Feud gunshot victim makes swift exit from A&E unit

A MAN with shotgun wounds to his backside did a slow and painful runner from the A&E unit at Limerick hospital yesterday before doctors had a chance to treat his wounds.

The injured man, a member of a well-known criminal family who are involved in a new and vicious feud with another family in the Southill area, left the hospital when medical staff informed him gardaí had to be notified of all gunshot wounds.

The latest feud is for control of the lucrative drugs trade in the Limerick area. Two men have been wounded in a series of gun attacks in recent days.