardaí believe the abduction was linked to the gangland shooting of their father, Eddie Ryan Snr, two years ago and a subsequent feud.

The distraught mother of the two brothers, Mary Ryan, said at the weekend she feared her sons were dead.