Garda patrol tackles gunman after shot fired into house

THREE uniformed Limerick gardaí were saluted yesterday for their courage in hunting down an armed gunman who fired a shotgun blast into a house.

The unarmed gardaí apprehended the gunman after a 400-yard chase through the Thomondgate area.

A man who is being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act is due before Limerick District Court today on a firearms charge.