Shots at house may be part of feud

A SHOTGUN attack on a house in the Garryowen area of Limerick may be feud-related.

Two shots were fired at a house shortly after 5am but nobody was hurt.

The house is occupied by people related to two brothers who were shot at last week while playing on Garryowen Green.

The boys, aged eight and 12, were not injured.

According to local sources, the brothers are connected to the residents of the house attacked yesterday.

The attack on the brothers took place at around 9.30pm on Monday last.

Shots were fired from a passing car and gardaí suspect a semi-automatic weapon was used by the gunman.

The car was later found burned out in the Ballyclough area.

A young son of Kieran Keane, who was abducted and murdered in 2003, was shot at last year as he walked to a shop in Garryowen.

He escaped injury when a pillion passenger on a motorbike opened fire.

Extra armed patrols have been put in place in Limerick in recent weeks due to an escalation in feud violence.

There were four separate gun attacks on one night. In one incident, the home of murdered crime boss Eddie Ryan was shot at.