Gardaí know identity of gang feud victim’s killer

AS Limerick today marks the anniversary of a notorious feud murder, gardaí now say they know the identity of the teenage thug who gunned down John Ryan in cold blood on July 7, 2003.

The main suspect was only 15 at the time of the murder.

John Ryan, 47, was shot as he laid a patio at a house in Thomondgate. The youth jumped from the back of a motorbike and opened fire. Mr Ryan died less than an hour later at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.