Man under armed guard after attack

A MAN who was wounded when a lone gunman fired through his kitchen window at Kilrush, Co Clare, was under armed garda protection in a Limerick Hospital yesterday.

Gardaí have not ruled out the possibility that a Limerick gang suspected of the murder of 47-year-old John Ryan in Limerick on July 7 in an ongoing feud may be linked to the shooting of 46-year-old Anthony Kelly in Kilrush.

Mr Kelly, married with a grown-up family, lives in a luxurious home in Kilrush. He is known to gardaí and the Criminal Assets Bureau successfully targeted him for over 1m six years ago.